Autoethnographic data

, 14

Black and minority ethnic (BME)

, 43

Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME)

coaches

, 43

communities

, 23

players

, 8

Black British male exprofessional footballers

, 1

Black overrepresentation

, 82

Black social networks

, 48

Career termination

, 4, 7

Career transition

, 68

Coaching careers

, 43–47

Composition of forces

, 68

Critical dimension

, 31

Educational attainment

schoolboy soccer

, 31–33

schools of excellence

, 31–33

Elite-level professional football

, 6

Employment

black bodies

, 82

race

, 80–82

semi-skilled or frontline services

, 80

England’s lower professional leagues

, 60–61

Ethnic closures, careers in

, 42–45

Ex-players testimonies

, 26

Football Apprenticeship scheme

, 21

Football coaching

, 39

Football Professionals

black social networks

, 48

coaching, careers in

, 43–47

ethnic closures, careers in

, 42–45

manager’s table

, 47–52

race-based social networks

, 45–47

white social networks

, 47–52

Gambling

, 2

Grieving process

, 65

Hyper-invisibility

, 82

Hyper-visibility

, 82

Independency

, 74

Initiative-based skills

, 74

Local semi-professional football clubs

, 61

Lucrative post-career sporting events

, 61

Manager’s table

, 47–52

Mental health

, 89–91

Non-football-related tasks

, 22

Non-sport work

, 55–75

Personal training work

, 61

Personal Training work

, 61

Playing professionals

, 46

Professional athletes

, 68

Professional footballers

, 35

Professional Footballer’s Association (PFA)

, 1

Professional football–related work

, 61

Psychological investigations

, 4

Psychological position

, 7

Race

career transitions

, 86–89

education training

, 86–89

employment

, 80–82

mental health

, 89–91

professional football

, 86–89

retirement

, 86–89

Race-based social networks

, 45–47

Race equity

, 13

Retirement

, 86–89

elements of adaptation

, 55–56

England’s lower professional leagues

, 60–61

ex-servicemen

, 79

labour-intensive professions

, 78

learned helplessness, support provisions

, 70–73

local semi-professional football clubs

, 61

lucrative post-career sporting events

, 60

mainstream work

, 64–70

men

, 77–80

obstacles, support provisions

, 70–73

semi-professional football leagues

, 59

work

, 77–80

Semi-professional football leagues

, 59

Snowball sampling

, 11

Social/sporting surveillances

, 68

Sociology work, football

, 7

Sport-related employment

, 64

Support provisions

learned helplessness

, 70–73

obstacles

, 70–73

Talented local schoolboy players

, 24

Transitions

, 55–75

White social networks

, 47–52

Working-class soccer schoolboys

black soccer schoolboys, formal education

, 24–30

cultural capitals

, 20

educational attainment

, 31–33

formal education training

, 21–23

masculine hegemonies

, 20

professional players

, 19

schoolboy soccer

, 31–33

Youth Trainees

, 34

Youth Training Scheme (YTS)

, 21