Tom Gibbons
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 217548 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Tom Gibbons |
| PRENOMES | Tom |
| SOBRENOME | Gibbons |
| ASSINATURA | GIBBONS T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Teesside University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1778-5997 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 84 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1973 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
We can’t participate like this at football, can we’? Exploring in-person performative prosumer fandom at live PDC darts events
The nature of prosumption is one of the most important areas of debate within the study of contemporary consumer culture. David L. Andrews and George Ritzer highlighted how the majority of literature in the 21st century has focused on the sociology of sport as a form of consumer culture, and that there is a distinct lack of research into the exploration of fan atmospheres in regard to physical prosumption at live sports events as opposed to virtu…
Norbert Elias’s concept of the ‘drag-effect’
In this paper Norbert Elias’s concept of the ‘drag-effect’ is argued to be important for exploring the complexities of the relationship between national identity and sport. Elias’s distinct sociological perspective is briefly outlined before the importance of Elias’s drag-effect is considered alongside other much more popular concepts commonly used in the study of nationalism and sport. The concept of the drag-effect is then applied to help make …
Still outsiders
This study calls for the meaningful inclusion of disabled children within Physical Education (PE), by exploring the experiences of a triad of key stakeholders: (a) Disabled children and their families; (b) PE teachers; and (c) Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Providers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between September 2017 and September 2019 with a total of 34 participants from across these three groups. Thematic analysis of the intervie…
Christianity and Social Scientific Perspectives on Sport
Walker Dan – Newcastle fan. One perspective of the changes in elite English football during the 1990s
It has been argued that the structural and cultural changes experienced in the 1990 s by elite English professional football were the most sweeping of the twentieth century. This paper charts a number of the most significant shifts through the eyes of fans of Newcastle United Football Club (NUFC). The data presented is derived from NUFC’s fanzine The Mag drawing on fans letters, editorial contributions and principally cartoons featuring the arche…
The Eternal Present of Sport
Evangelical Youth Culture
Sport and English National Identity in a ‘Disunited Kingdom’
1. Nationalism, the English Question and Sport [Tom Gibbons and Dominic Malcolm] Part I: English or British? 2. Cricket: The Quintessential English Game? [Dominic Malcolm and Philippa Velija] 3. Is St George Enough?: The relationship between English national identity and football [Tom Gibbons] 4. 'Tennis in an English Garden Party': Wimbledon, Englishness and British sporting culture [Robert J. Lake] 5. 'We are just going to draw the raffle numbe…
Sport and English National Identity in a 'Disunited Kingdom'
Is St George enough
This chapter explores the complexity of relationship between English national identity and football in twenty-first century. It draws upon aspects of previous empirical research using newspaper coverage of the England national team, fans surveys and participant and non-participant observations of fans. The chapter provides a brief outline of some key Eliasian concepts that inform this account of how English, British, local and club-based identifi…
The ‘Auld Enemy’? Exploring the England vs. Scotland rivalry from the perspective of soccer fans
A long-standing and persistent rivalry is said to exist between England and Scotland in the context of international soccer. In this essay, we seek to test common media representations emphasizing division against the opinions of English and Scottish soccer fans themselves. The complexity of English views towards Scottish people both inside and outside of soccer is explored using examples from an online participant observation study with English …
The Impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were seen as a success and the hosts were praised for the promotion of equality, tolerance and unity as well as inspiring a legacy to continue these values. Th
Show Racism The Red Card
This discussion paper focuses on anti-racist groups associated with British Association football (soccer) and the barriers that they face in relation to effective implementation of the anti-racism message and aspirational cultural change. In order to address those issues (above) this essay draws on the educational charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRTRC) and their work to educate individuals in Great Britain though football. It takes an overview …
Fan debates on English national identity surrounding the Almunia case
English national identity has undergone significant challenges post-1945 which means this national construct has reached a point where its very nature is uncertain. The aim of this paper is to discuss debates between football fans regarding the possibility that the Spanish goalkeeper, Manuel Almunia, might have been chosen to represent the English national team due to becoming a naturalized British citizen in 2009. This is argued to be evidence t…
True fan = watch match’? In search of the ‘Authentic’ soccer fan
Academics have created typologies to divide association football (soccer) fans into categories based upon the ‘authenticity’ of their fandom practices. One of the main requirements of ‘authentic’ fandom has been assumed to be match attendance. The goal of this paper was to critically assess this assumption by considering how fans themselves talk about the significance of match attendance as evidence of ‘authentic’ fandom. In the light of the fact…
Harry walks, Fabio runs
On 8 February 2012 Fabio Capello resigned from his position as manager of the England men's national association football (soccer) team. The date this decision became public coincided with the acquittal in court of Harry Redknapp following the Tottenham Hotspur FC manager being accused of tax evasion. As Redknapp was considered the media favourite to succeed Capello as England manager, press coverage of these two events proved an interesting case…
The Surveillance of Racing Cyclists in Training
Research into the complexities of social identity construction and maintenance within racing cycling cultures has been neglected in sport sociology and studies of cycling group interactions are lacking. In this paper, preliminary findings from an on-going ethnographic research study on understanding the social world of a group (n= 73) of male racing cyclists aged between 17 and 56 years in the north east of England are discussed primarily through…
Disability 'Rights' or 'Wrongs'? The Claims of the International Paralympic Committee, the London 2012 Paralympics and Disability Rights in the UK
A central aspect of the vision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is that the Paralympic Movement is a vehicle for achieving 'a more equitable society' (IPC 2012a). Building upon the findings of an online survey conducted with disabled activists prior to the London 2012 Paralympic Games ( Braye, Dixon and Gibbons 2012 ), in this short essay we argue that whilst this vision is commendable, the Paralympics has limited impact on the eve…
A mockery of equality’
This article offers an exploratory analysis of the opinions of disabled activists towards the Paralympic Games. With the use of a qualitative online survey, the work focuses on the perceptions of disabled individuals (n = 32) who are not Paralympic athletes but are affiliated to the disability rights group, the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Council. Working on the premise that the views of disabled activists have been excluded from Paralympic …
English national identity and the national football team
The English St George Cross has recently become more prominent than the British Union Jack among English football fans. Some authors assume this to be evidence that a specifically English national consciousness is arising. However, the ways in which English fans describe their own national identity and their feelings towards the national football team have not been the primary focus of previous research. In order to explore this area further, onl…
Contrasting Representations of Englishness During Fifa World Cup Finals
Football and English national identity have been interlinked for over a century. The increased display of the St George Cross rather than the Union flag when the England team compete in international football competitions has been linked to a rise in a specifically English national consciousness. Academics have assumed this to be a response to advancing European integration and political devolution within contemporary Britain without providing mu…
Surf’s up!’
Soccer fandom practices in England have been significantly impacted by globalization. The creation of the Premier League in 1992, and the way in which satellite television company BSkyB dominated coverage of this, together with other developments, have led to changes in how fans consume top‐level English soccer. Whilst such global transformations are well documented in the sociology of soccer literature, the implications of the rise of the most a…
The way it was’
Causes of football hooliganism are still widely disputed by academics, and narrative accounts from reflective ex‐hooligans in the public domain are often sensationalized. The aims of this essay are to critically assess some of the main academic theories behind the causes of football hooliganism; and, to consider the value of gathering less sensationalistic in‐depth narrative accounts from reflective ex‐hooligans in order to further understanding.…
Is St George Enough? Considering the importance of displaying local identity while supporting the England national soccer team
Anthony King (2006) suggests that soccer provides an increasingly important arena to express an emergent English (over British) national identity. This paper uses data from pub‐based participant observation and an online survey conducted during the 2006 World Cup Finals to explore the complexities of contemporary English identities among ‘everyday’ soccer fans. We discuss the relevance of local identities by focusing on contemporary displays of s…
Yeats, Joyce, Eliot and the Contemporary Revival of Cyclical Theories of History
Surf’s up!’
Soccer fandom practices in England have been significantly impacted by globalization. The creation of the Premier League in 1992, and the way in which satellite television company BSkyB dominated coverage of this, together with other developments, have led to changes in how fans consume top‐level English soccer. Whilst such global transformations are well documented in the sociology of soccer literature, the implications of the rise of the most a…
A mockery of equality’
This article offers an exploratory analysis of the opinions of disabled activists towards the Paralympic Games. With the use of a qualitative online survey, the work focuses on the perceptions of disabled individuals (n = 32) who are not Paralympic athletes but are affiliated to the disability rights group, the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Council. Working on the premise that the views of disabled activists have been excluded from Paralympic …
True fan = watch match’? In search of the ‘Authentic’ soccer fan
Academics have created typologies to divide association football (soccer) fans into categories based upon the ‘authenticity’ of their fandom practices. One of the main requirements of ‘authentic’ fandom has been assumed to be match attendance. The goal of this paper was to critically assess this assumption by considering how fans themselves talk about the significance of match attendance as evidence of ‘authentic’ fandom. In the light of the fact…
Still outsiders
This study calls for the meaningful inclusion of disabled children within Physical Education (PE), by exploring the experiences of a triad of key stakeholders: (a) Disabled children and their families; (b) PE teachers; and (c) Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Providers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between September 2017 and September 2019 with a total of 34 participants from across these three groups. Thematic analysis of the intervie…
English national identity and the national football team
The English St George Cross has recently become more prominent than the British Union Jack among English football fans. Some authors assume this to be evidence that a specifically English national consciousness is arising. However, the ways in which English fans describe their own national identity and their feelings towards the national football team have not been the primary focus of previous research. In order to explore this area further, onl…
Fan debates on English national identity surrounding the Almunia case
English national identity has undergone significant challenges post-1945 which means this national construct has reached a point where its very nature is uncertain. The aim of this paper is to discuss debates between football fans regarding the possibility that the Spanish goalkeeper, Manuel Almunia, might have been chosen to represent the English national team due to becoming a naturalized British citizen in 2009. This is argued to be evidence t…
Harry walks, Fabio runs
On 8 February 2012 Fabio Capello resigned from his position as manager of the England men's national association football (soccer) team. The date this decision became public coincided with the acquittal in court of Harry Redknapp following the Tottenham Hotspur FC manager being accused of tax evasion. As Redknapp was considered the media favourite to succeed Capello as England manager, press coverage of these two events proved an interesting case…
The way it was’
Causes of football hooliganism are still widely disputed by academics, and narrative accounts from reflective ex‐hooligans in the public domain are often sensationalized. The aims of this essay are to critically assess some of the main academic theories behind the causes of football hooliganism; and, to consider the value of gathering less sensationalistic in‐depth narrative accounts from reflective ex‐hooligans in order to further understanding.…
Show Racism The Red Card
This discussion paper focuses on anti-racist groups associated with British Association football (soccer) and the barriers that they face in relation to effective implementation of the anti-racism message and aspirational cultural change. In order to address those issues (above) this essay draws on the educational charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRTRC) and their work to educate individuals in Great Britain though football. It takes an overview …
Is St George Enough? Considering the importance of displaying local identity while supporting the England national soccer team
Anthony King (2006) suggests that soccer provides an increasingly important arena to express an emergent English (over British) national identity. This paper uses data from pub‐based participant observation and an online survey conducted during the 2006 World Cup Finals to explore the complexities of contemporary English identities among ‘everyday’ soccer fans. We discuss the relevance of local identities by focusing on contemporary displays of s…
The Surveillance of Racing Cyclists in Training
Research into the complexities of social identity construction and maintenance within racing cycling cultures has been neglected in sport sociology and studies of cycling group interactions are lacking. In this paper, preliminary findings from an on-going ethnographic research study on understanding the social world of a group (n= 73) of male racing cyclists aged between 17 and 56 years in the north east of England are discussed primarily through…
Disability 'Rights' or 'Wrongs'? The Claims of the International Paralympic Committee, the London 2012 Paralympics and Disability Rights in the UK
A central aspect of the vision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is that the Paralympic Movement is a vehicle for achieving 'a more equitable society' (IPC 2012a). Building upon the findings of an online survey conducted with disabled activists prior to the London 2012 Paralympic Games ( Braye, Dixon and Gibbons 2012 ), in this short essay we argue that whilst this vision is commendable, the Paralympics has limited impact on the eve…
We can’t participate like this at football, can we’? Exploring in-person performative prosumer fandom at live PDC darts events
The nature of prosumption is one of the most important areas of debate within the study of contemporary consumer culture. David L. Andrews and George Ritzer highlighted how the majority of literature in the 21st century has focused on the sociology of sport as a form of consumer culture, and that there is a distinct lack of research into the exploration of fan atmospheres in regard to physical prosumption at live sports events as opposed to virtu…
Contrasting Representations of Englishness During Fifa World Cup Finals
Football and English national identity have been interlinked for over a century. The increased display of the St George Cross rather than the Union flag when the England team compete in international football competitions has been linked to a rise in a specifically English national consciousness. Academics have assumed this to be a response to advancing European integration and political devolution within contemporary Britain without providing mu…
The new Hellenism Havelock Ellis as a literary critic
Modernism in Poetry
MODERNISM IN POETRY: THE DEBT TO ARTHUR SYMONS Get access Tom Gibbons Tom Gibbons Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 13, Issue 1, WINTER 1973, Pages 47–60, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/13.1.47 Published: 01 January 1973
Yeats, Joyce, Eliot and the Contemporary Revival of Cyclical Theories of History
The way it was’
Causes of football hooliganism are still widely disputed by academics, and narrative accounts from reflective ex‐hooligans in the public domain are often sensationalized. The aims of this essay are to critically assess some of the main academic theories behind the causes of football hooliganism; and, to consider the value of gathering less sensationalistic in‐depth narrative accounts from reflective ex‐hooligans in order to further understanding.…
Is St George Enough? Considering the importance of displaying local identity while supporting the England national soccer team
Anthony King (2006) suggests that soccer provides an increasingly important arena to express an emergent English (over British) national identity. This paper uses data from pub‐based participant observation and an online survey conducted during the 2006 World Cup Finals to explore the complexities of contemporary English identities among ‘everyday’ soccer fans. We discuss the relevance of local identities by focusing on contemporary displays of s…
Contrasting Representations of Englishness During Fifa World Cup Finals
Football and English national identity have been interlinked for over a century. The increased display of the St George Cross rather than the Union flag when the England team compete in international football competitions has been linked to a rise in a specifically English national consciousness. Academics have assumed this to be a response to advancing European integration and political devolution within contemporary Britain without providing mu…
Surf’s up!’
Soccer fandom practices in England have been significantly impacted by globalization. The creation of the Premier League in 1992, and the way in which satellite television company BSkyB dominated coverage of this, together with other developments, have led to changes in how fans consume top‐level English soccer. Whilst such global transformations are well documented in the sociology of soccer literature, the implications of the rise of the most a…
English national identity and the national football team
The English St George Cross has recently become more prominent than the British Union Jack among English football fans. Some authors assume this to be evidence that a specifically English national consciousness is arising. However, the ways in which English fans describe their own national identity and their feelings towards the national football team have not been the primary focus of previous research. In order to explore this area further, onl…
A mockery of equality’
This article offers an exploratory analysis of the opinions of disabled activists towards the Paralympic Games. With the use of a qualitative online survey, the work focuses on the perceptions of disabled individuals (n = 32) who are not Paralympic athletes but are affiliated to the disability rights group, the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Council. Working on the premise that the views of disabled activists have been excluded from Paralympic …
The Surveillance of Racing Cyclists in Training
Research into the complexities of social identity construction and maintenance within racing cycling cultures has been neglected in sport sociology and studies of cycling group interactions are lacking. In this paper, preliminary findings from an on-going ethnographic research study on understanding the social world of a group (n= 73) of male racing cyclists aged between 17 and 56 years in the north east of England are discussed primarily through…
Disability 'Rights' or 'Wrongs'? The Claims of the International Paralympic Committee, the London 2012 Paralympics and Disability Rights in the UK
A central aspect of the vision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is that the Paralympic Movement is a vehicle for achieving 'a more equitable society' (IPC 2012a). Building upon the findings of an online survey conducted with disabled activists prior to the London 2012 Paralympic Games ( Braye, Dixon and Gibbons 2012 ), in this short essay we argue that whilst this vision is commendable, the Paralympics has limited impact on the eve…
Show Racism The Red Card
This discussion paper focuses on anti-racist groups associated with British Association football (soccer) and the barriers that they face in relation to effective implementation of the anti-racism message and aspirational cultural change. In order to address those issues (above) this essay draws on the educational charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRTRC) and their work to educate individuals in Great Britain though football. It takes an overview …
Fan debates on English national identity surrounding the Almunia case
English national identity has undergone significant challenges post-1945 which means this national construct has reached a point where its very nature is uncertain. The aim of this paper is to discuss debates between football fans regarding the possibility that the Spanish goalkeeper, Manuel Almunia, might have been chosen to represent the English national team due to becoming a naturalized British citizen in 2009. This is argued to be evidence t…
True fan = watch match’? In search of the ‘Authentic’ soccer fan
Academics have created typologies to divide association football (soccer) fans into categories based upon the ‘authenticity’ of their fandom practices. One of the main requirements of ‘authentic’ fandom has been assumed to be match attendance. The goal of this paper was to critically assess this assumption by considering how fans themselves talk about the significance of match attendance as evidence of ‘authentic’ fandom. In the light of the fact…
Harry walks, Fabio runs
On 8 February 2012 Fabio Capello resigned from his position as manager of the England men's national association football (soccer) team. The date this decision became public coincided with the acquittal in court of Harry Redknapp following the Tottenham Hotspur FC manager being accused of tax evasion. As Redknapp was considered the media favourite to succeed Capello as England manager, press coverage of these two events proved an interesting case…
The Impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were seen as a success and the hosts were praised for the promotion of equality, tolerance and unity as well as inspiring a legacy to continue these values. Th
Sport and English National Identity in a ‘Disunited Kingdom’
1. Nationalism, the English Question and Sport [Tom Gibbons and Dominic Malcolm] Part I: English or British? 2. Cricket: The Quintessential English Game? [Dominic Malcolm and Philippa Velija] 3. Is St George Enough?: The relationship between English national identity and football [Tom Gibbons] 4. 'Tennis in an English Garden Party': Wimbledon, Englishness and British sporting culture [Robert J. Lake] 5. 'We are just going to draw the raffle numbe…
Sport and English National Identity in a 'Disunited Kingdom'
Is St George enough
This chapter explores the complexity of relationship between English national identity and football in twenty-first century. It draws upon aspects of previous empirical research using newspaper coverage of the England national team, fans surveys and participant and non-participant observations of fans. The chapter provides a brief outline of some key Eliasian concepts that inform this account of how English, British, local and club-based identifi…
The ‘Auld Enemy’? Exploring the England vs. Scotland rivalry from the perspective of soccer fans
A long-standing and persistent rivalry is said to exist between England and Scotland in the context of international soccer. In this essay, we seek to test common media representations emphasizing division against the opinions of English and Scottish soccer fans themselves. The complexity of English views towards Scottish people both inside and outside of soccer is explored using examples from an online participant observation study with English …
Evangelical Youth Culture
The Eternal Present of Sport
Christianity and Social Scientific Perspectives on Sport
Walker Dan – Newcastle fan. One perspective of the changes in elite English football during the 1990s
It has been argued that the structural and cultural changes experienced in the 1990 s by elite English professional football were the most sweeping of the twentieth century. This paper charts a number of the most significant shifts through the eyes of fans of Newcastle United Football Club (NUFC). The data presented is derived from NUFC’s fanzine The Mag drawing on fans letters, editorial contributions and principally cartoons featuring the arche…
Norbert Elias’s concept of the ‘drag-effect’
In this paper Norbert Elias’s concept of the ‘drag-effect’ is argued to be important for exploring the complexities of the relationship between national identity and sport. Elias’s distinct sociological perspective is briefly outlined before the importance of Elias’s drag-effect is considered alongside other much more popular concepts commonly used in the study of nationalism and sport. The concept of the drag-effect is then applied to help make …
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