TY - JOUR

T1 - Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club

AU - Curran, KM

AU - Bingham, DD

AU - Richardson, DJ

AU - Parnell, D

N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor Francis in Soccer and Society on 27/05/2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14660970.2014.920627

PY - 2014/5/27

Y1 - 2014/5/27

N2 - The present paper draws upon six years of applied practitioner research experience of the authors who were based within a Football in the Community (FitC) programme at an English Premier League football club in a deprived community in the UK. The paper explores the critical emergent issues concerned with participant recruitment, engagement and retention within a range of FitC physical activity, health improvement interventions with the following populations; primary school children, families, men aged 18?35 years and men aged 55 years and above. Results are drawn from a range of ethnographic, reflective and observational data collection and analysis techniques undertaken by the authors. A first person writing style is used alongside creative non-fiction vignettes. Results relating to the effectiveness of a range of behaviour and lifestyle change interventions are discussed. The authors conclude with a series of proposed operational and strategic ways forward for FitC schemes.

AB - The present paper draws upon six years of applied practitioner research experience of the authors who were based within a Football in the Community (FitC) programme at an English Premier League football club in a deprived community in the UK. The paper explores the critical emergent issues concerned with participant recruitment, engagement and retention within a range of FitC physical activity, health improvement interventions with the following populations; primary school children, families, men aged 18?35 years and men aged 55 years and above. Results are drawn from a range of ethnographic, reflective and observational data collection and analysis techniques undertaken by the authors. A first person writing style is used alongside creative non-fiction vignettes. Results relating to the effectiveness of a range of behaviour and lifestyle change interventions are discussed. The authors conclude with a series of proposed operational and strategic ways forward for FitC schemes.

KW - 1699 Other Studies In Human Society

KW - 1504 Commercial Services

U2 - 10.1080/14660970.2014.920627

DO - 10.1080/14660970.2014.920627

M3 - Article

VL - 15

SP - 934

EP - 950

JO - Soccer and Society

JF - Soccer and Society

IS - 6

ER -