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Doing Gender on and off the Pitch: the World of Female Football Players [PDF]

open access: yes
The following paper looks at the experiences of female football (soccer) players at a College of Higher Education in the South of England. Association Football occupies a special place in English society where it has traditionally been linked to notions ...
John Harris
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Europeanisation, Bosman and the financial 'crisis' in English professional football: some sociological comments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Paper given at the 10th annual European Union Studies Association conference in Montreal, Canada, 17-19 May 2007.This paper discusses an sociological explaination as to the extent to which Europeanisation process, among others, have contributed to an ...
Smith, Andy.   +3 more
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The management of lateral meniscus pathology does not affect anterior cruciate ligament revision rates in football players, but affect rates in other athletes: Long‐term data from the Swedish Knee Ligament Registry

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To investigate whether the treatment method of a concomitant lateral meniscus (LM) injury during primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) affects ACL revision rates in football (soccer) players, nonfootball pivoting athletes and nonpivoting patients differentially, when compared to controls.
Jonas Olsson Wållgren   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chasing the "Big-Time" : football apprenticeship in the 1990s [PDF]

open access: yes
This qualitative study of Youth Training (YT) is centred specifically around the experiences of trainee professional footballers. Presenting a case-study analysis of one professional English Football League club, it utilizes those methods of ...
Parker, Andrew
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The Study of business and football: an overview of the nature of the literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
I have recently completed a management-orientated research project in the study field of football. Several students have asked me to suggest helpful academic sources.
Perry, Bob
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Return to sport after meniscectomy, meniscal repair, and meniscal allograft transplantation for meniscal lesions in athletes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The aim of this systematic review and meta‐analysis was to quantify and compare the evidence on the results obtained with the surgical treatments for meniscal lesions in athletes. Methods A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Cochrane and Web of Science in August 2025 according to the PRISMA guidelines.
Alessandro Bensa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management Criteria Evaluation of Lithuanian Football Academies’ Certification System

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences
Background. There is a tendency in the football environment to assess and classify youth football organisations on a national scale to make their activities more efficient, raise the level of football and talent development, and increase competition in ...
Kristijonas Vegys   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Navicular and fifth metatarsal base stress fractures: An illustrated anatomical review

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract The navicular bone and the proximal fifth metatarsal (M5) play a vital role in maintaining the structural integrity and biomechanical stability of the foot's medial and lateral columns, respectively. Both bones' unique anatomical configuration, intricate mechanical environment and limited vascular supply make specific locations particularly ...
Xiuqi Liu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compared to without video assistant referee: does video assistant referee monitoring have an impact on the Chinese Super League?

open access: yesBMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Background Even though the Chinese Super League (CSL) introduced Video Assistant Referees (VARs) in the 2018 season, it did not intervene in every game.
Bo Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ACL injury prevention in European women’s football: exploring knowledge, attitudes and practices in a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Objective To assess the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours regarding anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention among individuals involved in women’s football at all levels, including players and staff across Union of European Football ...
Evert Verhagen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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