ABSTRACT
As a young black researcher, I sat in my car waiting for the management committee members of local Leicester, African-Caribbean-founded, football club, Highfi eld Rangers, to arrive for a club meeting.1 The majority of them were second-generation African-Caribbean migrants who have been attached to the club since its inception 40 years ago. As they arrived, it became apparent that for actors of this generation, much of our prior understanding of sport as a form of resistance may be somewhat outdated. As each member parked their expensive cars around me and took their places at the table in the centre of the clubhouse, in their smart suits-while making their excuses for being late (mostly because, as people of seniority in their respective careers, they were frequently the last to leave the offi ce)—it became clear that I was not observing a group of people who were still socially, economically and geographically confi ned to Leicester’s poorest areas and worst jobs.
