Category Archives: Social Sciences

Back in June WCC posted an article which explored Glenn Hoddle’s maverick proclivities. Visual analysis of my Panini ’83 sticker album showed that all players in the English top flight managed to pose for a full length snap – except … Continue reading →

Speculation has already begun with regard to the players who will be replacing England’s golden generation – a generation which is approaching the end of its tenure as custodians of the nation’s hopes. World Cup 2010 has again exposed England … Continue reading →

To the left features a team of players who didn’t make England’s World Cup 2010 squad for one reason or another. We’ve included those who have been out of the reckoning for years, and those that missed out narrowly. Perhaps … Continue reading →

Should there really be such a substantial degree of dismay and disbelief when England are eliminated in the second round of a World Cup? A hubristic sense of national entitlement in these circumstances seems to subvert rationality. England made it … Continue reading →

Detailed visual analysis of historical documents can provide a rich source of insight into cultural phenomena. With a retrospective vantage point stirred into the mix, visual cues can attain a starker complexion once they have been weathered by the brutal … Continue reading →

World Cup 2010 is following an all too familiar pattern for England. Hope has been quickly replaced by disappointment. Perhaps the disappointment is more acute in this instance as the qualification campaign was so emphatic. However, England are undefeated in … Continue reading →

Management guru Charles Handy highlights that there are four main types of organizational culture. The power culture is associated with small entrepreneurial organizations. With influence emanating from a key central source the power culture can be conceived as a web. … Continue reading →

Under Fabio Capello, England’s form in competitive games has been excellent: they cruised to qualification in impressive style and should improve further under tournament conditions. Their only defeat in competitive games was against Ukraine and that was when they went … Continue reading →