ABSTRACT

Our aim in this short article is to provide an analysis of the implications of reopening football stadium doors to a group that have not been at the forefront of management consideration – disabled spectators. In order to achieve this aim, we uphold a social model approach to disability to review the current spectator sport situation across English professional football and outline the problems posed for disabled fans. We then provide the context to disabled people’s experiences in football fandom which have often been unsatisfactory. This context then underpins a series of implications that will arise from the reopening of stadia in England. To conclude this commentary, we provide several management recommendations that we argue should facilitate a more disability-inclusive restart for spectator sport.

摘要

我们在这篇短文中的目的是分析重新开放足球场大门对管理考虑最前沿的群体——残疾观众的影响。为了实现这一目标，我们坚持以社会模式看待残疾问题，回顾英国职业足球当前的观众运动状况，并概述残疾球迷面临的问题。然后，我们为残疾人在足球迷中的经历提供了背景，这些经历通常并不令人满意。然后，这种背景支撑了英格兰体育场重新开放将产生的一系列影响。为了结束这篇评论，我们提供了几项管理建议，我们认为这些建议应该有助于观众运动的重新开始更具残疾包容性。