Submission
Authors should submit a complete version of their paper, by email to any of the Editors but preferably to ijsp@chester.ac.uk.

Authors should submit papers using a standard word processing package. All articles will be read by two editors and, if deemed relevant and of a sufficient standard, will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers. Submission of a paper to International Journal of Sport Policy will be taken to imply that it presents original, unpublished work, not under consideration for publication elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright for their article is transferred to the Publisher if and when the article is accepted for publication. The copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other reproduction of similar nature, and translations.

Books for review should be sent to:

Iain Lindsey, School of Education, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

Email: I.Lindsey@soton.ac.uk

The manuscript
Submissions should be in English, typed in double spacing with a 4 cm margin on the left-hand side. Articles should normally be between 6000 and 8000 words, accompanied by an abstract, which must not exceed 250 words, setting out the main findings of the article. Please also include five or six keywords, preferably words that do not already appear in the title of the article. The editor reserves the right to return the manuscript if it is not submitted in the required format. Sexist language should be avoided, and jargon or specialized language should be avoided where possible. Statistics are acceptable but must be explained in simple terms. Reference can be made to texts.

Contributions to the Research notes / short communications section should also conform to these specifications but will be shorter at a maximum of 2000 words.

Tables and figures
These should not be inserted in the pages of the manuscript but should be separate files. The desired position in the text for each table, etc. should be indicated in the manuscript. Figures should be supplied as high resolution files, preferably EPS or TIFF formats; however we can also accept PICT and JPEG formats. The publisher will normally reproduce colour figures in black and white.

Style
- Formatting guide
- Reference style information: Reference Quick Reference

This journal requires a short paragraph of bibliographical details for all contributors.

Please use British spelling (e.g. colour, organise) and punctuation. Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.

If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk

Footnotes
These should be kept to a minimum, numbered consecutively in the text and gathered at the end of the article immediately before the references.

Free article access: Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

Publication
Page proofs will be sent for correction to the first-named author, unless otherwise requested. The difficulty and expense involved in making amendments at the page-proof stage make it essential for authors to prepare their typescripts carefully: any alterations to the original text are strongly discouraged. Our aim is rapid publication: this will be helped if authors provide good copy, following the above instructions, and return their page proofs as quickly as possible.