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Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for ‘Black’ Ex-Professional Footballers

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Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for ‘Black’ Ex-Professional Footballers

From Being Idolised to Stacking Shelves

Paul Ian Campbell

The University of Leicester, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India Malaysia – China

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Dedication

For Sean-Paul, Josh, Aaron, Ava, Ethan, Olivia and all the next generation…

List of Abbreviations

A Level

(General Certificate of Education) Advanced level

BAME

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

BME

Black and Minority Ethnic

FA

English Football Association

GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

GNVQ

General National Vocational Qualification

NVQ

National Vocational Qualification

PFA

Professional Footballers' Association

UEFA

Union of European Football Associations

YT

Youth Training programme

YTS

Youth Training Scheme

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the University of Wolverhampton's Early Research Award Scheme for funding the initial pilot study from which this book evolved.

I am extremely grateful to all my participants for letting me into their lives and for sharing their stories with me.

I would also like to thank Kevin Hylton, John Williams, Dan Burdsey, Dil Porter, Jamie Cleland and Marcus Maloney for their encouragement throughout and their generous feedback on early drafts of the book.

Lastly, to Bernadine, whose patience, understanding and love have been an inexhaustible source of inspiration and strength...Thank you.