Publication Alert ⚠️ If you're interested in disability, activism and sport fandom then please consider giving our (w/ Paul Darby & @ulstergmro.bsky.social) latest publication a read and share ♿ ⚽ 🏟️ #Disability #Activism #Football #Fandom www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy Friday! New publication alert 📣 Challenging ableism and disablism in English football fandom: disabled supporters and repertoires of ‘everyday resistance’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Led by @drcpenfold.bsky.social, with Dr Paul Darby, and me. #OpenAccess #Accessibility #Football

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Great to represent @themanorpodcast.bsky.social on the 72+ podcast today. I spoke to Aaron Paul, Jobi McAnuff and Phil Brown about Des' dismissal. Interested to see how many people agree with my outlook on the situation #OUFC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Happy to share that my UAOA Online Abuse in Sport Webinar is now available to watch. If you are interested in learning more about my research concerning ableism and disablism in football, please feel free to give this a watch 👇 #Disability #Football www.youtube.com/watch?v=7joo...

Emergency pod to mourn the sacking of Des Buckingham 🎙️💛💙 #OUFC

Our very own @drcpenfold.bsky.social featured on WATG tonight. Give it a listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great to present my work on ableism and disablism in football today as part of the UAOA Combatting Online Abuse in Sports Webinar Series. Interesting debate followed the presentation, particularly around ableist language and online hate. More info here: unitedagainstonlineabuse.com/webinar-seri...

One of the weirder scholarly practices regarding generative AI that seems to have been normalized is citing chatbots. I say normalized because many univs & scholarly associations recommend it as an element of proper scholarship. But it doesn't make sense when you consider what a citation means. 1/

🆕🎙️🎅 The first pod of the festive period! We run through the games against Boro, Sheff Utd and Millwall before looking ahead to the big fixtures vs Plymouth and QPR - kicking off a huge month for #OUFC #COYY 💛💙

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this session is now going to take place on Tuesday the 10th of December.

Here’s a starter pack of sociologists if sport. It’s mainly UK based at the moment, but add you name below if you want to be added to the list go.bsky.app/BKgUU5v

Do we really still need to those pesky football activists now everyone's getting on so much better? https://buff.ly/4fY6WZ0 #fanengagement #premierleague #efl

Great to feature on 'That Blind Lad's Podcast' to discuss all things football, accessibility, and research. A huge thank you to Jamie for providing me with a platform to unpack these topics. Give it a listen if you're interested 👇🏻 open.spotify.com/episode/7flb... ⚽ 🎙 ♿

Today's office is bringing back all the memories from May 💛💙 #OUFC

Likewise, Anthony. Looks like a great event which I'm excited to get to next year! Enjoy all @footballcollective.bsky.social ⚽📖📚

Much like a number of the first team squad, we've spent some time on the sidelines but we're back to talk all things #oufc

Very proud to be associated with this club. This is a great write up of the recent Oxford United mental health workshop. #OUFC inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

For those interested, I am speaking as part of the Online Abuse in Sport Webinar series for the UAOA on Tuesday 26th of November at 2pm. My webinar is entitled 'Ableism and Disablism in the Beautiful Game'. Sign up here: unitedagainstonlineabuse.com/webinar-seri...

Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about. 1. Visually impaired people's experiences of football fandom + online ableist hate speech in sport. 2. Neoliberal ableism.

Twitter's like playing a Premier League team in the FA Cup - still a big deal, bit of a pain in the bum, and you're not entirely sure all these people are genuine. BlueSky's like an #oufc away day - nobody knows what they're doing, but everybody's excited to be there and you recognise everyone.

Truly amazing paper, what a team! In all seriousness this was a really valuable piece of research very much down to working with an amazing and tenacious colleague! You should give that podcast a plug too, nice discussion of this content in accessible format 👍

Hey Bluesky 👋🏻 In true academic fashion, check out my most recent publication below about disabled people's experiences of inclusion and exclusion in English football fandom ⚽ ♿ #Football #Disability #Fandom #Ableism #Disablism #Inclusion #Exclusion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...