Milestones in Women’s Marathon History
~1975~
Permission for Women to Run the Marathon in the UK
Introduction For most of the twentieth century the maximum distance that women were permitted to...
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Manchester Ladies FC – Post WW2 Pioneers
My Tribute to the Great Marian Bindotti RIP
Part 1
Formed in November 1946 by Marian Bindotti Very few of the high profile pre-WW2 women’s football...
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Jessop’s Last Hurrah
By the early summer of 1916, Captain Gilbert Laird Jessop (hero of the 1902 Oval Test Match) was...
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Victoria College in Bingen on the Rhine:
Call for Research
Bingen on the Rhine is not only the title of a well-known poem, but also famous for its landscape:...
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The Pedestrian Pre-History of Six Day Bicycle Races
Part 2: 1875
To read Part 1 of this series click HERE Introduction. The first part of this sequel story...
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Ron Eland:
A Pioneer of Weightlifting and Reconciliation in South Africa
Most South African sport history enthusiasts are familiar with the name Basil D’Oliveria, who was...
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Botham’s Test and Jessop’s Match:
Anniversaries and Kindred Spirits
The summer of 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of ‘Botham’s test’, which for...
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Georges Carpentier’s Training:
A ‘Scientific Method’ of Boxing?
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Kick-Off in Europe’s Powder Keg:
Cooperation and Confrontation in Football in South Slavic Lands 1900-1914
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‘Our Present Methods and Spirit are Fatal to Success’:
Coaching and Training in Britain 1912-1914
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‘The Butter-Cup that Blooms in Spring’:
Crowd Singing on the Eve of the First World War
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‘International Friendships’ with the Co-operative Holidays Association in the Years Leading up to the First World War.
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