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World Cup 2010
As regular readers may have spotted, I have so far restrained myself from blogging on this event. This is not because it hasn’t caught my attention – well, the Maicon goal will certainly be up with...
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Political correctness in South Africa
You wait over a week for a World Cup story to come up on this blog and then three come along almost at once! This one, the second, has a very direct connection with English football finance. Nadeem...
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Protecting sponsors
My third World Cup posting has resonances much nearer to home; just bear with me. Ambush marketing – the piggy-backing of events by companies who are not official sponsors (there is an excellent...
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Au revoir les Bleus
If Schadenfreude is your thing – and you are not French – then you would have enjoyed the last few days in France. The ignominious departure of the lacklustre national team from the World Cup caused a...
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Another side to the World Cup
Most of us will have been (eventually!) enjoying the World Cup as a feast of football, soaking up the atmosphere even if only in our sitting rooms or in the pub, and savouring the more dramatic and...
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An upside to England’s early exit?
As well as my involvement in sports management research, I have another part to my day job – researching tourism management. These two worlds overlap in the topics of sports tourism and mega-events....
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Lessons from South Africa
If you are still ‘feeling the hurt’ of England’s failed bid for the 2018 World Cup (and perhaps thinking London 2012 will be a roaring success), you may well be interested in the results of a survey...
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FIFA’s largesse
Before I return to more usual topics (I’m working on a posting on a nonleague club), it’s worth picking up on something Paul Geiss raised in a comment on my last post. Some details emerged today of...
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