Profile

Dr Jonathan Magee

Senior Lecturer Division of Sports Coaching and Development

School of Sport, Tourism and The Outdoors

jmagee@uclan.ac.uk

Dr Jonathan Magee is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Sports Coaching and Development, having joined the staff in 2003. He has taught widely across the suite of sports studies courses and published extensively in international journals regarding the socio-cultural aspects of sport. Jonathan was also recruited by West Bromwich Albion Football Club as a Consultant to their Recruitment Department in 2008 and 2009 and has also conducted evaluation work for the Football Foundation.

Dr Jonathan Magee is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Sports Coaching and Development, having joined the staff in 2003.

Jonathan studied at the University of Ulster (BA Hons, Sport and Lesiure Studies, 1994), Loughborough University (MSc Sports Science, 1995) and University of Brighton (Doctorate Thesis - ‘International Labour Migration in England League Football’, 1998, supervised by Professor John Sugden and Professor Alan Tomlinson). Following teaching stints at University of Brighton and Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey, Jonathan attained a Lecturer post in Sports Studies at Edge Hill University in 1998.  In 2000, he accepted a Senior Lecturer position in the Cardiff School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University (then UWIC) as Discipline Director in Sports Sociology before moving to UCLan in September 2003. During his time at UCLan, Jonathan has taught widely on the suite of undergraduate and postgraduate sport courses, specialising in modules focusing on the socio-cultural study of sport, sports coaching, and qualitative research methods. In 2010, Jonathan lead the validation team for the MA Sport, Policy and Community Development course. Jonathan was also Director of Studies for Anna Semens who was awarded her doctorate in March 2009 for the theses 'Player Representatives in the Football Industry'.

Jonathan's early published work developed from his doctorate and focused on sports labour migration, the football labour market and football economy. He expanded his portfolio to publish on coursing history and Irish society and sport in Northern Ireland but more recently has extended his interests to publish on sport and homelessness and disability, sport, leisure and play. Jonathan has also co-edited 'Children, Youth and Leisure: Contemporary Perspectives' (with Ruth Jeanes, 2011, LSA Publications), 'Women Football and Europe: Histories, Equity and Experiences' (with Jayne Caudwell, Katie Liston and Sheila Scraton, 2007, Meyer & Meyer) and 'The Bountiful Game? Football Identities and Finances' (with Alan Bairner and Alan Tomlinson, 2005, Meyer & Meyer).

Between 2003 and 2007, Jonathan was Chair of the Operational Group at the International Football Institute, a research partnership between UCLan and the National Football Museum. In that time he organised 'The International Football Institute 2005 Conference: Women, Football and Europe' (held at UCLan, September 2005) and 'The International Football Institute 2004 Conference: European Football: Influence, Change and Development' (held at UCLan, September 2004). Jonathan was also Co-organiser (with Ruth Jeanes) of the conference 'Reflecting on Children, Youth and Leisure' (held at UCLan, April 2010) and currently serves on the Advisory Boards for the 'Asia Pacific World Sport and Women Conference Australia 2012' (to be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in October 2012) and the 'Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies' (ANZALS) 2013 Conference (to be held at Monash University in December 2013).

In February 2008, Jonathan was recruited as a Consultant by West Bromwich Albion Football Club to be the Manager of their Player Recruitment Department. In the role Jonathan introduced a technical recruitment system for the football club to use with regard to the recruitment of elite players. He fulfilled this role until July 2009 and on return to UCLan resumed teaching and publishing duties whilst also being commissioned by the Football Foundation to evaluate case study community projects.

Jonathan acquired the UEFA 'A' Coaching License in 2000 and has coached at the University of Brighton, Edge Hill University, UWIC, the Centre of Excellence at Preston North End and the Irish Football Association. Between 2000 and 2003 Jonathan was Director of Football at UWIC, a role that included being Head Coach to UWIC Inter Cardiff in the League of Wales and Head Coach to Welsh Universities. Jonathan also coached Wales at the inaugural 2003 Homeless World Cup in Graz, Austria. As a football player, Jonathan respresented Northern Ireland at all levels up to Under 21, Northern Ireland Universities, Irish Universities and British Universities and was a competitior at the 1991 World Student Games in Sheffield, the 1993 World Student Games in Buffalo and the 1995 World Student Games in Fukuoka. Jonathan also represented Irish Universities at cricket and has the unique distinction of winning the senior cup in both football (Irish Cup with Bangor in 1993) and cricket (NCU Senior Cup with Lurgan in 1989) in Northern Ireland.

Current Teaching Activities

Module duties

- TL4111 Social and exclusion through sport (MA)
- TL4112 Sport, social theory and community (MA)
- TL4113 Youth sport, policy and practice (MA)
- TL4114 Sport in International Development

Modules previously contributed to

- Consultancy project (MA),
- Research methods for sport (MA),
- Global sports business (MA),
- Professional Placement (MA),
- Sport and politics (Level 3),
- Internship (Level 3),
- Sports equity and inclusion (Level 3),
- Sport issues and ethics (Level 2),
- Coaching and performance analysis (Level 2),
- Developing research skills (Level 2),
- Player pathway development (Level 2),
- Sport in society (Level 1),
- Sports coaching: principles and practice (Level 1).
- The making of modern sport (Year 1).

Research

Magee, J. and Jeanes, R. (2010) Stage 3 Evaluation of Community Projects, IYS / uclan Publication for the Football Foundation (£23,643)

• Jeanes, R., Magee, J., 2010, Brighton and Hove Albion Community Health Programme, The Football Foundation, United Kingdom, pp. 1-28.

• Jeanes, R., Magee, J., 2010, London and Quadrant Housing Trust MEND Project, The Football Foundation, United Kingdom, pp. 1-29.

• Magee, J., Jeanes, R., 2010, North East London Mental Health Trust - Air Football Project, The Football Foundation, United Kingdom, pp. 1-36.

• Magee, J., Jeanes, R., 2010, North Fulham New Deal for Communities, The Football Foundation, United Kingdom, pp. 1-36.

• Jeanes, R., Magee, J., 2010, Pompey Double Club Evaluation, The Football Foundation, United Kingdom, pp. 1-30.

“Developing women and girls football in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities – A scoping report produced for the Football Association of Zambia” (with Dr Ruth Jeanes, September 2009)

Magee, J and Jeanes, R (2009) Stage 3 Evaluation of Community Projects, IYS Publication for the Football Foundation (£9000)

Recruitment Manager, West Bromwich Albion Football Club, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, UK, B71 4LF (£29,000 to cover February 2008 – August 2008)

“Burnley Football Club, Ethnic Diversity and the Asian Community: an Analysis of Leisure and Community Programmes and Youth Player Recruitment” (International Football Institute Consultancy Project with Cliff Olsson, November 2005: European Regional Development Fund Grant of £5000)

Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

Magee, J. and Jeanes, R. (OnlineFirst, 23rd November 2011) ‘“Football’s coming home”: a critical evaluation of the Homeless World Cup as an intervention to combat social exclusion’, International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

Jeanes, R. and Magee, J. (iFirst, 25th August 2011) "‘Can we play on the swings and roundabouts?’: Creating inclusive play spaces for disabled young people and their families." Leisure Studies.

Jeanes, R. and Magee, J. (2011) 'Come on my Son!' Examining fathers, masculinity and fathering through football’, Annals of Leisure Research, Vol 14, Nos 2-3, pp.273-288.

Jeanes, R. and Magee, J. (2011) ‘Social exclusion and access to leisure in Northern Ireland communities: Examining the experiences of parents with disabled children’, Loisir et Société Vol. 33, No. 2, pp.221-249.

Magee, J. (2011) ‘Disengagement, de-motivation, vulnerable groups and sporting inclusion: A case study of the Homeless World Cup’, Soccer and Society, Vol 12, No 2, pp. 159-173.

Magee, J. (2008) ‘Coursing and the Upper Classes in Victorian Ireland’, Sport in History, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 491-511.

Magee, J. (2006b) ‘”Crossing the Gain Line?”: Welsh Rugby Union and South African Labour Migration’ in Football Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp.50-65.

Magee, J. (2006a) ‘When is a Contract More than a Contract? Professional Football Contracts and the Pendulum of Power’, Entertainment and Sports Law, Vol. 4, No. 2.

Macbeth, J. and Magee, J. (2006) ‘“Captain England? Now maybe one day I will”: Socialisation Experiences and Widening Access in Disability Sport’, Sport in Society, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp.444-462.

Magee, J. (2005) ‘The Legacy of Master McGrath: Coursing and Sporting Heroes in Ireland’, Sport in History, Vol. 25, No. 1, April 2005, pp.76-97.

Magee, J. and Sugden, J. (2002) ‘“The world at their feet”: Professional football and international labour migration’, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Vol. 26, No. 4, November, pp.421-437.

Edited Books

Jeanes R. and Magee J. (2011) (eds) Children, Youth and Leisure: Contemporary Perspectives. Eastbourne: LSA Publications, Number 113.

Magee, J. Caudwell, J. Liston, K. and Scraton, S. (2007) (eds) Women Football and Europe: Histories, Equity and Experiences, International Football Institute Series Vol. 1, Meyer and Meyer Sport (UK), Oxford.

Magee, J., Bairner, A. and Tomlinson, A. (eds) (2005), The Bountiful Game? Football Identities and Finances, Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK), Oxford.

Book chapters

Jeanes, R. and Magee, J. (2011) ‘Introduction’, in R. Jeanes and J. Magee (eds) Children, Youth and Leisure: Contemporary Perspectives. Eastbourne: LSA Publications, Number 113, pp. v-xii.

Magee, J. (2011) ‘”That’s my boy” – Dealing with Fathers in Elite Junior English Football’, in R. Jeanes and J. Magee (eds) Children, Youth and Leisure: Contemporary Perspectives. Eastbourne: LSA Publications, Number 113, pp.105-121.

Magee, J. (2007) ‘The Tradition-Modernity Interplay and the Relationship Between “old” and “new” at  Rangers Football Club’, in R. Esplin and G. Walker (eds) It’s Rangers for Me? New Perspectives on a Scottish Institution, Fort Publishing: Ayr, Scotland, pp.191-214.

Caudwell, J., Liston, K., Magee, J. and Scraton, S. (2007) ‘Introduction’ in J. Magee, J. Caudwell, K. Liston and S. Scraton (eds) Women Football and Europe: Histories, Equity and Experiences, International Football Institute Series Vol. 1, Meyer and Meyer Sport (UK), Oxford, pp.xiii-xxii.

Magee, J. and Olsson, C. (2007) ‘Football, ethnic diversity and the Asian community’, Soccer Review, Published by Mellor & Murphy, Leicester, facilitated by the Professional Footballers’ Association, pp.28-35.

Magee, J., Bairner, A. and Tomlinson, A. (2005) ‘Identities and Finances in Football Culture’ in J. Magee, A. Bairner and A. Tomlinson (eds), The Bountiful Game? Football Identities and Finances, Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK), Oxford, pp.3-18.

Magee, J. (2005) ‘Soccer Supporters, Rivalry, and Protestant Fragmentation’ in A. Bairner (ed), Sport and the Irish, UCD Press, Dublin, pp. 172–190.

Magee, J. (2005) ‘Northern Irish Society and Football in the Immediate Post-World War II Era: Jimmy Jones and Sectarianism’ in J. Magee, A. Bairner and A. Tomlinson (eds), The Bountiful Game? Football Identities and Finances, Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK), Oxford, pp.61-78.

Magee, J. (2002) ‘Shifting balances of power in the new football economy’ in John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson (eds), Power Games: Theory and Method for the Critical Sociology of Sport, Routledge, London, pp.216-239

Other Publications

Magee, J. (2010) ‘Developing People through Sport: Personal and Professional Reflections on the Homeless World Cup’, Leisure Studies Association Newsletter, No. 85, pp. 50-55.

Magee, J. (2009) ‘”We’re not Brazil, we’re Northern Ireland...”– The Northern Ireland national team, GAWA and supporter fandom in times of peace’, Leisure Studies Association Newsletter, No. 84, pp. 22-28.

Macbeth, J. and Magee, J. (2008), ‘Insider research in sports “fields”: Getting in, building trust and establishing rapport’, Leisure Studies Association Newsletter, No. 79, pp. 52-56.