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McGylnn, K. and Tacon, Richard (2024) Dear England: a critical discourse analysis of how sports stars and politicians battle for legitimacy in debates around athlete activism. International Review for the Sociology of Sport , ISSN 1012-6902.

Wills, George and Addesa, F. and Tacon, Richard (2023) Stadium attendance demand in the men’s UEFA Champions League: do fans value sporting contest or match quality? PLoS One 18 (2), e0276383. ISSN 1932-6203.

Wills, George and Tacon, Richard and Addesa, Francesco (2022) Uncertainty of outcome, team quality or star players? What drives TV audience demand for UEFA Champions League football? European Sport Management Quarterly 22 (6), pp. 876-894. ISSN 1618-4742.

Evans, Richard and Walters, Geoff and Tacon, Richard (2019) Assessing the effectiveness of financial regulation in the English Football League – ‘The dog that didn’t bark’. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 32 (7), pp. 1876-1897. ISSN 0951-3574.

Tacon, Richard (2019) Social capital and social ties in organisations: a case study of two voluntary sports clubs. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 39 (9/10), pp. 883-898. ISSN 0144-333X.

Walters, Geoff and Tacon, Richard (2018) The 'codification' of governance in the non-profit sport sector in the UK. European Sport Management Quarterly 18 (4), pp. 482-500. ISSN 1618-4742.

Tacon, Richard and Walters, Geoff and Cornforth, C. (2017) Accountability in non-profit governance: a process-based study. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 46 (4), pp. 685-704. ISSN 0899-7640.

Tacon, Richard and Vainker, Stephen (2017) Fantasy sport: a systematic review and new research directions. European Sport Management Quarterly 17 (5), pp. 558-589. ISSN 1618-4742.

Tacon, Richard and Walters, Geoff (2016) Modernisation and governance in UK national governing bodies of sport: how modernisation influences the way board members perceive and enact their roles. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 8 (3), pp. 363-381. ISSN 1940-6940.

Tacon, Richard (2016) The organizational embeddedness of social capital: a comparative case study of two voluntary organisations. Journal of Economic Issues 50 (1), pp. 23-42. ISSN 0021-3624.

Nichols, G. and Tacon, Richard and Muir, A. (2013) Sports clubs’ volunteers: bonding in or bridging out? Sociology 47 (2), pp. 350-367. ISSN 0038-0385.

Walters, Geoff and Tacon, Richard (2010) Corporate social responsibility in sport: stakeholder management in the UK football industry. Journal of Management & Organization 16 (4), pp. 566-586. ISSN 1833-3672.

Tacon, Richard (2007) Football and social inclusion: evaluating social policy. Managing Leisure 12 (1), pp. 1-23. ISSN 1360-6719.

Book Section

Tacon, Richard and Walters, Geoff (2021) The promises and pitfalls of codification of governance in sport as legitimacy work. In: Geeraert, A. and van Eekeren, F. (eds.) Good Governance in Sport: Critical Reflections. London: Routledge, pp. 221-235. ISBN 9781032001227.

Tacon, Richard (2018) Sport policy and the structure of sport in the UK. In: Hassan, D. (ed.) Managing Sport Business: An Introduction (2nd edition). Foundations of Sport Management. CRC Press, pp. 58-77. ISBN 9781138291386.

Tacon, Richard (2014) Social capital and sports clubs. In: Christoforou, A and Davis, J.B. (eds.) Social Capital and Economics Social Values, Power, and Social Identity. Routledge Advances in Social Economics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 236-261. ISBN 9780415834131.

Walters, Geoff and Tacon, Richard (2014) United Kingdom. In: O’Boyle, I. and Bradbury, T. (eds.) Sport governance: An international case study perspective. Foundations of Sport Management. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9780415820448.

Tacon, Richard and Walters, Geoff (2013) Stakeholder engagement in European football. In: Paramio-Salcines, J.L. and Babiak, K. and Walters, Geoff (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Corporate Social Responsibility. Foundations of Sport Management. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 236-248. ISBN 9780415783057.

Walters, Geoff and Tacon, Richard (2012) Corporate social responsibility. In: Leberman, S. and Trenberth, Linda (eds.) Sport business management in New Zealand and Australia. Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780170217323.

Tacon, Richard and Hanson, A. (2011) Sport policy and the structure of UK Sport. In: Trenberth, Linda and Hassan, D. (eds.) Managing Sport Business: An Introduction. Foundations of Sport Management. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 47-63. ISBN 9780415570299.

Monograph

Tacon, Richard and Walters, Geoff (2018) The state of sports governance: are you leading or lagging? Project Report. Moore Stephens, London, UK.

Walters, Geoff and Tacon, Richard and Trenberth, Linda (2011) The role of the board in national governing bodies of sport. Working Paper. Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK.

Walters, Geoff and Tacon, Richard (2011) Corporate social responsibility in European football. Working Paper. Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.

Walters, Geoff and Trenberth, Linda and Tacon, Richard (2010) Good governance in sport: a survey of UK national governing bodies of sport. Working Paper. Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.

Tacon, Richard (2009) Getting the ball rolling: the impact of sport on the Government's public service agreements. Working Paper. Central Council of Physical Recreation, London, UK.

Holt, M. and Michie, J. and Oughton, C. and Tacon, Richard and Walters, Geoff (2005) The state of the game: the corporate governance of football clubs 2005. Working Paper. Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.

Book

Tacon, Richard (2021) Social capital and sport organisations. Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9780367248932.

Thesis

Tacon, Richard (2013) Social Capital Development in Voluntary Sports Clubs. [Thesis] (Unpublished)