Interested in the study of football? Look no further. May’s theme of the month brings together the latest football research and findings from Routledge Sport and Leisure Journals just in time for the UEFA Champions League final.
With free online access until 31st May 2013, this collection will provide you with insights into the past, present and future of football including crime, violence, security, football regulations, coaching, performance, globalization, spectator behaviour and much more.
Business, Management and Tourism
- Portuguese football league efficiency and players’ wages António S. Ribeiro & Francisco Lima
- The effects of emotions on football spectators’ satisfaction and behavioural intentions Rui Biscaia, Abel Correia, António Rosado, João Maroco & Stephen Ross
- International tourists’ perceptions of crime–risk and their future travel intentions during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa Richard George & Kamilla Swart
- New football directors in the twenty-first century: profit and revenue in the English Premier League’s transnational age Peter Millward
- Respect: results of a pilot project designed to improve behaviour in English football Celia Brackenridge, Andy Pitchford & Marcia Wilson
- How can professional football clubs create welcoming and inclusive stadia for British Asian fans? Daniel Burdsey & Kuljit Randhawa
- Contemporary Marketing Communications Framework for Football Clubs Alkis Thrassou, Demetris Vrontis, Nicos L. Kartakoullis & Thanos Kriemadis
History, Politics and Policy
- Controlling football-related violence in France: law and order versus the rule of law Anastassia Tsoukala
- ‘Old’ Football and the ‘New’ Codes: Some Thoughts on the ‘Origins of Football’ Debate and Suggestions for Further Research Gavin Kitching
- Women’s Football in the People’s Republic of China: Retrospect and Prospect Aihua Zhao, Peter Horton & Liu Liu
- A History of Football in Paris: Challenges Faced by Sport Practised within a Capital City (1890–1940) Julien Sorez
- Heroes, Fans and the Nation: Exploring Football in Contemporary Fiction Alexis Tadié
- Wartime Football, a Remedy for the Masculine Vulnerability of Poilus (1914–1919) Arnaud Waquet
- ‘The Future is Asia’? The Role of the Asian Football Confederation inthe Governance and Development of Football in Asia Ben Weinberg
- From football riot to revolution. The political role of football in the Arab world Dag Tuastad
- Limits of Interest Empowerment in the European Union: The Case Of Football Borja García & Henk Erik Meier
- The governance network of European football: introducing new governance approaches to steer football at the EU level Arnout Geeraert, Jeroen Scheerder & Hans Bruyninckx
- Globalization and football John Horne
- Nationality quotas in European football Simon Gardiner & Roger Welch
- The Development of Gaelic football and Soccer Zones in County Donegal, 1884–1934 Conor Curran
- Team GB, or No Team GB, That Is The Question: Olympic Football and the Post-War Crisis of Britishness Neil Ewen
Science and Medicine
- A Four-Season Prospective Study of Muscle Strain Reoccurrences in a Professional Football Club Christopher Carling, Franck Le Gall & Emmanuel Orhant
- Estimation of Injury Simulation in International Women’s Football Daryl A. Rosenbaum, Ravi R. Sanghani, Travis Woolen & Stephen W. Davis
- Risk factors for injury in community-level football: a cohort study David John Chalmers, Ari Samaranayaka & Bronwen Margaret McNoe
- Kick-starting Men’s Mental Health: An Evaluation of the Effect of Playing Football on Mental Health Service Users’ Well-Being Jurai Darongkamas, Helen Scott & Emily Taylor
- Developing football expertise: a football-specific research review Mathias Haugaasen & Geir Jordet
- Performance analysis in football: A critical review and implications for future research Rob Mackenzie & Chris Cushion
- Analysing coach–athlete ‘talk in interaction’ within the delivery of video-based performance feedback in elite youth soccer Ryan Groom, Christopher J. Cushion & Lee J. Nelson
- The Fallacies of the Assumptions Behind the Arguments for Goal-Line Technology in Soccer Tamba Nlandu
- Variability and typical error in the kinematics and kinetics of the maximal instep kick in soccer Adrian Lees & Nader Rahnama
- A comparison of two elbow crutch designs on functional performance in elite football (soccer) players with amputation Richard Weiler, Adam West & Peter J. Smitham
- Foul or dive? Motor contributions to judging ambiguous foul situations in football Peter G. Renden, Sander Kerstens, Raôul R. D. Oudejans & Rouwen Cañal-Bruland
- Home advantage and referee bias in European football Chris Goumas
- Effects of a defender on run-up velocity and ball speed when crossing a football Dominic Orth, Keith Davids, Duarte Araújo, Ian Renshaw & Pedro Passos
- Effects of game location and final outcome on game-related statistics in each zone of the pitch in professional football Miguel A. Gómez, Maite Gómez-Lopez, Carlos Lago & Jaime Sampaio
Sociology
- Risk, security and technology: governing football supporters in the twenty-first century Ramón Spaaij
- Using e-surveys to access the views of football fans within online communities Tom Gibbons & Daniel Nuttall
- The Hand of God, the Hand of the Devil: a sociological interpretation of Maradona’s hand goal Simone Magalhães Britto, Jorge Ventura de Morais & Túlio Velho Barreto
- The unsettled law: disputes and negotiations on the meanings of the offside law of Football Association in the English Premier League, 2003–2009Jorge Ventura de Morais
- Interpreting and exploring football fan rivalries: an overview Adam Benkwitz & Gyozo Molnar
- The Pub as a Virtual Football Fandom Venue: An Alternative to ‘Being there’? Mike Weed
- ‘On the Lash’ – revisiting the effectiveness of alcohol controls at football matches Geoff Pearson & Arianna Sale
- Policing international football tournaments and the cross-cultural relevance of the social identity approach to crowd behaviour Martina Schreiber & Clifford Stott
- Colours and scarves: an ethnographic account of football fans and their paraphernalia” Christian Derbaix & Alain Decrop
- ‘Does your boyfriend know you’re here?’ The spatiality of homophobia in men’s football culture in the UK Jayne Caudwell
- Football fandom, social inclusion and learning disability: opportunities and constraints Kris Southby
Special Issues
Selected articles are also available from the following football-themed special issues:
- Football Supporters and the Commercialisation of Football: Comparative Responses Across Europe
Soccer & Society - Ramadan and football
Journal of Sports Sciences - Identifying and developing elite soccer players
Journal of Sports Sciences
