ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors of this report are grateful to all of the research participants, including the head teachers and class teachers of the participating schools and the representatives of the partner delivery agencies for the two projects. We are also grateful to Margaret Doran, Executive Director of Glasgow City Council for giving permission to the research team to contact the schools. We wish to thank the representatives of the football clubs in Scotland and England who participated in our survey and Alan White of the Heart of Midlothian Education and Community Trust and Mark Dunlop of the Scottish Football League for their insights and making important information available to us. We greatly appreciated the support and assistance of Gavin Gray of the Scottish Football Association in conducting the survey of Scottish football clubs.
We wish to thank Robert Doherty, Michael O'Halloran and Sean Gallagher from the Celtic Foundation and Celtic Football Club and Colin Atkinson and Greg Statt of Rangers Football Club for all the assistance they provided to us during the research.
We wish to acknowledge the expert contribution of the Research Advisory Group members:
Gary Bannon, Drugs Policy Unit, the Scottish Government
Gavin Gray, Project Manager of Citizenship Through Football, The Scottish Football Association
George Mackie, Adviser in Employability and Regeneration, Glasgow City Council Education Services
Professor Ade Kearns, Professor of Urban Studies, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow.
Sarah Miller, Education Analytical Services, the Scottish Government
Dr. Paul Bennett, Senior Research Officer, Justice Analytical Services Division, Police and Community Safety Directorate of the Scottish Government, was an excellent project manager.