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Aug 13, 2018

Is it ever acceptable to change your col...

Aug 6, 2018

The Little Known Story of the Origins of...

Jul 30, 2018

Sport and the New Culture in the 1880s: ...

Jul 23, 2018

Edith Klinger – Austria’s First Fe...

Jul 16, 2018

Amateur Hour

Jul 9, 2018

Match of the Century: Referee Leo Horn r...

Jul 5, 2018

The image of Islam and North Africa with...

Jul 2, 2018

Pulverising Records: Forgotten Women Cha...

Jun 28, 2018

Lady Racers: The Origins of Women’s Cycl...

Jun 25, 2018

The Emergence of Canine Performance Spor...

Jun 21, 2018

Andrew Jeptha, a Bibliographic Boxing Ch...

Jun 18, 2018

America and the Victorians: The Birth of...

Jun 14, 2018

Playing in heeled shoes in Milan and win...

Jun 11, 2018

From Great Exhibition to Department Stor...

Jun 7, 2018

‘The tonic to boost Britain’s sagging re...

Jun 4, 2018

Social History of Tennis in the North We...

May 31, 2018

Mrs K. L. Summerton: The forgotten found...

May 28, 2018

“He seems to have quite renounced ...

May 24, 2018

Memory and Feats of Strength in Rural Ir...

May 21, 2018

The Nude Dancer – Adorée Villany: Art, t...

May 17, 2018

Missing connections: mobility on the Wes...

May 14, 2018

Female Employees and the Victorian Publi...

May 10, 2018

Why Sports History Matters

May 7, 2018

English Influence on the French Developm...

May 3, 2018

The Sentinel Cup: 125 Continuous Years o...

Apr 30, 2018

Medals I Once Owned

Apr 23, 2018

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Apr 19, 2018

Karel Van Wijnendaele (Part 3) – 1946-19...

Apr 16, 2018

Captain Barclay’s contemporaries: ...

Apr 12, 2018

When Everton and Liverpool turned out to...

Apr 9, 2018

The Death of the Fisherman and the Birth...

Apr 5, 2018

Jimmy Murphy: The Unsung Hero of Manches...

Apr 2, 2018

The Jockey Club

Mar 29, 2018

Karl Van Wijnendaele (Part 2) 1914-1945:...

Mar 26, 2018

Historical Perspectives on Female Contri...

Mar 22, 2018

Invisible History

Mar 19, 2018

Yugoslav Football Teams in the UK and Ir...

Mar 15, 2018

Brave (and clever) calciatrici under the...

Mar 12, 2018

‘On the Field with the Coyness of Debuta...

Mar 8, 2018

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Mar 5, 2018

Tanking, Shirking and Running Dead: The ...

Mar 1, 2018

Social networks and the origins of footb...

Feb 26, 2018

The Burnden Park Stadium Disaster: Briti...

Feb 22, 2018

Sportwereld, the Tour of Flanders and Ka...

Feb 19, 2018

I, Tonya, Cultural Capital and the Ameri...

Feb 15, 2018

The Origins and Formation of England Net...

Feb 12, 2018

‘All that is pleasant and noteworthy’. C...

Feb 8, 2018

Swimming against anti-Semitism during In...

Feb 5, 2018

Whipper In – The Northumberland An...

Jan 29, 2018

Early Dutch football youngsters at Engli...

Jan 22, 2018

The adventures of a comic motorsports he...

Jan 18, 2018

Sport and the press during the Victorian...

Jan 15, 2018

The ‘valuable and unremitting services’ ...

Jan 11, 2018

The Secrets of the First Olympic Torch R...

Jan 8, 2018

Birmingham’s First Olympics: The 1867 Na...

Jan 4, 2018

Searching for Football Stadiums in Budap...

Jan 1, 2018

The first football match without offside

Dec 28, 2017

Battles of The Sexes : The representatio...

Dec 25, 2017

What happened to the Soviet Olympic Comm...

Dec 21, 2017

The Birth of Women’s Basket-Ball: Making...

Dec 18, 2017

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Dec 14, 2017

From sports journalist to war correspond...

Dec 11, 2017

Is May 26th, 1989 still relevant? Sport,...

Dec 7, 2017

The English Cup and Newhey Ladies Hockey...

Dec 4, 2017

Mussabini Myths: Lacking Wisdom

Nov 30, 2017

Some items from the collection of John D...

Nov 27, 2017

Ghent Six Day Race – much older than was...

Nov 23, 2017

A wally with the brolly : 10 years on an...

Nov 20, 2017

Another Origins Debate? Part Two

Nov 16, 2017

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Nov 13, 2017

Like a Rolling Stone: Strong Lifting in ...

Nov 9, 2017

1879 v 1880, foundation v formation, myt...

Nov 6, 2017

The Star of Bethlehem: Alex Jackson

Nov 2, 2017

The 2,000 Mile Race: Pedestrianism in th...

Oct 30, 2017

Celluloid Dreams. What photographs tell ...

Oct 25, 2017

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Oct 23, 2017

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Oct 19, 2017

The Olympics that never were, Berlin 191...

Oct 16, 2017

Jaap Eden: A Very Modern Sportsman

Oct 12, 2017

Understanding the Significance of Fred P...

Oct 9, 2017

The 19th Century Foundations of Yorkshir...

Oct 5, 2017

Tag. You’re it : #takeaknee and other pr...

Oct 2, 2017

Competitive Women’s Rowing in Britain Si...

Sep 28, 2017

All a Load of Pants? Posing Trunks in Ma...

Sep 25, 2017

‘No fee’ was to be charged for their ser...

Sep 21, 2017

Henry Cotton’s at war: The wartime fundr...

Sep 18, 2017

Victorian Turkish Baths Provided By Two ...

Sep 14, 2017

The Burnden Park Stadium Disaster

Sep 7, 2017

Crawling to Success: Swimming Coach Bill...

Sep 4, 2017

Women’s Basketball: Net Ball: An A...

Aug 24, 2017

‘All that is pleasant and noteworthy’. T...

Aug 21, 2017

Running under the Roof: A Century of Ind...

Aug 17, 2017

The Man from Uruguay

Aug 14, 2017

Jimmy Curran – Scottish athlete an...

Aug 10, 2017

Women’s Basketball: Iowa: 6 Player Girls...

Aug 7, 2017

Lizzie Beckwith – The Forgotten Si...

Aug 3, 2017

Lizzie Beckwith – The Forgotten Si...

Jul 31, 2017

Stockport’s Strawberry Recording Studios...

Jul 27, 2017

All a Load of Pants? Posing Trunks in Ma...

Jul 24, 2017

Playing in the Chocolate Factory: The 19...

Jul 13, 2017

Manchester Versus Poland Both On and Off...

Jul 10, 2017

The Originator of the Davis Cup: Dwight ...

Jul 6, 2017

Spreading the news: Delpher and the deve...

Jul 3, 2017

STAPS International Review of Sport Scie...

Jun 26, 2017

‘No fee’ was to be charged for their ser...

Jun 22, 2017

SK Jugoslavija’s visit to Ireland

Jun 19, 2017

The Fair that brought Synchronized Swimm...

Jun 12, 2017

Sport and The Boys’ Story: ‘Tales of the...

Jun 1, 2017

Women’s Basketball: The “Black Fives” 19...

May 29, 2017

Private and Public History Making in the...

May 22, 2017

Henry Chadwick: ‘The Father of Sport Not...

May 18, 2017

Women’s Hockey and the Introduction of L...

May 15, 2017

Henry Chadwick: ‘The Father of Sport Not...

May 11, 2017

British Women Olympians 1900-1912 ‘Hidde...

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The Adventures of a Comic Motorsports He...

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LA Krickets – The homeless far from home...

May 1, 2017

Post Office Olympians – Athleticis...

Apr 27, 2017

English Influence on the French Developm...

Apr 24, 2017

‘Training while Working’ – Athleti...

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Women’s Basketball: An Implement for Eth...

Apr 17, 2017

‘Welcome to Third World Britain’: Sven-G...

Apr 13, 2017

Gradjanski Zagreb British Tour Of 1936

Apr 10, 2017

‘Seventeen men and a girl chasing one an...

Apr 6, 2017

The Dawn of Women’s Basket-Ball. P...

Apr 3, 2017

Berlin 1936: Olympic Village Project

Mar 23, 2017

From Basket-ball to Net-ball: A Cross-Cu...

Mar 20, 2017

Pedestriennes: nineteenth century female...

Mar 13, 2017

Liberté, Egalité, Sororité – or a lot of...

Mar 8, 2017

Not Pushing Their Weight: Corruption in ...

Mar 6, 2017

Should Britain compete at the 1920 Olymp...

Feb 27, 2017

Remembering Ipswich’s Treble Challenge, ...

Feb 23, 2017

Hugh Stuart Fullerton: Scorebooks and th...

Feb 20, 2017

“Rugby” in The Chicagoan

Feb 16, 2017

From Bloom to Battle: Tracing Ireland’s ...

Feb 13, 2017

Ashes Earfuls

Feb 9, 2017

Doping in This Sporting Life – How...

Feb 1, 2017

Scientific Management, Sanitation, and S...

Jan 30, 2017

Sam Fritty: A Life in Athletics and Trot...

Jan 25, 2017

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Jan 23, 2017

Collier and Kistler: “the friendli...

Jan 18, 2017

2016 – A Year of Firsts and Underdogs

Jan 11, 2017

‘One of the worst cases of fouling that ...

Jan 9, 2017

Quaint and Quintessential: Wimbledon’s S...

Jan 2, 2017

The Opening of Manchester’s First Public...

Dec 28, 2016

Football Fans Crossing The Borders Durin...

Dec 26, 2016

Weight training in English Football: An ...

Dec 21, 2016

Rethinking 1895 – A Bradford Perspective...

Dec 19, 2016

Rethinking 1895 – A Bradford Perspective...

Dec 12, 2016

Child Caddies In Edwardian Golf

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Supporting Elite Amateurs: British Coach...

Nov 14, 2016

How Britain Became the Birthplace of Mod...

Nov 7, 2016

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The Origins Of Professional Football In ...

Oct 24, 2016

Australasian Tennis: ‘What have the Here...

Oct 17, 2016

The History Of Manchester City Women’s F...

Sep 27, 2016

Margaret Wellington Part One: ‘The Peppy...

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Swearing by Cricketers: An Introduction

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Connecting the Historical Threads!

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Sport and Leisure on the Eve of the Firs...

Jun 10, 2016