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Professor of Leisure Studies at the University of Brighton. Expert on FIFA and the history and politics of sport spectacle.

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Academic Papers
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Ethics and corruption in sport
FIFA
Observations on the Olympics
Personal Reflections
World Cup Thoughts

“My research has informed numerous radio and television commentaries, reports, features, discussions and documentaries on historical, sociological and political dimensions of sport cultures and events. For this BBC World Service documentary I provided unique documentary evidence and expert commentary on the context of Africa’s boycott of FIFA’s 1966 World Cup.”

BBC World Service audio: Missing the World Cup [2016]

BBC News

How Africa boycotted the 1966 World Cup

Populism in Sport, Leisure and Popular Culture: Podcast

Co-edited with Dr Bryan Clift, of the University of Bath. On the back of several events that we organised – a BSA (British Sociological Association) Leisure & Recreation Study Group workshop, several sessions at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) – we brought together a strong international team of scholars to examine the theoretical potential of the theory/concept of populism in sociological analysis of popular culture, sport, and leisure. The book, published in the Routledge/BSA Sociological Futures list, is the focus of a podcast led by BSA Chair Professor Louise Ryan.

Listen Notes: Podcast

Conversation between Shamel Azmeh and Alan Tomlinson, discussing the history of the Olympics, the evolution of the games over the decades, and a range of related issues.

The story of FIFA on Rear Vision – Podcast

FIFA – a tale of bribery, racketeering and money laundering and Australia’s role in the corruption behind the world’s most popular game.

Links

"Its coming home" – what's it all about? Some comments to "Le Monde"
Alan's Twitter Feed
Diplomatist Annual Edition 2016 [pages 84-88]
Google Scholar
Johan Cruyff Institute
The Olympic Conundrum, Berkley Center, Georgetown University
University of Brighton
what works wellbeing
When Saturday Comes

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