Professor Stacey Pope's Outputs (5)

A New Age for Media Coverage of Women’s Sport? An Analysis of English Media Coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup (2018)
Journal Article
Petty, K., & Pope, S. (2019). A New Age for Media Coverage of Women’s Sport? An Analysis of English Media Coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Sociology, 53(3), 486-502. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038518797505

This article examines English print media coverage of the England national women’s football (soccer) team during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It draws on a content analysis of five English national newspapers from 24 May to 14 August 2015. A wide... Read More about A New Age for Media Coverage of Women’s Sport? An Analysis of English Media Coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

A Socio-Historical Account of Female Experiences of Football’s Golden Age in England (2018)
Book Chapter
Pope, S., & Williams, J. (2018). A Socio-Historical Account of Female Experiences of Football’s Golden Age in England. In G. Pfister, & S. Pope (Eds.), Female Football Players and Fans: Intruding into a Man’s World (157-184). (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59025-1_8

Pope and Williams argue that women’s experiences as fans have been largely marginalized in socio-historical research to date. But oral history accounts reveal a largely hidden history of active female sports fans. This chapter draws on interviews wit... Read More about A Socio-Historical Account of Female Experiences of Football’s Golden Age in England.

Introduction (2018)
Book Chapter
Pope, S., & Pfister, G. (2018). Introduction. In G. Pfister, & S. Pope (Eds.), Female Football Players and Fans: Intruding into a Man’s World (1-15). (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59025-1_1

In the introduction, Pope and Pfister discuss the rationale for the book. They argue there is a need to address the dearth of research on female fans and that new publications on female football players are necessary because of the recent rises in th... Read More about Introduction.

'Who Could Name an England Women’s Footballer?': Female Fans of Men’s Football and their Views of Women’s Football in England (2018)
Book Chapter
Pope, S. (2018). 'Who Could Name an England Women’s Footballer?': Female Fans of Men’s Football and their Views of Women’s Football in England. In G. Pfister, & S. Pope (Eds.), Female Football Players and Fans: Intruding into a Man’s World. Palgrave Macmillan

Female Football Players and Fans: Intruding into a Man’s World (2018)
Book
Pfister, G., & Pope, S. (Eds.). (2018). Female Football Players and Fans: Intruding into a Man’s World. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59025-1

This volume draws upon social science and historical approaches to provide insights into the world of women’s football and female fans. It gives an in-depth analysis of the development of the women’s game in different European countries and examines... Read More about Female Football Players and Fans: Intruding into a Man’s World.