Dr Connor Penfold

A huge thank you to all the participants who took part in this study, and shared their lived experiences with me during the data collection process.

This article unpacks the various ways disabled people challenge issues of ableism and disablism in and through English football fandom. Importantly, this paper focuses on the more mundane, hidden and everyday ways disabled people perform and engage in activism.

Challenging ableism and disablism in English football fandom: disabled supporters and repertoires of ‘everyday resistance’ Recent research has shown that disabled people who attend professional football matches in England are confronted with a series of barriers rooted in ableism and disablism. However, we know signifi...

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....

Challenging ableism and disablism in English football fandom: disabled supporters and repertoires of ‘everyday resistance’ Recent research has shown that disabled people who attend professional football matches in England are confronted with a series of barriers rooted in ableism and disablism. However, we know signifi...

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

@paulwiddop.bsky.social @drcpenfold.bsky.social @fansumption.bsky.social

Football Daily - 72+: The EFL Podcast - BBC Sounds Who next for Oxford United & Bristol Rovers?

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/...

YouTube video by FIA Ableism and Disablism in the Beautiful Game

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...

Victim of his own success, feel for the bloke to be honest.

Of course. Our (well, the majority of the fanbase) expectation was to give staying up a real good go. Clearly the board believe Des is not the man to continue working towards that aim. Which, for the record, I completely disagree with.

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

Wasn't At The Game - 14/12/2024 - BBC Sounds Oxford United v Sheffield W post-match reaction from the manager, the players and you.

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

Two people holding a scarf that reads "Unite for Access" in a football stadium. Text on image: "UAOA Combatting Online Abuse in Sports Webinar Series: Ableism and Disablism in the Beautiful Game. Dr Connor Penfold.

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/

Episode 6 - 2024/25 🆕🎙️🎅 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 @Argyle and @QPR - kicking off a huge month for #

🆕🎙️🎅 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

Supporters' trusts & fan engagement: Does football still need activists? - Think Fan Engagement In 1992, led by the Inspirational Brian Lomax (which became his semi-official title amongst activists), Northampton Town Supporters' Trust was created. The first supporters' trust set out a new way…

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

That Conor Penfold Episode That Blind Lads Podcast · Episode

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...

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Something like that ay

An empty Wembley stadium with it's iconic red seats and pristine green pitch.

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 ⚽📖📚

Episode 5 - 2024/25 Play Episode 5 - 2024/25 by The Manor - Oxford United Podcast on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

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

Oxford United know the pain suicide causes - now they're uniting to save lives Manager Des Buckingham and midfielder Will Vaulks spoke at Oxford United's first mental health workshop - it will change and save lives

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...

Online Abuse in Sport Webinar Series - United Against Online Abuse This webinar series is presented jointly by the FIA, FIA Foundation, DCU and the UAOA Coalition Members. Online abuse is a significant problem in sport,

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 👍

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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

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