Prof Jean Williams

Defying clarity…

I guess this leaves the question of whether the ultimate cost will be paid by Manchester City or the Premier League after most serious events in EPL history. Where will claim and counter claim result? www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Oh happy day!

Please sign up to the petition for better c section care, uk folks only please. If you can share government petition for better aftercare for C-section mums that would be helpful. Would like 100,000 signatures for my lovely physio by March! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

Twenty five years ago today I was in NYC researching the professional WUSA league formed by the 99ers, the Hendricks family and other media investors. No credit card, a basic mobile phone, and three pre paid nights in a hotel. And then…

Vlatko has a charmed life whereby he seems to keep getting promoted beyond his abilities….

Our femorabilia project is drawing attention to football shirt wearing as part of football’s fast fashion. Recycled plastic bottles are still plastic bottles. A re-think needed, and prices of £90 artificially inflated…

The invention of the sports bra….

Thought this was a fantastic piece if you haven’t already seen it.

Last 40 remaining…

Delighted to offer 50 free eprints of my new article on the history of men’s and women’s World Cup mascots via this link www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BU7VQ... @ijhs.bsky.social From World Cup Willie 1966 to the weirdest commercial exploitation of Rapinoe-esque values in penguin form, Tazuni, enjoy!

Reminiscent of Michel Zen-Ruffinen, and Doris Valasek in 2002. The wrangling clearly continues. And no, boycotting the women’s U20 will not help as it is largely irrelevant (to FIFA) as a commercial product. Now’s not the time to use women’s football this way. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

UEFA have now ramped this up with a *potential* legal threat, however, recourse to CAS appears unlikely given that it has largely been toothless. Maybe just not getting the leverage required so far. Could risk stalling, as Lennart Johansson ultimately did against Blatter in 1998. All in the book…

The AFC may be pivotal given the lack of unanimity in CONCACAF but it could just be a bargaining position for more money - hence the phrase ‘this is not about money.’ 😉 it may also be about hosting future world cups. Will have very little to do with the soul of football www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It’s only those who made it out who can play. The attempted erasion of women and girls under the Taliban is an international scandal and we should not look away. Were there a political will it could be changed and challenged.

Obvs love the first episode of #Ted #Lasso, but if the history of women’s football is worth doing, even with creative licence, it’s worth doing right. Women were not allowed to play again after the 1921 FA ban in England in 1971. It was overturned in 1969 and ratified by FA council Jan 1970.

This is the key issue. It’s not infantino (or any of his potential successors) that is the problem but the tension between developing football worldwide and making money. UEFA will be jostling for an advantage from Infantino’s mistakes, negotiating for its own purpose. www.ft.com/content/76d2...

New FIFA scandal, old FIFA scandal, writing about the failure to reform for nearly 30 years and can feel like on a loop. Read about how this poor governance has impacted the women’s World Cup since 1999 in Radicalised by FIFA, @fairplaybooks.bsky.social & t’will undoubtedly affect Brazil 2027.

Horse trading. The idea that UEFA or any of the Confederations has any more moral probity than FIFA is a nonsense. The negotiations around how much each member association gets will be ongoing, especially with so much in reserve inside.fifa.com/organisation...

A brillisnt piece by @sportingintel.bsky.social on the 115 Man City charges sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/manchester...

As a historian always an interesting weekend when a GP is held the same day as a World Cup final. Often F1 acting as a curtain raiser for the football later in the day. In the early days Liberty Media being less willing than Ecclestone to move the F1, but today being more astute about fan overlaps…

Me too. Lukaku hat trick preferably.

Such a negative game. Dull, dull, dull. Playing for penalties #SWI #COL

*Dancing*

Wimbledon set to expand by 29 hectares with acquisition of golf course. What’s this mean for sustainability?

Oh yes, you could @drpetewatson.bsky.social

T’egypt, innit?

Ugh. Eustáquio. What a cynical game. Much respect to the South Africa players and again terrible officiating.

England, home of the back pass & the frustrated manager in an ill-fitting cagoule.

Ecuador!

The cutback! #IVC

The countdown begins! WWC 2027 kicks off 24 June 2027. Who is planning to go to Brazil, and can we pull together a conference/event/ exhibition out there?

England, home of the back pass ⚽️

Delighted to be alongside some important pioneers here!

Go CIV! 1-0 GER great goal

Tedious in the extreme

I’ve watched Leeds United games circa 70s that were more about the football than this particular brand of perfomativity

Trouble with men, when they play football, they get too emotional ⚽️USA ⚽️AUS

England current FIFA ranking 4, Greece 59. www.englandfootball.com/articles/202...

England: home of the back pass

Colombianists 👇

One would imagine he is in a field of sunflowers sipping a rose and painting to the sound of skylarks. #FRA 3 #SEN 1 1/2

I wonder what Cantona is doing this evening?

Indeed, you did 😉og though

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Wooohooo 🥳 #Hammy! @scuderiaferrarif1.bsky.social

Sunday 7 June 20.15 BBC ONE @roadshowpbs.bsky.social

www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/c... Staffing cuts, less research, fewer bursaries for working class students. University context in the UK

Delighted to be in such company….

Tonight on the BBC free to air, a group I’ve been working with as a team since 2018 and with individual players even longer. So delighted for Corinthians: we were the champions

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... out this week for discussions of England and Englishness