Introduction: Examining Critical Issues in Football Through Sociological Theory

STUART WHIGHAM, WILL ROBERTS, ALEX CULVIN, AND DANIEL PARNELL

PART I

Established Social Theories and Football

1 Tottenham Hotspur, Fan Identity and Figurational Sociology: ‘Yid Army’

BONITA LUNN

2 How an Ethos of Amateurism Can Support the Integration of an Ecological Approach to Learning and Development in Football Academies: Too Much Too Early?

WILL ROBERTS, MARTYN ROTHWELL, HAYDN MORGAN, JAMES VAUGHAN, AND CARL WOODS

3 The McDonaldisation of Football’s Formal Coach Education?: Creating the McCoach

ANTHONY BUSH AND SHAUN WILLIAMS

PART II

Emerging Social Theories and Football

4 Desire, Drive and the Melancholy of English Football: ‘It’s (not) Coming Home’

JACK BLACK

5 An Alternative Lens for Grassroots Sport: De-schooling Football

ANDREW PITCHFORD, BEN MORELAND, DEBBIE SAYERS, AND WILL ROBERTS

6 Negotiating Identity Conflict Through Football: Experiences of People Living with Type 1 Diabetes

CHRISTOPHER BRIGHT AND GY?Z? MOLNAR

7 Professional Knowledge Development in Performance Pathways: A Futsal Case Study Through the Lens of Practice Architectures

SION KITSON, PETE VALLANCE, AND SIMON PHELAN

PART III

Social Theories of Gender and Sexuality in Football

8 Experiences of Female Football Referees: Using the Lack of Fit Model to Explore Gender Stereotypes in Football in England

LAURA GRUBB, TOM WEBB, AND MIKE RAYNER

9 Critical Feminism and Football Pundits: Calm Down… It’s Just a Woman Talking Football

ALI BOWES, MOLLY MATTHEWS, AND JESS LONG

10 Towards the Application of Feminist-Informed Pedagogical Principles into Coaching Practice: Personal Narratives and Implications for Football Coaches

ADI ADAMS, ALICE HUNTER, AND ELLIE GENNINGS

11 English (Men’s) Football, Masculinity and Homophobia: From Hegemonic to Inclusive Masculinity

JAY WILLSON AND RORY MAGRATH

PART IV

Social Theories of ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Football

12 The Racialised Construction of Black Professional Footballers in Engl(ish) Football: Love the Game, Hate the Player

JASON ARDAY

13 Black Professional Football Players, Social Capital and Social Change: A Case Study of Marcus Rashford’s Child Poverty Campaign

KEON RICHARDSON

14 ‘Pogba x Stormzy’ and the Politics of Race and Representation: An Introduction to Stuart Hall and British Cultural Studies

MICHAEL HOBSON