Introduction: developing the research agenda in junior and youth grassroots football culture

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Notes

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18. Bradbury, ‘From Racial Exclusions to New Inclusions: Black and Minority Ethnic Participation in Football Clubs in the East Midlands of England’; Lusted, ‘Negative Equity? Amateurist Responses to Race Equality Initiatives in English Grass-roots Football’.

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