Dr Richard Elliott

Dr Richard Elliott is Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport and Director of the Lawrie McMenemy Centre for Football Research|.

He holds degrees from the University of Southampton (BA Hons – First Class), the University of Leicester (MSc) and Loughborough University (PhD). Richard is also a qualified higher education teacher (PGCLT).

Richard's main teaching interests are located in the areas of sociology and research. He is unit leader for Football and Society, Sociology of Football, Globalisation of Football and Research Methods for Sport units.

Richard's expertise lay in the areas of globalisation, commercialisation and migration in football. He has published widely in these areas and is regularly invited to speak at academic and professional industry conferences in the UK, Europe and globally. He is a recognised academic contact for the Football Association, provides education, training and research for the League Managers Association, and has worked in conjunction with the Premier League, and professional clubs. He also provides expert support for the media, appearing in print, on radio and television.

Book Chapters

Elliott, R., & Maguire, J. (2010). 'Net-gains': Informal recruiting, Canadian players and British professional ice hockey. In Maguire, J. & Falcous, M. (2010). (Eds). Sport and Migration: Borders, Boundaries and Crossings. London: Routledge.

Refereed Journal Papers

Elliott, R. & Harris, J. (2011). Crossing the Atlantic from Football to Soccer: Preliminary Observations on the Migrations of English Players and the Internationalization of Major League Soccer, WorkingUSA, 14(4), 555-568.

Elliott, R. & Weedon, G. (2010). Foreign players in the Premier Academy League: ‘Feet-Drain’ or ‘Feet-Exchange’? International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 46(1), 61-75.

Elliott, R. (2009). 'Feet-Drain' or 'Feet-Exchange'?: Examining the Effects of Elite Foreign Footballers in the Premier Academy League. Labour Market Migration in European Football: Issues and Challenges. Birkbeck Sports Business Centre: London.

Elliott, R., & Maguire, J. (2008). 'Getting Caught in the Net': Examining the Recruitment of Canadian Players in British Professional Ice Hockey. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 32(2), 158-176. 

Elliott, R., & Maguire, J. (2008). 'Thinking Outside of the Box': Exploring a Conceptual Synthesis for Research in the Area of Athletic Labour Migration. Sociology of Sport Journal, 25(4), 482-497.

Maguire, J., Mazur, Z., Wawrzyczek, I. & Elliott, R. (2009). 'New Europe, Old Games': Making Sense of Anglo-Polish Media Coverage of England versus Poland Football Matches. Sport in Society. 12(2), 141-154

Refereed and Invited Conference Papers

Elliott, R. (2012, April). The global game, the global league: Examining the globalisation of the English Premier League. Invited paper presented at University of the West of England Hartpury Sports Management Conference, Gloucestershire: England.

Elliott, R. (2011, July). 'Back to the future': Assessing the problems facing youth development in English grass-roots and elite level football. Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference: Leisure in Transition: People, Policy and Places, Southampton: England.

Elliott, R. (2010, April). Football’s ‘other’ transfer market: Examining the effects of foreign players and processes of ‘feet-exchange’ in the Premier Academy League. Centers and Peripheries in Sport, Malmo: Sweden.

Elliott, R. (2010, February). The athlete as highly skilled migrant: Examining the significance of a conceptual synthesis in athletic migration research. Sport and Diaspora, Lisbon: Portugal.

Elliott, R. (2009, June). A game of two halves?: Foreign players in the English Premier League, Invited paper presented at Central Council for Physical Recreation European Summit, London: England.

Elliott, R. (2009, June). Football's foreign exchange: Challenging perceptions of foreign player involvement in the English Premier Academy League, Play the Game: 6th World Communications Conference on Sport and society, Coventry: England.

Elliott, R. (2009, May). Football's new 'foreign legion'?: Foreign players in the Premier Academy League, Invited paper presented at FC Business Live Player and Coach Development Conference, Birmingham: England

Elliott, R. (2008, May). 'Feet Drain or Feet Exchange?: The Effects of Foreign Players in the Premier Academy League, Invited paper presented at 'Feet Drain': An Opportunity for Players and a Loss for Nations Conference, London, England. 

Elliott, R. (2007, June). 'Ever Increasing Circles': Exploring the recruiting motivations of coaches in British professional ice hockey. Paper presented at 4th Conference of the European Association for Sociology of Sport, Munster, Germany. 

Elliott, R. (2006, April). 'North American Workers in British Professional Basketball and Ice Hockey'. Paper presented at Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Research Seminar, Loughborough, England. 

Elliott, R. (2005, September). 'Crossing Blue Lines and Baselines: North Americans in British Elite Basketball and Ice Hockey'. Paper presented at the British Sociological Association Sociology of Sport Research Group 1st Annual Postgraduate Research Forum, London, England.

Magazine Articles

Elliott, R. (2010). And another thing. FC Business Magazine, London: Baltic Publications.

Elliott, R., Cross, J., & Henderson, S. (2009). Self-Defence. The Manager, London: Caspian Publishing.