2024

Newcastle

The 2024 Football Collective conference took place on 21-22 November at Northumbria University in Newcastle. The information booklet and schedule can be viewed here.

Congratulations to the following award-winning papers:

Best presentation in the Football Business stream: Tiernan Harris

‘A review of head coach recruitment processes at multi-club ownership groups’ (Joel Rookwood, James Gow, Tiernan Harris)

Best presentation in the Sport of Football stream: Beth Dann

‘Men vs Girls: Framing and visibility of the non-consensual kiss during the 2023 FIFA women's world cup final in the UK media’ (Beth Dann)

Best presentation in the Football & Society stream: Gayle Rogers

‘What Time's Kick Off? The commemoration of Busby Babe Duncan Edwards in graphic form’ (Gayle Rogers)

Best Early Career Researcher/student presentations: Phil Bonjour and JulieAnn Thomas

‘From Clameur to Chorality: Towards a musical approach to footballfans in France’ (Phil Bonjour)

‘Simmel and Durkheim as “Football Tourism Pundits”: Commentaries about the online behaviour of tourists at the Anfield Stadium’ (Julie Ann Thomas)