Gavin Mellor
Biographic Data
| ID | 4002117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gavin Mellor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gavin |
| FAMILY NAME | Mellor |
| SIGNATURE | MELLOR G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Living Streets |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1936 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Janus‐faced sport’
This essay reflects on what has happened to the concept of ‘community’ in English football since the election of the New Labour government in Britain. It seeks to understand present governance arrangements around the game in terms of the legacy of ‘the third‐way’: the political philosophy adopted by New Labour when it came to power in the late 1990s. Specifically, it seeks to understand how the Labour government’s avowed commitment to ensuring ec…
Introduction
From introduction - During the past 15 years, interest in association football across many areas of the world has risen to a new level. This is manifest in the blanket media coverage that seemingly accompanies every aspect of the elite levels of the game, the increased attendances which have been enjoyed in many countries, and the ritualised identifications with football that have come to permeate wider contemporary social formations. Professiona…
The 1953 FA Cup Final
The 1953 FA Cup final was more than just a memorable game of football. It was the first cup final to reach a mass television audience. It was a match where a national hero, Stanley Matthews, finally won a winner's medal for a competition that itself was a national institution. It was also a match that was intertwined with the ideas of modernity and tradition that ran through British culture in the early 1950s. The new Queen, present at the game, …
Soccer and Disaster
The word disaster is much used in the world of soccer - conceding a penalty, a sending off, an untimely defeat. Comparing these with real life disasters puts things into perspective and the results of the games become insignificant. Soccer is not more important than life or death!For the first time, real life tragedies in the world of soccer are explored in one volume. From the loss of life of talented young players in the Munich and Zambian air …
The Flowers of Manchester’
On 6 February 1958, an airliner carrying Manchester United players and officials home from a European Cup quarter‐final match against Red Star Belgrade crashed after re‐fuelling in the German city
The genesis of Manchester United as a national and international ‘super‐club’, 1958–68
By common consent, Manchester United are the best supported and most wealthy football club in the world today. An analysis of the club's development indicates that, contrary to popular beliefs, the Munich disaster was not the main reason for United's evolution into a ‘super‐club’. Rather, it is shown that the club's European Cup successes of the late 1960s, coinciding as they did with major British social, economic and cultural change, are the ke…
The Humanitarians and the Abolition of Slavery
British policy in relation to Sierra Leone, 1808-1852
Journal Article British policy in relation to Sierra Leone, 1808–1852 Get access G. R. Mellor, M.A. G. R. Mellor, M.A. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Volume 14, Issue 41, November 1936, Pages 122–124, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1936.tb00111.x Published: 12 October 2007
Introduction
From introduction - During the past 15 years, interest in association football across many areas of the world has risen to a new level. This is manifest in the blanket media coverage that seemingly accompanies every aspect of the elite levels of the game, the increased attendances which have been enjoyed in many countries, and the ritualised identifications with football that have come to permeate wider contemporary social formations. Professiona…
The Janus‐faced sport’
This essay reflects on what has happened to the concept of ‘community’ in English football since the election of the New Labour government in Britain. It seeks to understand present governance arrangements around the game in terms of the legacy of ‘the third‐way’: the political philosophy adopted by New Labour when it came to power in the late 1990s. Specifically, it seeks to understand how the Labour government’s avowed commitment to ensuring ec…
The Flowers of Manchester’
On 6 February 1958, an airliner carrying Manchester United players and officials home from a European Cup quarter‐final match against Red Star Belgrade crashed after re‐fuelling in the German city
The genesis of Manchester United as a national and international ‘super‐club’, 1958–68
By common consent, Manchester United are the best supported and most wealthy football club in the world today. An analysis of the club's development indicates that, contrary to popular beliefs, the Munich disaster was not the main reason for United's evolution into a ‘super‐club’. Rather, it is shown that the club's European Cup successes of the late 1960s, coinciding as they did with major British social, economic and cultural change, are the ke…
The 1953 FA Cup Final
The 1953 FA Cup final was more than just a memorable game of football. It was the first cup final to reach a mass television audience. It was a match where a national hero, Stanley Matthews, finally won a winner's medal for a competition that itself was a national institution. It was also a match that was intertwined with the ideas of modernity and tradition that ran through British culture in the early 1950s. The new Queen, present at the game, …
British policy in relation to Sierra Leone, 1808-1852
Journal Article British policy in relation to Sierra Leone, 1808–1852 Get access G. R. Mellor, M.A. G. R. Mellor, M.A. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Volume 14, Issue 41, November 1936, Pages 122–124, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1936.tb00111.x Published: 12 October 2007
The Humanitarians and the Abolition of Slavery
The genesis of Manchester United as a national and international ‘super‐club’, 1958–68
By common consent, Manchester United are the best supported and most wealthy football club in the world today. An analysis of the club's development indicates that, contrary to popular beliefs, the Munich disaster was not the main reason for United's evolution into a ‘super‐club’. Rather, it is shown that the club's European Cup successes of the late 1960s, coinciding as they did with major British social, economic and cultural change, are the ke…
Soccer and Disaster
The word disaster is much used in the world of soccer - conceding a penalty, a sending off, an untimely defeat. Comparing these with real life disasters puts things into perspective and the results of the games become insignificant. Soccer is not more important than life or death!For the first time, real life tragedies in the world of soccer are explored in one volume. From the loss of life of talented young players in the Munich and Zambian air …
The Flowers of Manchester’
On 6 February 1958, an airliner carrying Manchester United players and officials home from a European Cup quarter‐final match against Red Star Belgrade crashed after re‐fuelling in the German city
The 1953 FA Cup Final
The 1953 FA Cup final was more than just a memorable game of football. It was the first cup final to reach a mass television audience. It was a match where a national hero, Stanley Matthews, finally won a winner's medal for a competition that itself was a national institution. It was also a match that was intertwined with the ideas of modernity and tradition that ran through British culture in the early 1950s. The new Queen, present at the game, …
The Janus‐faced sport’
This essay reflects on what has happened to the concept of ‘community’ in English football since the election of the New Labour government in Britain. It seeks to understand present governance arrangements around the game in terms of the legacy of ‘the third‐way’: the political philosophy adopted by New Labour when it came to power in the late 1990s. Specifically, it seeks to understand how the Labour government’s avowed commitment to ensuring ec…
Introduction
From introduction - During the past 15 years, interest in association football across many areas of the world has risen to a new level. This is manifest in the blanket media coverage that seemingly accompanies every aspect of the elite levels of the game, the increased attendances which have been enjoyed in many countries, and the ritualised identifications with football that have come to permeate wider contemporary social formations. Professiona…
History (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (5 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (5 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Football (3 works) · Media studies (3 works)