• Enjoyment in youth soccer: its portrayals among 12- to 14-year-olds 

      Tjomsland, Hege Eikeland; Larsen, Torill; Holsen, Ingrid; Ronglan, Lars Tore; Samdal, Oddrun; Wold, Bente (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-23)
      This article reports on a qualitative study that explored the experiences of adolescents in Norwegian soccer teams. The sample included players aged 12–14 years who participated in the promoting adolescence physical activity ...
    • 'No systematic doping in football': A critical review 

      Malcolm, Dominic; Waddington, Ivan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-01-01)
      This essay examines the degree to which football administrators are correct to believe that there is relatively little use of performance-enhancing drugs in elite football. In contrast to FIFA's reliance on the results of ...
    • One of the few: the experiences of female elite-level coaches in Norwegian football 

      Fasting, Kari; Sand, Trond Svela; Nordstrand, Hilde Rørvik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The aim of this article is to explore the experiences of female elite-level Norwegian coaches in football. More precisely, we wanted to find out the meaning of gender for these coaches’ football experiences. The results ...
    • Segregated femininities?: Creating female fandom through social media in Sweden 

      Hedenborg, Susanna; White, Manon Hedenborg; Radmann, Aage (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The study analyses female fandom in Sweden, focusing on female football supporters’ self-presentation on social media. We found social media to function as a forum for empowerment, where the female football fans construct ...
    • Struggling with the amateur identity: The self-perception of the Danish football movement, 1880s to 1970s 

      Grønkjær, Allan Bennich (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A vital element of the history of football in Denmark is the identity of the football movement. It developed itself in Denmark from the end of the nineteenth century. Contact with Great Britain was an inspiration, and the ...
    • Swedish supporter culture: Restrictions, conflicts, resistance 

      Karlén, Sara; Radmann, Aage (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This study investigates the conflict between, on the one hand, the Swedish police and law enforcement and, on the other, supporters, football clubs, and the organization of Swedish Elite Football. The core of this conflict ...
    • When different logics meet: The crisis communication of a national head coach in elite football 

      Andersen, Trine Lise; Moldenæs, Turid; Ronglan, Lars Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Through a longitudinal study of how a national head coach in men's football defended and explained persistent losses, the following questions were addressed: What was the content of the media criticism, how did the coach ...