The definers and standard setters of security: mapping the security field’s regulators through European football

By drawing upon and attaching a new layer to the “security field” concept, this article examines conceptualizes European security practices challenges through lens of football. At critical juncture for in both Europe football, questions (i) how supranational regulation informing football’s field has evolved since 1985 (ii) exactly field’s regulators – Council Europe, EU, UEFA set standards remainder field. Relatedly, it asks what tells us about power define security. Drawing theoretical perspectives located International Political Sociology, sociology leisure sport, publicly available documents conventions, conceptual contributes our understanding Europe. It argues, first, that football is indicative wider transformations. Second, configure dictate possess standardize prioritization threats. This remains important because, fully understand analytically capture one must conceptually account its standard setting organizations.