Safeguarding, Chaplaincy and English Professional Football
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3353901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Oliver (0000-0002-4901-1638, University of Gloucestershire), Andrew Parker (0000-0001-6842-3067, University of Gloucestershire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 543 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10100543 |
| OpenAlex | W2974360427 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 21 |
In recent years, English professional football has been rocked by allegations of historical sexual abuse and safeguarding concerns around young players. This paper examines the potential contribution that sports chaplains can make to the specific welfare needs of elite youth footballers within the wider context of safeguarding practices and protocols. Comprising a small-scale, sociological study involving welfare personnel at English Premier League and English Football League Championship clubs, the paper identifies the scope and potential of sports chaplaincy in relation to the practical outworking of safeguarding policy. Findings reveal that elite youth footballers face a number of pressures specific to the highly competitive environment in which they work and that various safeguarding issues routinely arise amidst these pressures. The paper concludes by suggesting that sports chaplains are ideally placed to provide safeguarding and wider welfare support to young players as a consequence of their independence from team management structures and their prioritization of holistic care above performance-related issues
Elite · Football · League · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Safeguarding · Sociology · Welfare · History · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports injuries and prevention · Sports, Gender, and Society
Sport, Chaplaincy and Holistic Support
Disciplinary mechanisms and the discourse of identity
Children in football
Soccer, Servitude and Sub-cultural Identity
Goffman, Identity and Organizational Control
Lifelong learning to labour
Child Protection in Sport
The Work of Professional Football
Rethinking Sportland
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |