Alive and kicking: Physicality, pleasure and pain in walking football
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Published online on June 15, 2026
Abstract
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Older people's participation in sport, and particularly in ‘adapted’ sporting activities, is rarely subject to sociological attention. In this article, I draw upon 65 interviews with older people playing walking football, an adapted version of running ...
Older people's participation in sport, and particularly in ‘adapted’ sporting activities, is rarely subject to sociological attention. In this article, I draw upon 65 interviews with older people playing walking football, an adapted version of running ...