Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism

Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction

Understanding International Relations

Although English football has, to some extent, managed the problem of racism in and around football matches, recent years have seen an increase in football-related racist content published on social media. Footballers are frequently the target or subject of such abuse and occasionally the source of it. In this context, this article explores and critically assesses the response of English football’s institutions, organisations, and clubs to the problem of racism on social media. Its findings are based on interviews with key officials from the Professional Footballers’ Association and Kick It Out and with safeguarding and media officers from football clubs across the English Premier League and English Football League. It concludes there are a number of systematic failings undermining or hindering football’s attempts to address this issue including poor coordination, a lack of clear guidelines, ad hoc educational provision, a shortage of resources, and a culture of secrecy at many clubs. This article concludes with some recommendations about how these weaknesses may start to be improved.

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Tackling Social Media Abuse? Critically Assessing English Football’s Response to Online Racism:

In CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary he opined: ‘What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?’ One might add: ‘What do they know of cricket who only men’s cricket know?’ This article reviews the ...

Maidens and Man-kads: gendering cricket scholarship in the 21st century

In the book, Stephen Wagg has explored the proliferation of cricket across the globe. It has given adequate scope to critically conceptualize the dynamics of globalization. In this context, globali...

Cricket: A Political History of the Global Game, 1945-2017

British Asians, exclusion and the football industry

In the twenty-first century, domestic politics has played a key role in determining the behavioural attributes of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Hence, it emerged as an intermediary ...

Capitalism and the ethics of sport governance: a history of the board of control for cricket in India

the personal hope was for more analysis of what made the relationship so special and how their relationship worked on a more emotional level. Arguably, the source of the chemistry between the pair remains shrouded in mystery, even after Hull’s extensive and valuable research. The Clough and Taylor relationship is fertile ground for analysing the changing nature of postwar masculinity. It was, therefore, disappointing that the conclusion did not say more about their emotional bond, which ultimately led to such an acrimonious, heartbreaking and public fallout when Taylor came out of retirement to manage Derby County and lured the mercurial but ageing John Robertson away from Clough’s Nottingham Forest to their East Midlands rivals. Nevertheless, Hull’s book is a triumph in many respects. In addressing the life of Brian Clough through a comprehensive exploration of his two years at Hartlepools United, Hull offers a fresh perspective of a time often overlooked in popular accounts, in which Clough’s playing career and his first managerial job at Hartlepools United appear only as a brief prelude to later more illustrious and successful times. Moreover, Hull’s work also contributes to a historiography that has not only neglected the football manager but also mostly disregarded research into the history of football away from large urban centres and the most successful clubs. Therefore, Hull makes a worthy contribution to an under-researched aspect of post-war British football and parochial small-town British history in an accessible and readable format.

Avipsu Halder

Papers

Cricket: A Political History of the Global Game, 1945-2017

British Asians, exclusion and the football industry

Capitalism and the ethics of sport governance: a history of the board of control for cricket in India

Power Players: Football in Propaganda, War and Revolution