| The impact of New Labour's modernisation agenda on the English grass-roots football workforce J Lusted, J O'Gorman Managing leisure 15 (1-2), 140-154, 2010 | 61 | 2010 |
| Where is the implementation in sport policy and programme analysis? The English Football Association's Charter Standard as an illustration J O'Gorman International journal of sport policy and politics 3 (1), 85-108, 2011 | 60 | 2011 |
| Respect? An investigation into the experience of referees in association football J Cleland, J O’Gorman, T Webb International Review for the Sociology of Sport 53 (8), 960-974, 2018 | 56 | 2018 |
| Exploring the everyday realities of grass-roots football coaching: Towards a relational perspective P Potrac, L Nelson, J O'Gorman Junior and Youth Grassroots Football Culture, 118-134, 2018 | 44 | 2018 |
| An exploration of young professional football players’ perceptions of the talent development process in England T Webb, M Dicks, DJ Brown, J O’Gorman Sport management review 23 (3), 536-547, 2020 | 42 | 2020 |
| The English football association’s respect campaign: The referees’ view J Cleland, J O’Gorman, M Bond International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 7 (4), 551-563, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| The distribution of power through a media campaign: The respect program, referees, and abuse in association football T Webb, J Cleland, J O'Gorman Journal of Global Sport Management 2 (3), 162-181, 2017 | 38 | 2017 |
| Referees, match officials and abuse: Research and implications for policy T Webb, M Rayner, J Cleland, J O'Gorman Routledge, 2020 | 36 | 2020 |
| Translation, intensification and fabrication: professional football academy coaches’ enactment of the Elite Player Performance Plan J O’Gorman, M Partington, P Potrac, L Nelson Sport, Education and Society 26 (3), 309-325, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| Introduction: developing the research agenda in junior and youth grassroots football culture J O'Gorman Junior and Youth Grassroots Football Culture, 1-7, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Exploring the mental health and wellbeing of professional academy footballers in England NA Sothern, J O’Gorman Soccer & Society 22 (6), 641-654, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
| Striving for excellence: Talent identification and development in English football refereeing T Webb, J O’Gorman, L Markham European Sport Management Quarterly 23 (2), 351-369, 2023 | 17 | 2023 |
| Not just playing the game: Possibilities of empowerment through an alternative type of engagement with sport in international development I Lindsey, J O’Gorman Sociology of sport journal 32 (1), 49-67, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| Evaluation in safeguarding and child protection in sport M Hartill, J O’Gorman Safeguarding, child protection and abuse in sport, 181-191, 2014 | 17 | 2014 |
| Children's voices in mini soccer: An exploration of critical incidents J O'Gorman, K Greenough Junior and Youth Grassroots Football Culture, 18-34, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Contemporary issues in the management of grassroots football J O’Gorman, D Fitzpatrick, J Sibley, M Hindmarsh, Z Saskova, D Parnell Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management, 56-70, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| Two decades of youth sport policy research: an augmented scoping review and synthesis I Lindsey, AM Strittmatter, J Hayton, J O’Gorman European sport management quarterly, 1-25, 2023 | 10 | 2023 |
| An investigation into coach developers’ theories in practice, learning, and development on a continuing professional development course M Partington, J O’Gorman, K Greenough, E Cope International Sport Coaching Journal 9 (2), 161-169, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Managing sport and leisure in the era of Covid-19 AE Manoli, C Anagnostopoulos, A Ahonen, N Bolton, A Bowes, C Brown, ... Managing Sport and leisure 27 (1-2), 1-6, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| The changing nature of sports volunteering: modernization, policy and practice J O'Gorman Managing Sport, 218-238, 2012 | 7 | 2012 |
