The Football Collective
@FB_Collective
The academic voice of football The Football Collective is a network of people who wish to bring critical debate to football.
The Football Collective conference is coming to Belfast. It will be hosted by @UlsterUni Thursday 27th and Friday 28th November 2025. The venue is the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park. See you there. Further details will be posted here thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast
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Call for Papers is now live! Join us in Belfast for The Football Collective Conference 2025, two days of critical debate, interdisciplinary insight & applied research shaping the future of football. 🗓️ 27–28 Nov 📍 Windsor Park thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast #FootballCollective2025
Call for Papers is now live! Join us in Belfast for The Football Collective Conference 2025, two days of critical debate, interdisciplinary insight & applied research shaping the future of football. 🗓️ 27–28 Nov 📍 Windsor Park thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast #FootballCollective2025
This is my favourite conference. I’ve just submitted an abstract related to @MHFooty 🙌🏻
⏰Don't Forget to get your abstracts in deadline is end of the week - 25th July. The Football Collective Conference 2025 27–28 November - Windsor Park, Belfast Abstract deadline: 25 July thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast
Looking forward to welcoming everyone in November to The Football Collective Conference 2025 - Welcome to Belfast youtu.be/oHfBAKaZGlA?si… via @YouTube @FB_Collective @UlsterSchSport
⏰Don't Forget to get your abstracts in deadline is end of the week - 25th July. The Football Collective Conference 2025 27–28 November - Windsor Park, Belfast Abstract deadline: 25 July thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast
This is amazing get yourself to Carrow Road on 6th August.
Thanks to @AlongComeNodge for publishing an extract from 'Cutting the Mustard': alongcomenorwich.com/articles/book-…. The book launch will be at Carrow Road on 6th Aug: eventbrite.com/e/cutting-the-…. Come along and join me, @ffion_ @GHarrisonWriter and Cameron Huggett #NCFC
Don't Forget to get your abstracts in deadline is 25th July. The Football Collective Conference 2025 27–28 November - Windsor Park, Belfast Abstract deadline: 25 July thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast
Critical Research in Football There are now 37 titles in our Routledge book series on football. Here are the latest arrivals: @petermillward79 @Fire_and_Skill and the team routledge.com/Critical-Resea…
The new book has just arrived published by @Palgrave in the SDG Series. Sport, Development and Peace: Critical Global Challenges. Contexts and projects spanning six continents. A stellar cast of scholars from 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇪🇿🇦🇨🇭🇬🇧🇺🇸🇿🇲 Available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
❗Call for Papers: The Lifeblood of the Game and Communities - Research into Grassroots and Community Football❗ 📩 Please follow the link for submission guidelines and full details. lnkd.in/eCqjkNpP #grassrootsfootball @SoccerNSocietyJ
Why is Football Like This? The Creation of the Modern English Game Read More Here- tinyurl.com/bd6d9yav
Amazing work @MarvaKreel @Copa90 @browntownrising you have represented a multifaceted issue with care, featuring key issues, inspiring hope, and identifying future actions. It was a great filming experience too 😊 pls RT @FB_Collective & others, it’s a great teaching resource 🙌🏽
It’s out!! I wrote and presented my first ever documentary!! 🥹 Growing up, I saw how many incredible girls got missed out on because women’s football was just not accessible, and often not inclusive. Is that still the case? This is Finding the First South Asian Lioness:
What else are you gonna do this weekend? Football season’s over. Everyones on holiday. But the questions haven’t gone away. Ownership. Identity. Inequality. Fan culture. Power. Politics. Two days. One city. Critical as ever. Belfast away — love it. 🔗 thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast
Belfast calling. 📣 The Football Collective Conference 2025 🗓️ 27–28 November 📍 Windsor Park 🔗 thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast Join us as we shape critical agendas in football — from identity to inequality, fandom to finance.
Heysel, Hooliganism and the Birth of the Football Activist On the 40th Anniversary of Heysel, something on its dramatic impact upon English supporter culture Read More Here: tinyurl.com/sdn5f3hc
Yerse Breaking News... FCC | Belfast | November 2025
The Football Collective conference is coming to Belfast. It will be hosted by @UlsterUni Thursday 27th and Friday 28th November 2025. The venue is the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park. See you there. Further details will be posted here thefootballcollective.com/2025-belfast
The Football Cultural Audit (FCA) A framework for analysing clubs not as brands or businesses, but as cultural systems shaped by space, symbols, people, and platforms. 5 dimensions. Football’s cultural operating system.
We are delighted to endorse @FairGameUK conference Designed for those who want to use their expertise to solve our National Game problems 15 workshops across 5 streams 👨👩👧👧Fans 🏳️🌈Equality & Ethics ⚖️Governance 💰Finance 🏟️Clubs 28 & 29 May @AFCWimbledon fairgameuk.org/fairgameconfer…
Great to have the support of the nation’s best football minds
We are delighted to endorse @FairGameUK conference Designed for those who want to use their expertise to solve our National Game problems 15 workshops across 5 streams 👨👩👧👧Fans 🏳️🌈Equality & Ethics ⚖️Governance 💰Finance 🏟️Clubs 28 & 29 May @AFCWimbledon fairgameuk.org/fairgameconfer…