John Hughson is Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. His working partnership with the National Football Museum of England has involved him in a number of 'football as culture' projects and related public engagement activities. His most recent book is England and the 1966 World Cup: A Cultural History (2016).

Kevin Moore is Director of the National Football Museum of England, UK. He is a museum studies scholar and was formerly a lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK. His numerous publications include Museums and Popular Culture (1997).

Ramón Spaaij is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living at Victoria University, Australia, and holds a Professorial Chair in Sociology of Sport at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His publications include Sport and Social Exclusion in Global Society (2014) and Sport and Social Mobility: Crossing Boundaries (2011).

Joseph Maguire is a Professor of Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University, UK. He studied as an undergraduate in London and gained a B.Ed. (first-class honours) from the University of London, UK. He completed his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Leicester, UK. He is a two-term former President of the International Sociology of Sport Association. He is also currently an executive board member of the International Council for Sports Science and Physical Education and Velux Visiting Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.