Category: Team Sports
The Turbulent Stories of Heroic Mitropa Cups (1927-1942)
Part 2
For Part 1 of this series click HERE The successful football Mitropa tournaments strengthened the...
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John Henry “Rob” Derbyshire
Osborne Swimming Club and the 1900 Olympic Water Polo Competition
I recently visited Victoria Baths in Manchester, winner of the B.B.C. 2003 Restoration programme....
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Massaging the Amateur Ethos: British Professional Trainers at Stockholm in 1912.
This podcast, by Dave Day was delivered as part of a collection of papers on aspects of coaching...
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A Passion for Polo
 Not the glistening white spherical mint with the hole in the middle, but the game played on...
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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 Golden Age of Mexican Cricket
Part 2
The cricket championship that ran from 1900 to 1909 was the first sports league in Mexico. It...
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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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Black History Month (Part 3):
From Segregation to Integration in the NBA.
For Part 1 and 2 of this series please see – Part 1 –Â bit.ly/2G1f1fVÂ and Part 2...
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FIFA’s Laws Board (1886) predates FIFA (1904)
The laws of international football 2019/20 came into force 1 June 2019. A special board has the...
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Getting Yorkshire cricket back on its feet
Jeremy Lonsdale examines how Yorkshire cricket clubs faced the challenges of starting again after...
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Black History Month (Part 2):
Pay-for-Play Basketball
The Savoy Big Five from Chicago, 1930s. For Part 1 see – bit.ly/2G1f1fV By 1920 Black Fives...
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