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“What have 6 million dead people got to do with football?”: How Anglo-Jewish football supporters experience and respond to antisemitism and “banter” (2023)
Journal Article
Poulton, E. (2023). “What have 6 million dead people got to do with football?”: How Anglo-Jewish football supporters experience and respond to antisemitism and “banter”. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(10), 2012-2035. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2259447

Life-story interviews with 39 Jewish supporters of a football club whose quasi-Jewish identity is the catalyst for antisemitic abuse were used to explain the under-researched everyday experiences among members of the Anglo-Jewish community. All inter... Read More about “What have 6 million dead people got to do with football?”: How Anglo-Jewish football supporters experience and respond to antisemitism and “banter”.

Tackling antisemitism within English football: a critical analysis of policies and campaigns using a multiple streams approach (2019)
Journal Article
Poulton, E. (2020). Tackling antisemitism within English football: a critical analysis of policies and campaigns using a multiple streams approach. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 12(1), 25-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2019.1673789

While the anti-racist movement in English football has been established for 25 years, antisemitism was not specifically addressed until much later – most publicly through anti-discrimination organisation Kick It Out’s The Y-Word (2011) film campaigni... Read More about Tackling antisemitism within English football: a critical analysis of policies and campaigns using a multiple streams approach.

Towards Understanding: Antisemitism and the Contested Uses and Meanings of ‘Yid’ in English Football (2016)
Journal Article
Poulton, E. (2016). Towards Understanding: Antisemitism and the Contested Uses and Meanings of ‘Yid’ in English Football. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39(11), 1981-2001. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2016.1140791

This article addresses an omission in the currently brief body of work on antisemitism in football and contributes to and advances wider sociological debates in the sub-disciplines of race and ethnicity, religion, linguistics and sport. The article e... Read More about Towards Understanding: Antisemitism and the Contested Uses and Meanings of ‘Yid’ in English Football.

Understanding Antisemitism and the Contested Uses and Meanings of ‘Yid’ in English Football: A Case Study of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Poulton, E. (2015, December). Understanding Antisemitism and the Contested Uses and Meanings of ‘Yid’ in English Football: A Case Study of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Paper presented at Anne Frank House International Conference on Tackling anti-Semitism in Professional Football, Amsterdam Arena, The Netherlands

The Hooligan Film Factory: Football Violence in High Definition (2014)
Book Chapter
Poulton, E. (2014). The Hooligan Film Factory: Football Violence in High Definition. In M. Hopkins, & J. Treadwell (Eds.), Hooliganism, Crime and Crowd Management: Contemporary Perspectives in Relation to Research and Theory (154-175). Palgrave Macmillan

Uses and meanings of ‘Yid’ in English football fandom: A case study of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (2014)
Journal Article
Poulton, E., & Durell, O. (2016). Uses and meanings of ‘Yid’ in English football fandom: A case study of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(6), 715-734. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690214554844

This is the first empirical study to explain the contested uses and meanings of ‘Yid’ in English football fan culture. A pertinent socio-political issue with important policy and legal implications, we explain the different uses of ‘Yid’, making cent... Read More about Uses and meanings of ‘Yid’ in English football fandom: A case study of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

Having the Balls: Reflections on Doing Gendered Research with Football Hooligans (2014)
Book Chapter
Poulton, E. (2014). Having the Balls: Reflections on Doing Gendered Research with Football Hooligans. In K. Lumsden, & A. Winter (Eds.), Reflexivity in criminological research : experiences with the powerful and powerless (77-89). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137379405.0011

The chapter identifies the methodological challenges (re)negotiated and managed as a female academic researching the hyper-masculine subculture of ‘football hooliganism’. It provides some methodological strategies and field tips that researchers may... Read More about Having the Balls: Reflections on Doing Gendered Research with Football Hooligans.