Daniel Parnell is a senior lecturer in business management at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests cover the sport and leisure sectors within the UK and he works globally on a number of projects, in particular on the social role of sport.Andy Pringle is Reader in physical activity, exercise and health at Leeds Beckett University. He researches the impact of physical activity and public health interventions. He is ‘Fellow’ of the Royal Society of Public Health and a Topic Expert, (physical activity) for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence.

• 1. Football and health improvement: an emerging field 2. A perspective from key stakeholders on football and health improvement 3. Supporting lifestyle risk reduction: promoting men’s health through professional football 4. Effectiveness of a community football programme on improving physiological markers of health in a hard-to-reach male population: the role of exercise intensity 5. Evaluating conflict mitigation and health improvement through soccer: a two-year study of Mifalot’s ‘United Soccer for Peace’ programme 6. The pursuit of lifelong participation: the role of professional football clubs in the delivery of physical education and school sport in England 7. Can ‘English Premier League’ funding for PE and school sport achieve its aims? 8. The influence of club football on children’s daily physical activity 9. Football for health: getting strategic

Daniel Parnell is a senior lecturer in business management at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests cover the sport and leisure sectors within the UK and he works globally on a number of projects, in particular on the social role of sport.Andy Pringle is Reader in physical activity, exercise and health at Leeds Beckett University. He researches the impact of physical activity and public health interventions. He is ‘Fellow’ of the Royal Society of Public Health and a Topic Expert, (physical activity) for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence.

• 1. Football and health improvement: an emerging field 2. A perspective from key stakeholders on football and health improvement 3. Supporting lifestyle risk reduction: promoting men’s health through professional football 4. Effectiveness of a community football programme on improving physiological markers of health in a hard-to-reach male population: the role of exercise intensity 5. Evaluating conflict mitigation and health improvement through soccer: a two-year study of Mifalot’s ‘United Soccer for Peace’ programme 6. The pursuit of lifelong participation: the role of professional football clubs in the delivery of physical education and school sport in England 7. Can ‘English Premier League’ funding for PE and school sport achieve its aims? 8. The influence of club football on children’s daily physical activity 9. Football for health: getting strategic

Daniel Parnell is a senior lecturer in business management at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests cover the sport and leisure sectors within the UK and he works globally on a number of projects, in particular on the social role of sport.Andy Pringle is Reader in physical activity, exercise and health at Leeds Beckett University. He researches the impact of physical activity and public health interventions. He is ‘Fellow’ of the Royal Society of Public Health and a Topic Expert, (physical activity) for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence.

• 1. Football and health improvement: an emerging field 2. A perspective from key stakeholders on football and health improvement 3. Supporting lifestyle risk reduction: promoting men’s health through professional football 4. Effectiveness of a community football programme on improving physiological markers of health in a hard-to-reach male population: the role of exercise intensity 5. Evaluating conflict mitigation and health improvement through soccer: a two-year study of Mifalot’s ‘United Soccer for Peace’ programme 6. The pursuit of lifelong participation: the role of professional football clubs in the delivery of physical education and school sport in England 7. Can ‘English Premier League’ funding for PE and school sport achieve its aims? 8. The influence of club football on children’s daily physical activity 9. Football for health: getting strategic