Jamie Cleland

Dr Jamie Cleland

Senior Lecturer, Sport and Management

School of Management

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Dr Jamie Cleland is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Management at the University of South Australia. He is author of eight books and has also published six industry reports and over 60 articles and chapters, particularly focusing on communication, abuse towards match officials, gender, sexuality/homophobia, race and active supporter mobilisations in a range of international journals and books. His research findings have been covered by media outlets all over the world, including NBC, Reuters, the BBC, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph. 
He tweets @drjamiecleland

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2025 Cleland, J., Sharpe, S., & Crozier, A. (2025). 'We deserve the respect. Without us, there would be no games': examining the experiences of Australian Rules football umpires. The International Journal of Sport and Society, 16(3), 71-91.
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2025 Cleland, J., & Dixon, K. (2025). Sports and Cybercrime: an overview of a growing threat. Managing Sport and Leisure, online, 1-12.
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2025 Cleland, J., & Palmer, C. (2025). 'Searching for excitement' exploring the gambling experiences of adult Australian sports fans. Managing Sport and Leisure, online, 1-9.
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2024 Cleland, J., Adair, D., Parry, K., & MacDonald, C. (2024). Spectator racism in three professional men's football codes in Australia: observations from white spectators. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 59(8), 1125-1143.
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2024 Cashmore, E., Dixon, K., & Cleland, J. (2024). Will EURO2024 struggle to keep war protests out of football? 8 out of 10 fans oppose using the tournament as a political platform for Ukraine and Gaza. Soccer and Society, 25(8), 1191-1199.
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2024 Cleland, J. (2024). Toxic whiteness in sports fandom: a reflective analysis of fan racism between football codes in the United Kingdom and Australia. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(13), 2758-2767.
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2024 Cleland, J., Cashmore, E., Dixon, K., & Sanderson, J. (2024). Socially responsible or financially exploitative? Sports fans' views of the response by sportswear brands to athlete activism in the USA. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 24(1), 23-39.
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2024 Dixon, K., Cleland, J., & Cashmore, E. (2024). Banter and the rise of LGBTQ+ awareness in football cultures: a Bourdieusian approach. Soccer & Society, 25(7), 872-884.
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2023 Cashmore, E., Dixon, K., & Cleland, J. (2023). Why are there STILL no gay professional association football players in men's major leagues? Revisiting the views of football fans in the United Kingdom. Journal of Homosexuality, 70(8), 1653-1673.
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2023 Cashmore, E., Dixon, K., & Cleland, J. (2023). The new politics of sport. Sport in Society, 26(9), 1611-1620.
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2023 Williams, J., Pope, S., & Cleland, J. (2023). 'Genuinely in love with the game' football fan experiences and perceptions of women's football in England. Sport in Society, 26(2), 285-301.
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2023 Cleland, J., Cashmore, E., Dixon, K., & MacDonald, C. (2023). Analyzing the presence of homosexually-themed language amongst association football fans in the United Kingdom. Communication & Sport, 11(3), 551-569.
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2023 Hansen, M., Kavanagh, E., Anderson, E., Parry, K., & Cleland, J. (2023). An analysis of responses on Twitter to the English Premier League's support for the anti-homophobia rainbow laces campaign. Sport in Society, 26(2), 1-15.
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2022 Dixon, K., Cashmore, E., & Cleland, J. (2022). 'A little less conversation': an exploration of soccer fan attitudes towards 'the knee' protest and the anti-racism message. Soccer & Society, 24(5), 698-711.
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2022 Penfold, C., & Cleland, J. (2022). Kicking it out? Football fans' views of anti-racism initiatives in English football. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 46(2), 176-198.
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2022 Cleland, J., Adair, D., & Parry, K. (2022). Fair go? Indigenous rugby league players and the racial exclusion of the Australian national anthem. Communication and Sport, 10(1), 74-96.
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2022 Pope, S., Williams, J., & Cleland, J. (2022). Men's football fandom and the performance of progressive and misogynistic masculinities in a 'new age' of UK women's sport. Sociology, 56(4), 730-748.
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2021 Cleland, J., Parry, K., White, A., Hardwicke, J., Batten, J., Piggin, J., & Howarth, N. (2021). Masculinities, media and the rugby mind: an analysis of stakeholder views on the relationship between rugby union, the media, masculine-influenced views on injury, and concussion. Communication & Sport, 10(3), 564-586.
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2021 Cleland, J., Cashmore, E., & Dixon, K. (2021). Why do sports fans support or oppose the inclusion of trans women in women's sports? An empirical study of fairness and gender identity. Sport in Society, 25(12), 2381-2396.
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2021 Cleland, J., Cashmore, E., Dixon, K., & MacDonald, C. (2021). Fan reflections on sexuality in women's football in the United Kingdom. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 46(5), 458-476.
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2020 Cleland, J., Kavanagh, E., Lock, D., Adams, A., & Stewart, C. (2020). Managing abuse in sport: an introduction to the special issue. Sport Management Review, 23(1), 1-7.
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2020 Parry, K., Cleland, J., & Kavanagh, E. (2020). Racial folklore, black masculinities and the reproduction of dominant racial ideologies: the case of Israel Folau. International review for the sociology of Sport, 55(7), 850-867.
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2020 Cleland, J. (2020). Charismatic leadership in a far-right movement: an analysis of an English defence league message board following the resignation of Tommy Robinson. Social identities, 26(1), 48-60.
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2020 Cleland, J., Pope, S., & Williams, J. (2020). 'I do worry that football will become over-feminized': ambiguities in fan reflections on the gender order in men's professional football in the United Kingdom. Sociology of Sport, 37(4), 366-375.
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2019 Cleland, J., Parry, K., & Radford, D. (2019). 'Perhaps she only had a banana available to throw': habitus, racial prejudice and whiteness on Australian football league message boards. Sociology of sport journal, 36(4), 330-338.
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2019 Cleland, J. (2019). Sports fandom in the risk society: analyzing perceptions and experiences of risk, security and terrorism at elite sports events. Sociology of sport, 36(2), 144-151.
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2018 Cleland, J., & Cashmore, E. (2018). Nothing will be the same again after the Stade de France attack: reflections of association football fans on terrorism, security and surveillance. Journal of sport and social issues, 42(6), 454-469.
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2018 Cleland, J., O'Gorman, J., & Webb, T. (2018). Respect? An investigation into the experience of referees in association football. International review for the sociology of sport, 53(8), 960-974.
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2018 Cleland, J., Anderson, C., & Aldridge Deacon, J. (2018). Islamophobia, war and non-Muslims as victims: an analysis of online discourse on an English Defence League message board. Ethnic and racial studies, 41(9), 1541-1557.
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2018 Cleland, J., Magrath, R., & Kian, E. (2018). The Internet as a site of decreasing cultural homophobia in association football: an online response by fans to the coming out of Thomas Hitzlsperger. Men and masculinities, 21(1), 91-111.
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2017 Cleland, J. (2017). Sexuality, masculinity and homophobia in association football: an empirical overview of a changing cultural context. International review for the sociology of sport, 53(4), 411-423.
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2017 Webb, T., Cleland, J., & O'Gorman, J. (2017). The distribution of power through a media campaign: the respect program, referees, and abuse in association football. Journal of global sport management, 2(3), 162-181.
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2017 Magrath, R., Cleland, J., & Anderson, E. (2017). Bisexual erasure in the British print media: representation of Tom Daley's coming out. Journal of bisexuality, 17(3), 300-317.
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2017 Walton, G., & Cleland, J. (2017). Information literacy: empowerment or reproduction in practice? A discourse analysis approach. Journal of documentation, 73(4), 582-594.
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2016 Cleland, J., & Cashmore, E. (2016). Football fans' views of racism in British football. International review for the sociology of sport, 51(1), 27-43.
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2016 Cleland, J., & Cashmore, E. (2016). Football fans' views of violence in British football: evidence of a sanitized and gentrified culture. Journal of sport and social issues, 40(2), 124-142.
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2015 Cleland, J., & Dixon, K. (2015). 'Black and whiters': the relative powerlessness of 'active' supporter organization mobility at English Premier League football clubs. Soccer and society, 16(4), 540-554.
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2015 Cleland, J. (2015). Discussing homosexuality on association football fan message boards: a changing cultural context. International review for the sociology of sport, 50(2), 125-140.
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2015 Cleland, J., O'Gorman, J., & Bond, M. (2015). The English football association's respect campaign: the referees' view. International journal of sport policy and politics, 7(4), 551-563.
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2014 Cleland, J., & Cashmore, E. (2014). Fans, racism and British football in the twenty-first century: the existence of a 'colour-blind' ideology. Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 40(4), 638-654.
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2014 Cleland, J. (2014). Association football and the representation of homosexuality by the print media: a case study of Anton Hysén. Journal of homosexuality, 61(9), 1269-1287.
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2014 Cleland, J. (2014). Working together through sport?: local authority provision for ethnic minorities in the UK. Sport in society, 17(1), 38-51.
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2014 Cleland, J. (2014). Racism, football fans, and online message boards: how social media has added a new dimension to racist discourse in English football. Journal of sport and social issues, 38(5), 415-431.
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2012 Cleland, J., & Walton, G. (2012). Online peer assessment: helping to facilitate learning through participation. Journal of learning development in higher education, (4), 1-22.
2012 Cashmore, E., & Cleland, J. (2012). Fans, homophobia and masculinities in association football: evidence of a more inclusive environment. British journal of sociology, 63(2), 370-387.
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2011 Cashmore, E., & Cleland, J. (2011). Why aren't there more black football managers?. Ethnic and racial studies, 34(9), 1594-1607.
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2011 Cashmore, E., & Cleland, J. (2011). Glasswing butterflies: gay professional football players and their culture. Journal of sport & social issues, 35(4), 420-436.
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2011 Cleland, J. (2011). The media and football supporters: a changing relationship. Media, culture & society, 33(2), 299-315.
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2010 Cleland, J. A. (2010). The changing organizational structure of football clubs and their relationship with the external media. International journal of sport communication, 2(4), 417-431.
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2010 Cleland, J. A. (2010). From passive to active: the changing relationship between supporters and football clubs. Soccer and society, 11(5), 537-552.
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Year Citation
2025 Cleland, J. (2025). Perception of risk and terrorism: impact on elite sporting events. In S. H. Hall (Ed.), Source details - Title: Routledge Handbook of Sport Security (pp. 51-60). US: Routledge.
2024 Parry, K. D., Adair, D., & Cleland, J. (2024). National anthems and athlete activism. In S. Lawrence, J. Hill, & R. Mowatt (Eds.), Source details - Title: Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice (pp. 431-445). UK: Routledge.
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2023 Cleland, J., & Giulianotti, R. (2023). A sociological analysis of United Kingdom football fans: historical debates and contemporary issues. In B. Hollanda, & T. Busset (Eds.), Source details - Title: Football Fandom in Europe and Latin America: Culture, Politics, and Violence in the 21st Century (pp. 37-57). Switzerland: Springer.
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2023 Cleland, J., Cashmore, E., & Dixon, K. (2023). 'Voiceless entertainers'? Sports fans' views on athlete activism in the United States. In G. Abeza, & J. Sanderson (Eds.), Source details - Title: Social Media in Sport: Evidence-Based Perspectives (pp. 30-47). UK: Routledge.
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2022 MacDonald, C., & Cleland, J. (2022). Gender politics of social media: a case study of Megan Rapinoe. In G. Molnár, & R. Bullingham (Eds.), Source details - Title: Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity (Leann working on ed., pp. 249-258). UK: Routledge.
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2022 Cleland, J., & MacDonald, C. (2022). Social media, digital technology, and masculinity in sport. In Source details - Title: Research in the Sociology of Sport (pp. 49-66). UK: Emerald Publishing.
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2021 Cleland, J. (2021). Respecting referees? An analysis of abuse, support, retention and policy. In E. C. K. Pike (Ed.), Source details - Title: Research Handbook on Sports and Society (pp. 188-201). UK: Edward Elgar.
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2019 Cleland, J., Magrath, R., & Anderson, E. (2019). Introducing the Palgrave handbook of masculinity and sport. In R. Magrath, J. Cleland, & E. Anderson (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Palgrave handbook of masculinity and sport (pp. 1-16). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2019 Cleland, J., & Magrath, R. (2019). Association football, masculinity, and sexuality: an evolving relationship. In R. Magrath, J. Cleland, & E. Anderson (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Palgrave handbook of masculinity and sport (pp. 341-357). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2018 Cleland, J., Doidge, M., Millward, P., & Widdop, P. (2018). Relational sociology, collective action, and football fandom. In J. Cleland (Ed.), Source details - Title: Collective action and football fandom: a relational sociological approach (pp. 1-28). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2018 Cleland, J., Doidge, M., Millward, P., & Widdop, P. (2018). Supporters' Trusts as collective action: Swansea City in focus. In J. Cleland (Ed.), Source details - Title: Collective action and football fandom: a relational sociological approach (pp. 111-129). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2018 Cleland, J., Doidge, M., Millward, P., & Widdop, P. (2018). 'Bringing City home': Coventry City, Sisu Capital, and the Ricoh Arena. In J. Cleland (Ed.), Source details - Title: Collective action and football fandom: a relational sociological approach (pp. 89-109). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2018 Cleland, J. (2018). Britain's first openly gay football referee: the story of Ryan Atkin. In R. Magrath (Ed.), Source details - Title: LGBT athletes in the sports media (pp. 125-146). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2017 Cleland, J. (2017). Online racial hate speech. In E. Martellozzo, & E. A. Jane (Eds.), Source details - Title: Cybercrime and its victims (pp. 131-147). UK: Routledge.
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2017 Cleland, J. (2017). The English Premier League in a global context. In R. Elliott (Ed.), Source details - Title: The English Premier League: a socio-cultural analysis (pp. 70-83). UK: Routledge.
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2016 Cleland, J. (2016). Racism. In E. Cashmore, & K. Dixon (Eds.), Source details - Title: Studying football (pp. 64-80). UK: Routledge.
2015 Cleland, J. (2015). Applying inclusive masculinity theory. In G. B. Cunningham, J. S. Fink, & A. Doherty (Eds.), Source details - Title: Routledge Handbook of Theory in Sport Management (pp. 319-320). UK: Routledge.
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2012 Walton, G., & Cleland, J. (2012). Strand Two: Becoming an independent learner. In J. Secker, & E. Coonan (Eds.), Source details - Title: Rethinking Information Literacy: A Practical Framework for Supporting Learning (pp. 13-26). UK: Facet Publishing.
2011 Cleland, J. (2011). Los Angeles Lakers. In L. E. Swayne, & M. Dodds (Eds.), Source details - Title: Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing (pp. 1-4). US: Sage Publications.
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2011 Cleland, J. (2011). New York Yankees. In L. E. Swayne, & M. Dodds (Eds.), Source details - Title: Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing (pp. 1-4). US: SAGE Publications.
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2011 Cleland, J. (2011). Remembrance in sport: a case study of Hillsborough. In M. Andrews, C. Bagot-Jewitt, & N. Hunt (Eds.), Source details - Title: Lest We Forget: Remembrance & Commemoration (pp. 77-81). UK: History Press.
2010 Cleland, J. (2010). Assessing the challenges facing third sector sport: organizations in the United Kingdom. In A. Evers, & A. Zimmer (Eds.), Source details - Title: Third Sector Organizations Facing Turbulent Environments: Sports, Culture and Social Services in Five European Countries. US: Nomos.

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Courses I teach

  • SPRC 1004 Leisure Concepts (2025)
  • SPRC 2015 Recreation and Wellness Management (2025)
  • SPRC 2016 Managing the Athletic Pathway (2025)
  • SPRC 1004 Leisure Concepts (2024)
  • SPRC 2016 Managing the Athletic Pathway (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Mackenzie Rose Glazbrook
2019 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Darren Scott Adamson
  • Position: Senior Lecturer, Sport and Management
  • Email: jamie.cleland@adelaide.edu.au
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