Atherton, Martin (2017) Allowed to be Idle: Perpetuating Victorian Attitudes to Deafness and Employability in United Kingdom. In: Disability and the Victorians: Attitudes, Interventions and Experiences. Palgrave Macmillan, London. (Submitted)

Atherton, Martin and Macbeth, Jessica Louise (2016) Disability and football. In: Routledge Handbook of Football Studies. Routledge International Handbooks . Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 279-292. ISBN 9780415815109

Barnes, Lynne and Atherton, Martin (2014) ‘What’s the sign for “Catch 22”?’: barriers to professional formation for deaf teachers of British Sign Language in the Further Education sector. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 39 (3). pp. 417-434. ISSN 0309-877X

Atherton, Martin and Barnes, Lynne (2012) Deaf people as British Sign Language teachers: experiences and aspirations. Deafness and Education International, 14 (4). pp. 184-192. ISSN 1464-3154

Atherton, Martin (2012) Deafness, Community and Culture in Britain; leisure and cohesion, 1945-1995. Disability History . Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 978-0719084676

Atherton, Martin (2011) Deserving of charity or deserving of better? The continuing legacy of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act for Britain’s Deaf population. Review of Disability Studies, 7 (3+4). pp. 18-25. ISSN 1553-3697

Atherton, Martin (2009) A feeling as much as a place: leisure, deaf clubs and the British deaf community. Leisure Studies, 28 (4). pp. 443-454. ISSN 0261-4367

Atherton, Martin (2008) Deaf by choice: issues of identity in the British deaf community'. In: Historical Perspectives on Social Identities. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 129-136. ISBN 9781847188946

Atherton, Martin (2008) Acquiring social capital through shared deafness: examining the leisure activities of deaf club members. In: Sport, Leisure, Culture and Social Capital: Discourse and Practice. Leisure Studies Association, Eastbourne, UK, pp. 67-78. ISBN 978-1905369119

Atherton, Martin (2008) The theft of the Jules Rimet Trophy: the hidden history of the 1966 World Cup in England. IFI Series, 3 . Meyer and Meyer Sport, Germany. ISBN 978-1-84126-227-7

Barnes, Lynne, Harrington, Frank J, Williams, Janine and Atherton, Martin (2007) Deaf Students in Higher Education: Current Research and Practice. Douglas McLean, Coleford, UK. ISBN 0946252645

Atherton, Martin (2007) Sport in the British Deaf Community. Sport in History, 27 (2). pp. 276-292. ISSN 1746-0263

Atherton, Martin (2004) Pickles und der Pokal: Der Diebstahl des Coupe Jules Rimet. In: Am Ball Der Zeit: Deutschland und die Fussball Weltmeisterschaften Seit 1954. Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, pp. 146-159.

McGilp, Helga and Atherton, Martin (2003) Football in my blood. In: Deaf identities. Douglas McLean, Coleford, UK, pp. 159-166. ISBN 0-946252-53-X

Atherton, Martin, Russell, Dave and Turner, Graham (2001) More than a Match: The Role of Football in Britain’s Deaf Community. Soccer and Society, 2 (3). pp. 22-43.