Tag: Football
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The Football Collective submit evidence related to football governance to the UK Parliament
The written evidence submitted by The Football Collective concerns the Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Grassroots Football. The Football Collective is the largest global network of football scholars and aims to bring critical debate and informed solutions to our game. As the UK Parliament continues to make calls for evidence related to football, we encourage members…
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On this day: England women lose on penalties
Celebrating the anniversary of the first Final of the European Championship for Women 27 May 1984: England women’s national teams highest placing at a major tournament. Chaired by Alex Culvin, this session discusses England’s close defeat by Sweden in the Final of the inaugural Women’s Euros in 1984 with two England captains, Carol Thomas and…
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Andy Carmichael, Anthony May, Ryan Thomas and Dan Parnell discuss Grassroots Football
As part of our FBC Sessions we are running a number of grassroots football specials #GrassrootsFootball Each session will discuss a range of topics and research related to grassroots football. Joining this session was Anthony May, Ryan Thomas, Andy Carmichael. The session was chaired by Dan Parnell. Watch the full recording here.
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There are too many football pitches in England
By Andy Carmichael Thanks, nice knowing you, was he on a retainer from a housing developer…I think I should swiftly qualify the title of this article before I am ejected from the Football Collective and henceforth blacklisted from every football discussion held. There are around 40,000 football pitches in England. Of these the FA estimates…
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FBC Sessions: Grassroots football special – Josh Dean, Jim Keoghan, Les Crang, Dave Webber & Sean Hammill
Grassroots football special – Josh Dean, Jim Keoghan, Les Crang, Dave Webber & Sean Hammill
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“There was no consultation, absolutely outrageous, someone just pressed a button and sent an email.” Covid-19 and Grassroots Football, Beckenham Town and beyond
By Les Crang In March 2020, Beckenham Town FC sat top of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division. On 25th March the National League asked the Football Association to close the season, making it null and void. (Non-league football: National League asks Football Association to close season, 2020). Beckenham Town Chairman Paul Faires made…
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Football, players, contracts and COVID-19: The Perspective of an out of contract Professional Female Footballer during the Pandemic.
By Becky Easton Covid19 continues to cause unimaginable and irreparable suffering and damage to lives, families and communities across the globe. The world is a changed place, football and sport are insignificant entities right now, but they continue to be much discussed. Football, certainly in the UK, is a way of life for some, an…
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As football returns in empty stadiums, four graphs show how home advantage disappears
By Carl Singleton, Dominik Schreyer & James Reade Original published here. For millions of football fans, we’ve had nothing but repeats to watch to get our fix in recent months. But starting from May 16, elite European football kicks off, courtesy of the German Bundesliga. But there will be a few differences. Given that there…
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Football and security with Jan Andre Ludvigsen
As COVID-19 kicked in, Jan missed the opportunity to come and present to on an ‘Away from the numbers’ session organised at the University of Liverpool for their Football Industries MBA and Football Collective members. In this session, Jan joined Dan Parnell to discuss some of the latest developments in his research. Below are some…
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FBC Sessions: an interview with Tom Webb on his sports match official research
Read Toms latest commentary article Sports match official research: an evolving narrative, positioning future research published in Managing Sport and Leisure. You may also find these slides useful to share as a teaching resource.
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50 Years since Corinthian Nomads versus Dundalk Ladies (England v Ireland)
New FBC Session this Sunday – 10th May – join us for a 3pm Kick Off. In this event we will be celebrated 50 years since the Corinthian-Nomads Ladies Football Club from Manchester played Dundalk Ladies from County Louth in the Republic of Ireland met in Prestatyn, North Wales. This was a defacto international and the poster advertised the match…
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The FBC Sessions: Eleanor Drywoor, Francesca Champ and Beth Clarkson join Alex Culvin
Eleanor Drywoor, Francesca Champ and Beth Clarkson join Alex Culvin for a conversation on the current issues in football and society, including women’s football, equality, recruitment, football law and regulations, labour migration, player contracts, player welfare, football ownership, fan activism and much more! Also read the related commentary in Managing Sport & Leisure: Covid-19: Reflections…
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The FBC Sessions: Alex Culvin, Paddy Hoey and Kieran Maguire join Dan Parnell
Alex Culvin, Paddy Hoey and Keiran Maguire join Dan Parnell to discuss football, COVID-19, player welfare, finance, media, women’s football, CSR, activism, lock-down, governance, ownership, fans and more (the discussion on garden arches did not make the cut!).
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Forget the Premier League, it’s Grassroots football that we need to preserve!
James Reade and Daniel Parnell We’ve heard a lot about Premier League footballers in the last few weeks, and we’re seeing more and more stories of football clubs and players taking action regarding their earnings at a time when no money is being made by football clubs anywhere (outside Belarus). But the lifeblood of the…
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Football of ethics: COVID-19 and the football community’s response
By Les Crang Rosencrantz: Shouldn’t we be doing something–constructive? Guildenstern: What did you have in mind? … A short, blunt human pyramid…?” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Having discussed the possible changing nature of football in a previous post, with Christoph, I was interested in how the football community has reacted to…
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‘Football in Lockdown: Power in Unity’ Conference: Call for Papers
‘Football in Lockdown: Power in Unity’ Conference: Call for Papers with The Football Collective to support Early Career Research on the 12th May 2020 organised by Sarthak Mondal. Call for papers The world is going through an unprecedented crisis, globalised production churn is slowly stopping, oil prices continue to fall, and recession is an unwelcomed…
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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 2019, in the Chinese province of Wuhan (China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17, 2020). Coronavirus or COVID-19 is the disease, whilst the virusis severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Naming…
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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 team competition, EURO 2020, due to the ongoing and uncertain threat of the COVID-19 virus. The pan-European competition was scheduled for June and July in 2020 and will now be played in the corresponding months…