Football: Society, communities and the beautiful game

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Qatar 2022: the world’s most autocratic World Cup venue?

Nov 18, 2022 Pierre BocquillonComment

Football fans face a moral quandary. Do they avidly follow the World Cup? Or boycott

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Pep Guardiola and the long tradition of mixing football with politics

May 8, 2018 AdminComment

As manager of Manchester City, this season Pep Guardiola has won the Premier League and

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Football: Society, communities and the beautiful game

Footballers are role models when it comes to being good at football. Everything else is just noise.

Apr 6, 2016 EditorComment

Young people aren’t likely to emulate how professional footballers behave- except when it comes to

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The lack of commitment from…players is frustrating: Football, Community and Time

Mar 14, 2016 EditorComment

Recent debates around community have tended to focus on questions of place, that is the

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Expert Political Analysis Football: Society, communities and the beautiful game

Are elite football community programmes part of the ‘new philanthropy’

Dec 21, 2015 EditorComment

Are elite football community programmes part of the ‘new philanthropy’ asks Dr. Michael Skey. Recently,

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Football: Society, communities and the beautiful game

The more things change…..

Dec 21, 2015 EditorComment

‘After supporting the team through the good times and bad times, we are told to

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Football: Society, communities and the beautiful game

The place of football in the community

Dec 15, 2015 EditorComment

Michael Skey raises some interesting questions around the place of the sport in local, national

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The Lost Soul of the Beautiful Game?

Dec 8, 2015 EditorComment

I’ve just finished reading Lee Price’s book ‘Turning my back on the Premier League‘. In