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Dr Stephen Crossley's Outputs (4)

Sports Cages as Social Infrastructure: Sociality, Context, and Contest in Hackney's Cages (2024)
Journal Article
Billingham, L., Curry, F., & Crossley, S. (2024). Sports Cages as Social Infrastructure: Sociality, Context, and Contest in Hackney's Cages. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 56(6), 2021-2041. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.13090

The concept of social infrastructure has experienced a rapid rise to prominence in recent years, both in academia and in policy. In this article, we explore a case study of cages (also known as Multi‐Use Games Areas) in Hackney, North‐East London. We... Read More about Sports Cages as Social Infrastructure: Sociality, Context, and Contest in Hackney's Cages.

Reducing the need for foodbanks in County Durham (2024)
Report
Crossley, S., Orton, A., Corrigan, D., Davidson, L., Diamond, N., Hall, C., McGrother, I., Smith, K., & Wayte, M. (2024). Reducing the need for foodbanks in County Durham. Centre for Social Justice and Community Action (CSJCA), Durham Christian Partnership (DCP)

In recent years, foodbanks have become an increasingly common part of the voluntary sector landscape throughout the UK. It is estimated that there are over 2800 foodbanks in the UK at the current time, with the number of people using them steadily an... Read More about Reducing the need for foodbanks in County Durham.

‘Fog on the tyne’? The ‘common-sense’ focus on ‘sportswashing’ and the 2021 takeover of Newcastle United (2024)
Journal Article
Crossley, S., & Woolf, A. (2024). ‘Fog on the tyne’? The ‘common-sense’ focus on ‘sportswashing’ and the 2021 takeover of Newcastle United. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 16(2), 307-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2024.2342394

On 7 October 2021, a controversial takeover of the English Premier League team Newcastle United Football Club saw an 80% stake acquired by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), the country’s sovereign wealth fund. Public discussion and medi... Read More about ‘Fog on the tyne’? The ‘common-sense’ focus on ‘sportswashing’ and the 2021 takeover of Newcastle United.