Category: Football
The Turbulent Stories of Heroic Mitropa Cups (1927-1942)
Part 1 ~ Football
This series of papers on The Mitropa Cup competitions by Gherardo Bonini are based on his...
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Asserting the Rural and ‘The Truth about Wilson’
This podcast from Prof John Bale, from a collection of short papers on aspects of sport and...
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‘A Chastening Experience’:
When Sir Stanley Matthews Managed Port Vale Football Club
Sir Stanley Matthews is widely regarded as having been one of the greatest association football...
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Revisiting the Lost Football Grounds:
The Early Years of Ayresome Park
As Middlesbrough and Luton Town opened the English Football League season earlier this month, the...
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The only match the Dutch East Indies played at the World Cup
At the 1938 football World Cup in France, the team representing the Dutch East Indies played...
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“And then we were boycotted”
New discoveries about the birth of women’s football in Italy [1933]
Part 2
For Part 1 of this series see –Â bit.ly/2NBMzZg Original research by Marco Giani and with...
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“And then we were boycotted”
New discoveries about the birth of women’s football in Italy [1933]
Part 1
Original research by Marco Giani and with special thanks to Rachel Mc Namara for the linguistic...
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The Youdan Cup Competition 1867 ~ A Fresh Perspective! [Part 2]
For Part One of this paper see – bit.ly/2wTVkmp Thomas Youdan (top hat, always...
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The Youdan Cup Competition 1867 ~ A Fresh Perspective! [Part 1]
The Youdan Cup Competition was not played under Sheffield rules but those of the London Football...
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Bradford City AFC – Held back by history?
Bradford’s lack of football success – at all levels of the game – could well be down to its...
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‘The Greatest Novelty in the World’:
The Football Playing Elephants of John Sanger’s Circus
The Victoria era was characterised by dramatic technological and societal changes in what some...
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From Asia to Ayresome: The Fifa World Cup, 1966’s Other Heroes and the Origins of an Unlikely International Friendship – Part 2
In Part 1, [See –Â bit.ly/2H1ZUVf } historian Dr Tosh Warwick told the story of how...
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