Football’s Irish exodus: Examining the factors influencing Irish player migration to English professional leagues

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Abstract The intention of this paper is to examine the range of interdependent processes that influence the decisions of Irish footballers to migrate from teams based in the League of Ireland to English Premier League and Football League clubs. Using data derived from a series of qualitative interviews conducted with a group of Irish players that had relocated to English … Read More

Author(s):Richard Elliott
Publisher:SAGE Publications
Publication Date:11 Feb 2014
URL:http://irs.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/09/1012690213519786.abstract
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