‘Football in Lockdown: Power in Unity’ Conference: Call for Papers with The Football Collective to support Early Career Research on … More
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Football in the age of the Pandemic : #StayAtHome #Keepsafe
By Les Crang and Christoph Wagner The first case of Covid 19 has recently been traced back to 17th November … More
Unprecedented, uncharted and unrealistic: UEFA postpones EURO 2020 by 12 months
By Dr Daniel Parnell and Dr Paul Widdop On Tuesday 17th March UEFA announced the postponement of their flagship national … More
Covid 19 v Euro 20
By Paul Widdop, Alex Bond and Daniel Parnell EURO 2020, UEFA’s flagship international event is under threat due to #CONVID19 … More
It’s a whole new ball game: Thirty Years of the English Premier League
The early 1990’s in the United Kingdom were politically and socially somewhat turbulent years. Prime Minister John Major was reforming … More
Podcast: Discussing Football in Fiction with Lee McGowan
Stirling-born Lee McGowan is a Scots Irish football researcher at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. His book … More
Digital transformation and innovation in football and Fan Fit
By Dr Alex Fenton 2019 has been an interesting year for football clubs and innovation. PwC’s Sports Survey 2019 went … More
Can we make the grassroots game of football greener?
By Andy Carmichael Football in England has a significant environmental footprint; 29,000 clubs, 40,000 grass pitches, energy use, demand for … More
Football AS Medicine… Or is that Football IS Medicine? Does it even matter?!
YES! And make it a double yes! 2019 was a great year for the Football is Medicine (FIM) initiative: starting … More
Away from the numbers
The Football Collective began with a group of regionally local people meeting up to discuss research and socialise. In 2020 … More
Why is understanding Arsene Wenger sociologically important?
By Gavin Maclean Of all the topics I had thought I would dedicate several months of thought, research and writing … More
A hundred-year overnight success: the stories of women’s football in Australia
By Lee McGowan In a piece of not quite though still relatively shameless self-promotion, I write to highlight a new … More
Place of birth and talent development
By Dr Laura Finnegan Successful athletic development requires athletes to navigate a range of ‘secondary factors’ that can impede or … More
More Than Just A Game: Football Can Give Asylum Seekers So Much
Often, when asylum seekers arrive in Britain they are fleeing a harrowing past. Their pre-migration experiences are laden with moments … More
Who plays the game? The multiplication of media-sport events and the appropriation of childhood
By Max Mauro A few months ago, I was sitting in a hotel room in Spain, and I did what … More
Mapping Irish Football, Get Involved!
This is a call for all football historians that may have come across references to Irish women’s football of any … More
New book: ‘Supporter Ownership in English Football: Class, Culture and Politics’
By Dr Chris Porter What do you think about when you hear the term ‘supporter ownership’? Does it excite you … More
Becoming European through football? – Research project and call for survey participation
By Dr Regina Weber Europeanisation in football is ubiquitous since at least 20-25 years. While there has always been an … More
A ‘new age’ for women’s football
By Dr Stacey Pope This summer’s world cup will arrive at the best time in history for women’s football both … More
Jumpers for GOALPOSTS
By Rahul Keerthi Last year, Copa90 produced a report into what they call “the modern football fan” – 16-to-24-year-olds who … More
