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Journal Articles
Black, J, Fletcher, T, Kilvington, D, Sinclair, G, Lynn, T,
Doidge, M, Kearns, C, Liston, K (2026)
The (Im)possibilty of diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) in English professional football: practitioner perspectives on performative inclusion and organisational constraint,
Culture and Organization, ISSN: 1475-9551.
Fletcher, T, Black, J, Kilvington, D,
Doidge, M, Kearns, C, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Sinclair, G (2026)
“Now it’s in your pocket. You can’t escape it”: Understanding professional footballers’ experiences of online harms as visibility-dependent work,
Work, Employment and Society, ISSN: 0950-0170.
Kearns, C, Sinclair, G, Rosati, P,
Doidge, M, Black, J, Fletcher, T, Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Leoni Santos, G (2026)
How do football fans experience online abuse? Impacts, responses and implications,
Leisure Studies, ISSN: 0261-4367. DOI:
10.1080/02614367.2026.2683849.
Santos, GL, Gaboardi dos Santos, V, Kearns, C, Sinclair, G, Black, J,
Doidge, M, E. Fletcher, T, Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Endo, P, Lynn, T (2026)
All together against hate: ensemble based LLMs for multi class hate speech classification in the football context,
Journal of Big Data, 13(1), 53, DOI:
10.1186/s40537-026-01379-8.
Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Fletcher, T, Black, J, Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Kearns, C,
Doidge, M (2025)
Exploring online sexism and misogyny in women’s professional English football,
Soccer and Society, pp.1-15, ISSN: 1466-0970. DOI:
10.1080/14660970.2025.2603793.
Ratna, A,
Doidge, M, Chowdhury, M, Skillen, F (2025)
The theatrics of hate: using art-based methods to understand hate crime and football fandom,
Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 26(1), pp.52-65, ISSN: 1532-7086. DOI:
10.1177/15327086251387105.
Rodrigo‑Jusué, I, Liston, K,
Doidge, M, Black, J, Sinclair, G, Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Kilvington, D, Lynn, T (2025)
#SeAcabó: how a mass-mediated “social drama” made visible and confronted (subjective and objective) violence in women’s football in Spain,
Feminist Media Studies, 26(4), pp.1105-1122, ISSN: 1468-0777. DOI:
10.1080/14680777.2025.2461123.
Sinclair, G, Kearns, C, Liston, K, Kilvington, D, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Lynn, T (2024)
Online abuse, emotion work and sports journalism,
Journalism Studies, 26(1), pp.101-119, ISSN: 1461-670X. DOI:
10.1080/1461670X.2024.2412213.
Doidge, M, Rodrigo‑Jusué, I, Black, J, Fletcher, T, Sinclair, G, Rosati, P, Kearns, C, Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Lynn, T (2024)
‘[K]neeling only goes to highlight your ignorance. England is NOT! a #racist country’: aversive racism, colour-blindness, and racist temporalities in discussions of football online,
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(20), pp.5067-5084, ISSN: 1369-183X. DOI:
10.1080/1369183x.2024.2377775.
Kearns, C, Sinclair, G, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Leoni Santos, G (2023)
‘Best run club in the world': Manchester City fans and the legitimation of sportswashing?,
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 59(4), pp.479-501, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI:
10.1177/10126902231210784.
Black, J, Fletcher, T,
Doidge, M, Kearns, C, Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Rosati, P, Sinclair, G (2023)
“Let the tournament for the woke begin!”: Euro 2020 and the reproduction of Cultural Marxist conspiracies in online criticisms of the “take the knee” protest,
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(10), pp.2036-2059, ISSN: 0141-9870. DOI:
10.1080/01419870.2023.2263069.
Doidge, M (2023)
Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics, Carl Rommel,
Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture, 2(3), pp.373-375, ISSN: 2769-0148. DOI:
10.1080/27690148.2023.2239091.
Doidge, M, Nuhrat, Y, Kossakowski, R (2023)
Introduction: ‘A spectre is haunting European football–the spectre of a European Super League’,
Soccer and Society, 24(4), pp.451-462, ISSN: 1466-0970. DOI:
10.1080/14660970.2023.2194509.
Amann, J and
Doidge, M (2023)
‘I hadn’t realised that change is not a difficult thing’: Mobilising football fans on climate change,
Sociology, 57(6), pp.1339-1355, ISSN: 0038-0385. DOI:
10.1177/00380385221142211.
Kearns, C, Sinclair, G, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Rosati, P (2022)
A scoping review of research on online hate and sport,
Communication and Sport, 11(2), pp.402-430, ISSN: 2167-4795. DOI:
10.1177/21674795221132728.
Koopmans, B and
Doidge, M (2022)
“They play together, they laugh together’: Sport, play and fun in refugee sport projects,
Sport in Society, 25(3), pp.537-550, ISSN: 1743-0437. DOI:
10.1080/17430437.2022.2017816.
Doidge, M, Keech, M, Sandri, E (2020)
‘Active integration’: sport clubs taking an active role in the integration of refugees,
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 12(2), pp.305-319, ISSN: 1940-6940. DOI:
10.1080/19406940.2020.1717580.
Abbas, A, Abel, G, Abreu, A, Adam, A, Adamek, M, Adiletta, G, Adusei-asante, KA, Romeo, MDM, Alderson, A, Alfaro, E, Aliverti, A, Almeida, F, Álvarez-gonzález, LI, Amelina, A, Anand, C, Anderson, G, Andreasson, J, Ang, I, Aragon, J, Arcidiacono, C, Arcuri, S, Assante, D, Atukeren, E, Avery, H, Ayeb-karlsson, S, Azadi, H, Bachman, R, Bader, M, Badulescu, A, Bahmanteymouri, E, Baines, S, Baker, T, Baker‐beall, C, Bañón, L, Bar‐am, N, Barbier‐greenland, K, Barnett, R, Barragán‐escandón, A, Barreto, AM, Barrett, E, Bartkowski, J, Bartram, R, Bartzas, G, Bates, D, Baviera‐puig, A, Bayley, A, Beazley, H, Beer, C, Behr, H, Beier, G, Belford, N, Bencivenga, R, Benli, AE, Benton‐short, L, Berei, JM, Berbel‐pineda, E, Bernstein, Berntzen, ER, Bertella, L, Birney, G, Bittle, M, Black, S, Rivero, LB, Blattner, JJ, Blok, C, Blount, A, Boas, Y, Bockarie, I, Bockerman, A, Bodén, P, Bönisch‐brednich, L, Bontje, B, Bontje, M, Borsellino, V, Bostan, I, Bowl, M, Bowman, B, Bracci, E, Bracken, CM, Bradley, H, Brereton, P, Brewer, J, Bridge, D, Brooks, S, Brown, A, Brzoska, M, Brzozowski, W, Buckley, G, Buente, W, Bullaro, GR, Burke, MD, Burlacu, S, Busu, M, Butler, S, Byrne, J, Cabral, L, Cai, Y, Cajias, M, Calin, AC, Callegari, C (2020)
Acknowledgement to reviewers of social sciences in 2019,
Social Sciences, 9(1), DOI:
10.3390/socsci9010006.
Doidge, M, Claus, R, Gabler, J, Irving, R, Millward, P, Silvério, J (2019)
The impact of international football events on local, national and transnational fan cultures: a critical overview,
Soccer & Society, 20(5), pp.711-720, ISSN: 1466-0970. DOI:
10.1080/14660970.2019.1616264.
Doidge, M and Sandri, E (2019)
‘Friends that last a lifetime’: the importance of emotions amongst volunteers working with refugees in Calais,
The British Journal of Sociology, 70(2), pp.463-480, ISSN: 0007-1315. DOI:
10.1111/1468-4446.12484.
Doidge, M and Lieser, M (2018)
The importance of research on the ultras: introduction,
Sport in Society, 21(6), pp.833-840, ISSN: 1743-0437. DOI:
10.1080/17430437.2017.1300377.
Doidge, M (2018)
“Either Everyone Was Guilty or Everyone Was Innocent”
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: The Italian Power Elite, Neopatrimonialism, and the Importance of Social Relations,
Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 42(2), pp.115-131, ISSN: 0193-7235. DOI:
10.1177/0193723517751606.
Doidge, M and de Almeida, BS (2017)
From goalscorer to politician: The case of Romário and football politics in Brazil,
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52(3), pp.263-278, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI:
10.1177/1012690215593669.
Doidge, M (2015)
‘If you jump up and down, Balotelli dies’: Racism and player abuse in Italian football,
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 50(3), pp.249-264, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI:
10.1177/1012690213480354.
Doidge, M (2014)
Book review: The Global Football League: Transnational Networks, Social Movements and Sport in the New Media Age,
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 49(1), pp.121-124, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI:
10.1177/1012690213499334.
Doidge, M (2013)
‘The birthplace of Italian communism’: political identity and action amongst Livorno fans,
Soccer & Society, 14(2), pp.246-261, ISSN: 1466-0970. DOI:
10.1080/14660970.2013.776471.
Conferences
Santos, GL, dos Santos, VG, Kearns, C, Sinclair, G, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Endo, PT, Lynn, T (2025)
Detecting Homophobic Speech in Soccer Tweets Using Large Language Models and Explainable AI. In
16th International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2024), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Rende, Italy, pp.489-504, DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-78541-2_30.
Santos, GL, dos Santos, VG, Kearns, C, Sinclair, G, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kilvington, D, Endo, PT, Liston, K, Lynn, T (2024)
Kicking Prejudice: Large Language Models for Racism Classification in Soccer Discourse on Social Media. In
, pp.547-562, ISBN: 9783031610561. DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-61057-8_32.
Books
Doidge, M, Kossakowski, R, Mintert, S (2020)
Ultras: The Passion and Performance of Contemporary Football Fandom.
Doidge, M, Kossakowski, R, Mintert, S (2020)
Ultras, Manchester University Press, DOI:
10.7765/9781526127631.
Carter, TF,
Doidge, M, Burdsey, D (2018)
Transforming Sport: Knowledges, Practices, Structures. DOI:
10.4324/9781315167909.
Cleland, J,
Doidge, M, Millward, P, Widdop, P (2018)
Collective Action and Football Fandom, A Relational Sociological Approach, Springer Nature, DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-73141-4.
Twamley, K,
Doidge, M, Scott, A (2015)
Sociologists’ tales: Contemporary narratives on sociological thought and practice.
Chapters
Kilvington, D, Liston, K, Fletcher, T, Black, J, Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Kearns, C,
Doidge, M (2026)
Exploring online sexism and misogyny in women's professional English football. In
It's Women's Time in Soccer!, Taylor & Francis, pp.129-143, DOI:
10.4324/9781042007592-10.
Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Kilvington, D, Sinclair, G, Lynn, T, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Santos, GL, Liston, K, Rodrigo‑Jusué, I, Rosati, P (2025)
Social media and online hate in sport: a case study of association football. In Billings, AC and Hardin, M (ed)
Routledge Handbook of Sport and Social Media, Routledge, pp.58-72, ISBN: 9781032666198. DOI:
10.4324/9781032666228.
Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Kilvington, D, Sinclair, G, Lynn, T, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Santos, GL, Liston, K, Rodrigo-Jusue, I, Rosati, P (2025)
Social media and online hate in sport: A case study of association football. In
Routledge Handbook of Sport and Social Media, pp.58-72, DOI:
10.4324/9781032666228-7.
Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Kilvington, D, Sinclair, G, Lynn, T, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Leoni Santos, G, Liston, K, Rodrigo-Jusue, I, Rosati, P (2025)
Social Media and Online Hate in Sport. In
Routledge Handbook of Sport and Social Media, Routledge, pp.58-71, DOI:
10.4324/9781032666228-7.
Doidge, M, Nuhrat, Y, Kossakowski, R (2025)
Introduction: ‘A spectre is haunting European football – the spectre of a European Super League’. In
The Champions? Thirty Years of the UEFA Champions League, Taylor & Francis, pp.1-12, DOI:
10.4324/9781003607113-1.
Doidge, M (2024)
Sport and social justice for refugees: Advocating for leisure activities as a basic human need. In
Routledge Handbook of Sport Leisure and Social Justice, pp.157-169, DOI:
10.4324/9781003389682-15.
Doidge, M (2024)
Sport and social justice for refugees. In
Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice, Taylor & Francis, pp.157-169, DOI:
10.4324/9781003389682-15.
Kilvington, D, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Rosati, P (2023) A critical analysis of past and present campaigns to challenge online racism in english professional football. In
Hate Crime in Football how Racism is Destroying the Beautiful Game, pp.83-102.
Kilvington, D, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Rosati, P (2023)
A Critical Analysis of Past and Present Campaigns to Challenge Online Racism in English Professional Football. In
Hate Crime in Football, Bristol University Press, pp.83-102, DOI:
10.46692/9781529227208.007.
Kilvington, D, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Rosati, P (2023)
A Critical Analysis of Past and Present Campaigns to Challenge Online Racism in English Professional Football. In
Hate Crime in Football, Bristol University Press, pp.83-102, DOI:
10.51952/9781529227208.ch006.
Kilvington, D, Black, J,
Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Rosati, P (2023)
A Critical Analysis of Past and Present Campaigns to Challenge Online Racism in English Professional Football. In
Hate Crime in Football, Bristol University Press, pp.83-102, DOI:
10.56687/9781529227208-010.
Koopmans, B and
Doidge, M (2023)
“They play together, they laugh together”: Sport, play and fun in refugee sport projects. In
Forced Migration and Sport, Taylor & Francis, pp.138-151, DOI:
10.4324/9781003430193-11.
Amann, J and
Doidge, M (2022)
Climate change, catastrophe and hope in football fandom. In
Sport and Physical Activity in Catastrophic Environments, Taylor & Francis, pp.161-174, DOI:
10.4324/9781003225065-14.
Doidge, M and Lieser, M (2020)
The importance of research on the ultras: introduction. In
The Ultras, Taylor & Francis, pp.1-8, DOI:
10.4324/9781003105688-1.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
Relationships and intimacy. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.105-124, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-009.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
Lifestyle and consumption. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.19-38, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-005.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
Gender. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.85-104, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-008.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
Class. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.65-84, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-007.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
Race, ethnicity and migration. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.39-64, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-006.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
Introduction: the sociology of everyday life. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.1-18, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-004.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
Globalisation and post-industrialisation. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.125-152, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-010.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
Preface. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.ix-x, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-003.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
The UK in the future. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.153-158, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-011.
Doidge, M and Saini, R (2020)
List of boxes and figures. In
The Short Guide to Sociology, Bristol University Press, pp.v-vi, DOI:
10.56687/9781447352433-001.
Doidge, M (2020)
The importance of sport in engaging refugees: ‘It’s only a game?’. In
Sport Coaching with Diverse Populations Theory and Practice, pp.85-99, DOI:
10.4324/9780367854799-7.
Carter, TF,
Doidge, M, Burdsey, D (2018)
'Something has got to be done about this': Transforming sport, selves, and scholarship. In
Transforming Sport Knowledges Practices Structures, pp.1-19, DOI:
10.4324/9781315167909.
Doidge, M (2018)
Refugees united: The role of activism and football in supporting refugees. In
Transforming Sport Knowledges Practices Structures, pp.23-36, DOI:
10.4324/9781315167909.
Doidge, M (2017) ‘The birthplace of Italian communism’: political identity and action amongst Livorno fans. In
Fan Culture in European Football and the Influence of Left Wing Ideology, pp.130-145.
Doidge, M (2017)
The Italian Ultras: From Local Divisions to National Co-operation. In
Football and Supporter Activism in Europe, Springer Nature, pp.45-64, DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-48734-2_4.
Doidge, M (2016)
Democracy and supporter ownership. In
Routledge Handbook of Football Studies, pp.336-347, DOI:
10.4324/9780203066430.
Doidge, M (2016)
Racism and European football. In
Routledge Handbook of Sport Race and Ethnicity, pp.174-185, DOI:
10.4324/9781315745886.
Cornwell, J and
Doidge, M (2015) Putting sociology to work in the NHS. In
Sociologists Tales Contemporary Narratives on Sociological Thought and Practice, pp.187-195.
Doidge, M, Twamley, K, Scott, A (2015) Introduction. In
Sociologists Tales Contemporary Narratives on Sociological Thought and Practice, pp.1-15.
Doidge, M (2015)
Il Calcio as a Source of Local and Social Identity in Italy. In
Leisure Studies in A Global Era, pp.37-53, DOI:
10.1057/9781137394934_2.
Reports
Kilvington, D, Black, J, Doidge, M, Fletcher, T, Kearns, C, Leoni Santos, G, Liston, K, Lynn, T, Rodrigo Jusue, I, Rosati, P, Sinclair, G (2024) The Sports Media, Online Harms and Response(s) to it: A Short Report for Sky Sports News, pp.1-8, Tackling Online Hate in Football.
Other
Grodecki, M, Antonowicz, D, Kossakowski, R,
Doidge, M (2024)
Hooligans are coming home. A response to Ellis Cashmore and Kevin Dixon, ‘Why football violence made a comeback in continental Europe but spared England’ [soccer & society 25, no. 3 (2024): 378-384], The studies on hooliganism and football-related violence are particularly exposed to a strong temptation to jump to bold and simple conclusions. It is caused by the sensitive nature of the subject and considerable media attention that often blurs lines between scientific analysis and a more descriptive but attractive style of reasoning and writing. In addition, football violence is a phenomenon that is extremely hard to measure and compare, though serious measures to overcome these barriers are carried with the use of accessible public dataFootnote1 or in-depth fieldwork methods,Footnote2 drawing on a wide spectrum of social sciences’ theories to make sense of them. [..] . DOI:
10.1080/14660970.2024.2328975.
