Tag: Tom Hunt

2021 saw the centenary of the formation of the League of Ireland, the Republic of Ireland’s primary professional association football league. The League of Ireland: An Historical and Contemporary Assessment, edited by Conor Curran (Routledge), draws on the work of a number of leading historians of Irish soccer. Originally published as a 2021 Special Issue of Soccer & Society, our reviewer Dilwyn Porter sees much to commend in the collection but finds the links to the league in the various contributions less evident than expected.

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: Who’s SARI now: social enterprise and the use of the medium of sport to further human rights in society by Ken Mc Cue.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. As well as regular issues, the IJHS also offers regionally-focused issues on the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, and special issues each year on significant topics and themes.

Sport in History is a history journal that publishes original, archivally-based research on the history of sport, leisure and recreation. The journal encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section.

Soccer and Society is the first international journal devoted to the world’s most popular game. It covers all aspects of soccer globally from anthropological, cultural, economic, historical, political and sociological perspectives.