Category: Team Sports

Soccer in Paradise: The Early History of the Beaut...

Posted by Brian D Bunk | Jul 30, 2021 | Football, Team Sports | 0

Soccer in Paradise:
The Early History of the Beautiful Game in Hawai‘i

by Brian D Bunk | Jul 30, 2021 | Football, Team Sports | 0

Leopold G. Blackman was a twentieth century renaissance man of sorts. He was an educator, writer,...

“And then we were Boycotted”
New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933]
Part 11

by Marco Giani | Jul 26, 2021 | Archival Research, Football, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Politics, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

All images are published on the permission by Paolo Gilardi (Archivio privato Marta Boccalini,...

Patrick O’Connell:
An Irishman Abroad

by Robin Peake | Jun 24, 2021 | Football, Playing Pasts Publications, Sporting Lives edited Volume 2010, Team Sports | 0

Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...

Carmen Pomies:
The Most Important Woman Footballer in History
Part 2 of 3 – La Galerie des Champions Tour 1925

by Steve Bolton | Jun 14, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

To read Part 1 of this series click HERE 1925: Tea on the Terrace On Monday 11th...

Carmen Pomies:
The Most Important Woman Footballer in History
Part 1/3

by Steve Bolton | Jun 7, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

The Girl from Parr meets the Girl from Paris Carmen Chantelle Marianne Pomies… 5 feet 8...

Fleetwood Ladies
Part Three
Media Coverage

by Alex Jackson | Jun 3, 2021 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

To read Part 1 of this series click HERE and for Part 2 click HERE Judged by many similar...

Fleetwood Ladies
Part Two
Players and Officials

by Alex Jackson | May 31, 2021 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

To read Part 1 of this series – please click HERE One of the major challenges in...

The Reverend K.G.G. Hunt
Muscular Christian and Famous footballer

by Dilwyn Porter | May 27, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Football, Playing Pasts edited Volume 2020, Playing Pasts Publications, Team Sports | 0

Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...

Fleetwood Ladies
Part One

by Alex Jackson | May 24, 2021 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

On the 21 May 1921, fans crowded into the Oval stadium in Belfast. Normally they would come to see...

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio di Stato
~Part 4~

by Marco Giani | May 10, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Football, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Politics, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

Read the earlier parts of this series Part 1 – HERE , Part 2 – HERE and Part 3 HERE ...

Hockey’s Religious Foundations
Part 3
Quakers Play and Support Hockey’s Development

by James Ormandy | Apr 19, 2021 | Archival Research, Hockey, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

To read earlier parts of this series Hockey’s Religious Foundations: The Anglican Clergy...

Hockey’s Religious Foundations
Part 2
Nonconformists Lead Hockey’s Downward Social Diffusion

by James Ormandy | Apr 12, 2021 | Archival Research, Hockey, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

To read Part one of Hockey’s Religious Foundations: The Anglican Clergy turn a Suburban Game...

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