Presentations
Football’s foreign exchange: Challenging perceptions of foreign player involvement in the English Premier Academy League - Play the Game 2009 (PP Pdf.)
CV
Dr Richard Elliott is Director of the Lawrie McMenemy Centre for Football
Research based at Southampton Solent University.
He is a leading figure in the area of athletic migration having studied the involvement of foreign players in a number of professional sports. His most recent research has examined various dimensions of foreign player involvement in the Premier Academy League. Richard is a published author in the area of foreign player involvement in professional sport and is regularly invited to speak
at conferences in the UK and Europe.
He is a recognised academic contact for the Football Association and has worked in conjunction with the Premier League. He also provides support for the media, appearing in the global electronic and print media and, most recently, on Brazilian and Lithuanian television, and the BBC.
Publication history:
Elliott, R. (2009). 'Feet-Drain' or 'Feet-Exchange'?: Examining the
Effects of Elite Foreign Footballers in the Premier Academy League. Labour
Market Migration in European Football: Issues and Challenges. Birkbeck
Sports Business Centre: London.
Elliott, R., & Maguire, J. (2008). 'Getting Caught in the Net': Examining
the Recruitment of Canadian Players in British Professional Ice Hockey.
Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 32(2), 158-176.
Elliott, R., & Maguire, J. (2008). 'Thinking Outside of the Box':
Exploring a Conceptual Synthesis for Research in the Area of Athletic
Labour Migration. Sociology of Sport Journal, 25 (4), 482-497.
Maguire, J., Mazur, Z., Wawrzyczek, I. & Elliott, R. (2009). 'New Europe,
Old Games': Making Sense of Anglo-Polish Media Coverage of England versus
Poland Football Matches. Sport in Society.12(2), 141-154
Conference Papers
Elliott, R. (2009, June). Reaching saturation point?: Foreign players in
the English Premier League, Invited paper presented at Central Council for
Physical Recreation European Summit, London: England.
Elliott, R. (2009, May). Football's new 'foreign legion'?: Foreign players
in the Premier Academy League, Invited paper presented at FC Business Live
Player and Coach Development Conference, Birmingham: England.
Elliott, R. (2008, May). 'Feet Drain or Feet Exchange?: The Effects of
Foreign Players in the Premier Academy League, Invited paper presented at
'Feet Drain': An Opportunity for Players and a Loss for Nations
Conference, London, England.
Elliott, R. (2007, June). 'Ever Increasing Circles': Exploring the
recruiting motivations of coaches in British professional ice hockey.
Paper presented at 4th Conference of the European Association for
Sociology of Sport, Munster, Germany.
Elliott, R. (2006, April). 'North American Workers in British Professional
Basketball and Ice Hockey'. Paper presented at Physical Education and
Sport Pedagogy Research Seminar, Loughborough, England.
Elliott, R. (2005, September). 'Crossing Blue Lines and Baselines: North
Americans in British Elite Basketball and Ice Hockey'. Paper presented at
the British Sociological Association Sociology of Sport Research Group 1st
Annual Postgraduate Research Forum, London, England.
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