Table of contents - Special Issue: Is there a Soccer Society?
Guest Editors: Noel Hyndman, Irvine Lapsley, Christina Philippou
Exploring a Soccer Society: dreams, themes and the beautiful game
Noel Hyndman, Irvine Lapsley, Christina PhilippouThe primary purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the key perspectives that emerge in this Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (AAAJ) Special Issue as a…
Accounting, finance and conflict in football arenas
Andrew Adams, Stephen Morrow, Ian ThomsonTo provide insights into the role of formal and informal accounts in preventing the liquidation of a professional football club and in post-crisis rebuilding.
Scaling and controlling talent development in high-intensity organizations: the case of a Swedish football club
Martin Carlsson-Wall, Kai DeMott, Hamza AliIn this paper, the authors empirically and theoretically analyze the scaling and control of talent development to highlight an important part of commercialization in football…
‘Be a game changer and keep the ball rolling’: exploring linkages between football clubs, charitable foundations and doing good
Noel Hyndman, Mariannunziata LiguoriThere has been limited research on why football clubs contribute to charity. This paper examines how football clubs and their charitable conduits report information when…
The significance of football in an urban mosaic
Irvine LapsleyThis study aims to add to the understanding of the significance of football in cities, where most major football clubs are located. Specifically, this study offers a distinctive…
The contemporary football industry: a value-based analysis of social, business structural and organisational stakeholders
George Yiapanas, Alkis Thrassou, Demetris VrontisFootball exists and evolves in a dynamic ecosystem, displaying a massive and multidimensional influence on most contemporary societies, and football has grown into a significant…
Grassroots accountability: the practical and symbolic aspects of performance
John Millar, Frank Mueller, Chris CarterThe paper provides a theoretical framework for interdisciplinary accounting scholars interested in performances of accountability in front of live audiences.
Valuing soccer players: on the valuation dynamics of an online user community
Dominic Detzen, Lukas LöhleinThis paper studies the interactive valuation discourses of an online user community (transfermarkt.de) that seeks to determine market values for soccer players. Despite their…
Review Papers Examining accountability in relation to local football communities
John Edward Burns, Stephen JollandsMost football clubs were founded by members of the local community within which they are based. The success of a club is built on the time, effort and resources given by these…
The spread of sportswashing within top-flight football: a discussion of its underpinnings, mechanisms and probable consequences
Robin RoslenderThe paper discusses a range of aspects of the spread of sportswashing within top-flight football, identifies the motivations of its proponents, what is on offer to football clubs…
Why does the European football market need a revolution?
Massimo RubertiThis study explores the motivations underlying the European Super League (SL) breakaway attempt. While institutional settings bind football to tradition, investors conceive…
A reflection on contemporary myths of women's football: a historical analysis
Christine CooperThis study aims to provide a social accounting of early women's football as a form of consciousness raising, and to provide a platform to raise questions about the path of the…
NPOs and private governance forms for football clubs: towards a blended model
Deborah Agostino, Anna ThomassonThis study explores the relationship between governance model – private organisations vs non-profit organisations (NPOs) – and performance in football clubs.
Commentaries From amateurism to professionalism: legislation changes transforming Brazilian football
Ricardo Miorin Gomes, Ricardo Corrêa Gomes, Erika LisboaThis paper aims to present a situation that Brazil is coming to terms with the creation of football companies. The solution is to sell football clubs to investors that can solve…
Last man standing: goalkeeping – an art or a science?
Hamish McKenzieThe current paper is a comment on goalkeepers in football. This paper aims to explore the skillset of the contemporary goalkeeper and whether these can be reliably measured. This…
“It is coming home to Rome” – social engagement and creativity in reactions to England national football team losing Euro 2020
Katarzyna HerdThe purpose of this commentary paper is to analyze the burst of joy experienced by global football fans when England lost the final match during the Euro 2020 against Italy.
A football debate: the future of football accountability research
Christina PhilippouThe purpose of this paper is to provide commentary on Soccer Society debate that is used to create accountability research agenda.
“Football is war” – FIFA's reactions to a real war and the response of football fans
Abdel K. Halabi, Brendan O’ConnellThe commentary examines the possible rational for Federation Internationale de Football Association(FIFA) sending a series of tweets on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The special thing of clubs in the German football Bundesliga – about the legal forms of the clubs and the resulting consequences
Stefan IngerfurthAlso due to the “50+1 rule”, which exists in the German football Bundesliga and was introduced to regulate competition, clubs with a wide variety of legal forms participate. The…
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hybridEditors:
- Prof James Guthrie
- Prof Lee Parker