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English Hockey’s Fear of Leagues and Cups & Heywood HC
England’s First Official Hockey League Champions.
Introduction Hockey’s devotion to the pure amateur spirit outlawing cup, prizes and leagues has...
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The Day Giancarlo Antognoni Nearly Died on a Football Pitch
The day Giancarlo Antognoni collided with Genoa’s goalkeeper Silvano Martina, broke his...
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The Lothian Lasses
As the profile of women’s football increases more of its participants are becoming household...
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Sports in a Corporate Culture:
The Herryville Velodrome (1929-1996)
Introduction This research on the history of the Herryville velodrome in Evergem near Ghent...
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‘And I mean that most sincerely…’
Theatre and the Birth of Women’s Football
It is well known that women’s football is not a modern invention. The first reference to women...
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1921
When Football Banned Women
The English FA Ban – 5th December 1921 100 Years ago, the highly influential English...
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Entrepreneurial Pugilists of the Eighteenth Century
Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...
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George Martin:
‘Wizard of Pedestrianism’ and Manchester’s Sporting Entrepreneur
Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...
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John Hulley
An Olympic Innovator
Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...
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Joey Nuttall:
The ‘Lightening Merman’ of Stalybridge
Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...
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Alec Nelson:
Professional Runner, Athletics Coach and ‘Entrepreneur-Client’,
Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...
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The Forgotten Pioneers:
International Women’s Football in the Interwar Period
Part 4
Read the previous articles in the series: Part 1 Click HERE , Part 2 Click HERE and Part 3 Click...
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