| An ethnography of English football fans G Pearson Cans, cops and carnivals, 2012 | 242 | 2012 |
| Football'hooliganism': policing and the war on the'English disease' C Stott, G Pearson Pennant Books, 2007 | 206 | 2007 |
| ‘Keeping the Peace’ Social Identity, Procedural Justice and the Policing of Football Crowds C Stott, J Hoggett, G Pearson The British journal of criminology 52 (2), 381-399, 2012 | 177 | 2012 |
| A different kind of ethics J Ferdinand, G Pearson, M Rowe, F Worthington Ethnography 8 (4), 519-543, 2007 | 162 | 2007 |
| The researcher as hooligan: Where ‘participant’observation means breaking the law G Pearson International Journal of Social Research Methodology 12 (3), 243-255, 2009 | 124 | 2009 |
| Football banning orders, proportionality, and public order policing C Stott, G Pearson The howard journal of criminal justice 45 (3), 241-254, 2006 | 88 | 2006 |
| The hoolifan: Positive fan attitudes to football ‘hooliganism’ J Rookwood, G Pearson International review for the sociology of sport 47 (2), 149-164, 2012 | 86 | 2012 |
| Ethnographies of work and the work of ethnography M Brannan, G Pearson, F Worthington Ethnography 8 (4), 395-402, 2007 | 69 | 2007 |
| ‘On the Lash’–revisiting the effectiveness of alcohol controls at football matches G Pearson, A Sale Policing & Society 21 (2), 150-166, 2011 | 66 | 2011 |
| Body-worn cameras and the law of unintended consequences: Some questions arising from emergent practices M Rowe, G Pearson, E Turner Policing: a journal of policy and practice 12 (1), 83-90, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| Football banning orders: analysing their use in court M James, G Pearson The Journal of Criminal Law 70 (6), 509-530, 2006 | 49 | 2006 |
| Sporting justifications under EU free movement and competition law: the case of the football ‘transfer system’ G Pearson European Law Journal 21 (2), 220-238, 2015 | 45 | 2015 |
| Police street powers and criminal justice: Regulation and discretion in a time of change G Pearson, M Rowe, M Rowe Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020 | 41 | 2020 |
| Enabling an evidence-based approach to policing football in the UK C Stott, G Pearson, O West Policing: A journal of policy and practice 14 (4), 977-994, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| Public order and the rebalancing of football fans' rights: Legal problems with pre-emptive policing strategies and banning orders M James, G Pearson Public law 3, 458-475, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
| Learning and practicing police craft M Rowe, E Turner, G Pearson Journal of Organizational Ethnography 5 (3), 276-286, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| Qualifying for Europe? The Legitimacy of Football Banning Orders' on Complaint'under the Principle of Proportionality G Pearson ESLJ 3, 1, 2005 | 30 | 2005 |
| The English Disease? The Socio-Legal Construction of'Football Hooliganism' G Pearson Youth and policy, 1-15, 1998 | 29 | 1998 |
| Study on the Assessment of UEFA’s Home-Grown Player Rule M Dalziel, P Downward, R Parrish, G Pearson, A Semens European Commission, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
| Legitimate targets-The civil liberties of football fans G Pearson JCL 4, 28, 1999 | 25 | 1999 |
Mark JamesProfessor of Sports Law, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityVerified email at mmu.ac.uk
