Category: Football

Switching from Women’s Football to Cross-Country:
The History of Gruppo Sportivo Giovinezza [Milan, 1933-37]

by Marco Giani | Jul 2, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Football, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Sport & Politics, Team Sports | 0

Some Playing Pasts readers may wonder what happened to the calciatrici of Gruppo Femminile...

What was the Reaction to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster in the 10 Years that Followed?

by Harry Morgan | Jun 25, 2020 | Archival Research, Football, Student Zone, Team Sports, University of Chester | 0

On the 15th April 1989, 96 Liverpool fans went to watch the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham...

‘A Railway fare and a drink’:
A story of Edwardian Amateur Football in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

by Luke J Harris | Jun 15, 2020 | Football, Team Sports | 0

The Victoria Ground, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, is located just north of the town centre and is...

Playing Football with the Chorus Girls:
Vaudeville Women’s Football in Naples [1931]

by Marco Giani | Jun 8, 2020 | Football, Gender and Sport, Team Sports, Theatre and the Arts | 0

The author would like to express his special thanks to Professor John Haldane, Anne Martin and...

Students at Play:
Sport in the Cheshire County Training College,
1908-1918

by Margaret Roberts | May 24, 2020 | Cricket, Football, Gender and Sport, Hockey, Playing Pasts edited Volume 2020, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Team Sports | 0

Please cite this article as: Roberts, M. and Webb, S. Students at Play: Sport in the Cheshire...

The Captain and the Contortionist

by Stuart Gibbs | May 21, 2020 | Focus on Fodens, Football, Gender and Sport, Team Sports | 1

This article concentrates on Phoebe Smith and Ellen Dunn, two over looked figures involved with...

Playing Against the Enemy – February, 17, 1530

by Paolo Bruschi | May 11, 2020 | Football, Team Sports | 0

The siege of Leningrad lasted for 872 days, from September 1941 to January 1944, killing about one...

Diego Maradona – The film – Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Claudio Gentile

by Leslie Crang | May 7, 2020 | Football, Team Sports | 0

Over the summer I watched by Diego Maradona by Asif Kapadia. A biographical look at the turbulent...

“And then we were boycotted”
New discoveries about the birth of women’s football in Italy [1933]
Part 6

by Marco Giani | Apr 27, 2020 | Football, Gender and Sport, Team Sports | 0

Part 6 tells the story of Brunilde Amodeo – PLEASE NOTE all of the images of Brunilde Amodeo...

Stoke City and the Millennium Stadium ‘South Stand Jinx’

by Martyn Cooke | Apr 20, 2020 | Football, Team Sports | 0

Throughout contemporary society there are a wide variety of superstitions, routines and habits...

Early Women’s Football in Mid-Cheshire
Part 2
~The Interwar Years~

by Margaret Roberts | Apr 17, 2020 | Focus on Fodens, Football, Gender and Sport, Team Sports | 0

As was seen in Part 1 [Click HERE to read} of this series the women footballers of Mid-Cheshire...

Early Women’s Football in Mid-Cheshire
Part 1 – A Hubbub of ‘Feminine Shrieks’: Munitionette Teams

by Margaret Roberts | Apr 9, 2020 | Focus on Fodens, Football, Gender and Sport | 0

Foden Ladies Football Team are synonymous with women’s football in Cheshire but they were not the...

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Category: Football

Switching from Women’s Football to Cross-Country: ...

‘A Railway fare and a drink’:A story of Edwardian ...

Playing Football with the Chorus Girls: Vaudeville...

The Captain and the Contortionist

Playing Against the Enemy – February, 17, 1530

Diego Maradona – The film – Or, How I ...

Switching from Women’s Football to Cross-Country:
The History of Gruppo Sportivo Giovinezza [Milan, 1933-37]

What was the Reaction to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster in the 10 Years that Followed?

‘A Railway fare and a drink’:
A story of Edwardian Amateur Football in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Playing Football with the Chorus Girls:
Vaudeville Women’s Football in Naples [1931]

Students at Play:
Sport in the Cheshire County Training College,
1908-1918

The Captain and the Contortionist

Playing Against the Enemy – February, 17, 1530

Diego Maradona – The film – Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Claudio Gentile

“And then we were boycotted”
New discoveries about the birth of women’s football in Italy [1933]
Part 6

Stoke City and the Millennium Stadium ‘South Stand Jinx’

Early Women’s Football in Mid-Cheshire
Part 2
~The Interwar Years~

Early Women’s Football in Mid-Cheshire
Part 1 – A Hubbub of ‘Feminine Shrieks’: Munitionette Teams

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