Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals:

‘Keeping the Peace: Social identity, procedural justice and the policing of football crowds'. The British Journal of Criminology, 2012, 52 (2). pp. 381-399 (with Stott, C. and Hoggett, J.)

'Dirty Trix at Euro2007: Brand Protection, Ambush Marketing and Intellectual Property Theft at the UEFA European Championships', Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, (2012) Volume 10. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/eslj/issues/volume10/pearson/

‘The Hoolifan: Positive fan attitudes to football “hooliganism”’, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 47 No.2, 2012: 147-62 (with Rookwood, J.)

'On the Lash: Revisiting the Effectiveness of Alcohol Controls at Football Matches', Policing and Society, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2011: 1-17 (with Sale, A.).

‘The Researcher as Hooligan: Where ‘Participant’ Observation Means Breaking the Law’, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Vol. 12, No. 3, July 2009; 243-255.

‘A different kind of ethics’. Ethnography Vol. 8 No. 4 2007, pp 521-544 (with Ferdinand J.M., Rowe M and Worthington F.)

‘Football Banning Orders: Analysing their use in Court’: Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 70, No. 6, Dec. 2006 (with Dr Mark James)

‘Hybrid Law and Human Rights: Quasi-Criminal Banning and Behaviour Orders in the Appeal Courts’, July 2006 Liverpool Law Review 3/06

‘Football Banning Orders, Proportionality and Public Order’: Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 45, No. 3, July 2006: 241-254 (with Dr Clifford Stott)

‘Qualifying for Europe? The Legitimacy of Football Banning Orders ‘On Complaint’ under the Principle of Proportionality’ Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, September 2005, Vol. 3 No. 1

‘Business or Pleasure? The Football Industry’s Continuing Struggle with European Union Law’, European Sports Management Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 4, December 2002: 276-296 (with Liz Crolley and Dr Roger Levermore)

‘A Game of One Half: The Manageress and the Sex Discrimination Act’ Liverpool Law Review, 24/3 2002: 137-156

‘Getting Public Law Back into a Critical Condition: The Rule of Law as a Source for Immanent Critique’ Journal of Social and Legal Studies, 8/4, December 1999: 483-508 (With Dr Michael Salter)

‘Legitimate Targets? The Civil Liberties of Football Fans’ Journal of Civil Liberties 4/1, March 1999: 28-47

‘The English Disease? The Socio-Legal Construction of Football Hooliganism’ Youth and Policy - The Journal of Critical Analysis No. 60, Summer 1998: 1-15

Book Chapters:

‘The Legality and Effectiveness of Using Football Banning Orders in the Fight Against Racism and Violence at Sports Events’, EU, Sport, Law and Policy: Regulation, Re-Regulation and Representation (Eds. Gardiner, S., Parrish, R and Siekmann, R): 2009 TMC Asser Press, pp. 535-555 (With Dr Mark James, University of Salford)

‘Contextualising the Football Disorder Act: Proportionality under the Hammer’: Readings in Law and Popular Culture, (Eds. Greenfield, .S and Osborn, G), 2006, Routledge: London: 91-118.

‘Legislating for the Football Hooligan: A Case for Reform’ – Law and Sport in Contemporary Society (eds. Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn), 2000, Frank Cass: 182-200

Editorials:

‘Ethnographies of Work and the Work of Ethnographers’ Ethnography Vol. 8 No. 4 2007, pp 395-402 (with Dr Matthew Brannan and Dr Frank Worthington).

Other Publications and Reports:

'The Legality of the UEFA Home Grown Player Rule', European Commission Report, April 2013 (with Murray Dalziel, Paul Downward, Richard Parrish and Anna Semens)

'A commentary on ‘Little Hooliganz: The Inside Story of Glamorous Lads, Football Hooligans and Post-Subculturalism’ by Professor Steve Redhead' Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, (2011) Volume 9 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/eslj/issues/volume9/pearson/

‘A Cure Worse Than the Disease? Reflections on Gough and Smith v Chief Constable of Derbyshire’, Entertainment Law, Summer 2002 Vol. 1, No. 2: 92-102

Professional Sport in the E.U.: Regulation and Re-Regulation (Caigner, A., and Gardiner, S.), Entertainment Law, No.2 2002: 113-116

‘The Regulation of Football Crowds’, in Preventing Violence: from Global Perspectives to National Action (2005, Centre for Public Heath, Liverpool JMU): 125-130.

‘Football Fans, Banning Orders and Human Rights’, in SCOLAG Legal Journal, No. 338, Dec 2005: 273-279 (With Dr David McArdle)

'An Account of Events Relating to Incidents Surrounding the Match Between AS Roma and Manchester United on Wednesday 4 April 2007' - Presented to UEFA Appeal Tribunal, June 2007 (with Clifford Stott and James Hoggett).

Selected Conference Papers

'The Utility and Legality of Football Banning Orders' - Socio-Legal Studies Conference, York Law School, March 2013

'The Impact of Technology Upon Carnival Fan Sub-Cultures' - 6th Ethnography Symposium, Cardiff Business School Sept. 2011.

'Getting Binned: Ethical and Political Dilemmas Arising from a Frenetic Five Minutes in the Field' - 5th Ethnography Symposium, Queen Mary's University. London, Aug/Sept 2010

'Protection, distraction and reputation: The football hoolifan and positive fan attitudes to "hooliganism"' - Political Studies Association, Sport and Politics Study Group Annual Conference. Leeds Metropolitan University, February 2010 (with Dr Joel Rookwood)

‘Expect Emotions! IP Theft and Ambush Marketing at Euro2008’ – 3rd Ethnography Symposium, University of Liverpool, Sept. 2008 (With Dr Jason Ferdinand)

Civil Liberties and Police Abuses at Football Matches’ – Law and Popular Culture Workshop, Oñati Institute, May 2008

‘Policing and Legal Strategies to Reduce Disorder at International Football Tournaments’ - Forum on Euro 2008 and the National Swiss Security Strategy, University of Lucerne, May 2008

'The EU White Paper on Sport and the Prevention of Sports-Related Violence'- Workshop on the EU White Paper on Sport, TMC Asser Institute, The Hague, February 2008

'Watching the Watchers – Participant Observation of Policing Strategies in Football Crowds' - 2nd Ethnography Symposium, Keele University, September 2007

'From the "Excited and Enterprising" to the "Sickness and the Scourge": The Legal Construction of - and Response to - "Football Hooliganism"', 'Experiencing the Law' Conference, Insititute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, Dec 2006

‘Public Order Policing and Banning Orders in Football Crowds’ (with Dr Cliff Stott) – European Association of Psychology and Law Conference, University of Liverpool, June 2006

‘Researching the Hooligan: Ethical Issues Arising from Covert Participant Observation in Football Crowds’ – SLSA Conference, University of Stirling, April 2006

‘The Legitimacy of Football Banning Orders “On Complaint”’ - The State of Play: Contemporary Research in the Field of Sports Law, University of Central Lancashire, April 2005

‘The Regulation of Football Crowds’ – Preventing Violence, Liverpool, March 2005

‘Revisiting EC Law and the Football Transfer System’ – SLSA Conference, Nottingham, April 2003

‘You Don’t Sell Me, I’m Part of the Union: E.U. Law and the Transfer System’ – SLSA Conference, Bristol, April 2001