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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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.

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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.

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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/...

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Football Daily - 72+: The EFL Podcast - BBC Sounds

Who next for Oxford United & Bristol Rovers?

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

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...

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Ableism and Disablism in the Beautiful Game

YouTube video by FIA

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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.

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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...

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.

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Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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/

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The Manor Podcast @themanorpodcast.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

🆕🎙️🎅 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 💛💙

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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 #

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this session is now going to take place on Tuesday the 10th of December.

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Mark Doidge @markdoidge.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

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

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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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That Conor Penfold Episode

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Today's office is bringing back all the memories from May 💛💙 #OUFC

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

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Likewise, Anthony. Looks like a great event which I'm excited to get to next year! Enjoy all @footballcollective.bsky.social ⚽📖📚

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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...

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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,

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

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.

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Oxblogger @oxblogger.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

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.

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Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

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 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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