Tag: soccer

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Public funding of Russian football clubs: historic formation and implications of the current system Timur Absalyamov & Mathias Schubert (open access).

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. Special Issue: British Ambassadors in Soccer Kit or Transnational Actors? Football League Clubs on Close Season Foreign Tours, 1900-1939.

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A double-edged sword: understanding the influence of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) on viewer experience in the English Premier League from a team identification perspective by Ryan Chen, Yang Xu, James Du & Joshua I. Newman.

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Staying in the game? Predicting intention to quit in Norwegian elite and high-level female football players by Susann Dahl Pettersen, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Roman Koposov, Monica Martinussen, Henriette Kyrrestad, Merete Aasheim, Lene-Mari Potulski Rasmussen & Frode Adolfsen (open access).

Following the enormous success of this summer’s UEFA Women’s European Championships, and in anticipation of the tenth staging of the women’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2027, the Shamrock Rovers in the Community Research Team n association with Technological University of Dublin School of Media and Shamrock Rovers Football Club invite proposals for a one-day, in-person, interdisciplinary symposium to be held on the TU Dublin, Tallaght campus.

These questions are pressing in the face of increasingly fragmented forms of support. In the past, fans mainly supported a local club, often the one in their town or region. Today, the global media coverage of football – first via television, then digital platforms – has profoundly redefined practices. Fans can now follow, cheer on and even identify with clubs located thousands of kilometres away, without ever setting foot in a stadium. In a world where following football has become extremely accessible, how is club loyalty evolving? Is it being diluted or redefined?

This special issue of Soccer & Society is edited by independent historian Conor Curran and takes a pan-European approach in examining the game’s role within schools in seven European nations from the late 1800s until the early twenty-first century, including the homes to the ‘Big Five’ European leagues – England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Introduction: soccer’s growth and development in schools in Europe: a history by Conor Curran (open access).

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Beyond the game: Panathinaikos’ fandom and the political arena by Angeliki- Sofia Bakali & Torbjörn Andersson.

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Football and right-wing populisms: S. Berlusconi and G. Becali by Traian Sandu & Andrea DU Ruzza (open access).

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Americans’ attitudes towards the U.S. women’s national soccer team by Rachel Allison, Adam Gemar & Stacey Pope.