Category: British Society of Sports History [BSSH]
The Lothian Lasses
As the profile of women’s football increases more of its participants are becoming household...
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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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The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 5 ~ Preposterous and No Man in His Right Mind Would Throw It
To read Part 1: Classical Origins – Click HERE Part 2: Early British Interest (and...
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The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 4 ~ Norman Gardiner and the Dual Discus Event Olympics of 1906 and 1908
To read Part 1: Classical Origins – Click HERE Part 2: Early British Interest (and...
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The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 3 ~ Greek Revival and British Academic Objections
To read Part 1: Classical Origins – Click HERE and for Part 2: Early British Interest (and...
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The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 2 ~ Early British Interest (and Disinterest!) in the Discus
Read Part 1: Classical Origins HERE In the early 1800s, fitness regimes and personal trainers were...
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The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 1 ~ Classical Origins
Of all the events in the modern Olympic track and field programme nothing invokes the ancient...
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The Remarkable Rise of Wheelchair Tennis
Break out the strawberries and cream, sun hats and umbrellas, it’s the second week of Wimbledon...
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Aquatic Fantasies: Female Commercial Swimmers
Female natationists were an essential ingredient in the provision of swimming as a commercially...
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Carmen Pomies:
The Most Important Woman Footballer in History
Part 2 of 3 – La Galerie des Champions Tour 1925
To read Part 1 of this series click HERE 1925: Tea on the Terrace On Monday 11th...
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Carmen Pomies:
The Most Important Woman Footballer in History
Part 1/3
The Girl from Parr meets the Girl from Paris Carmen Chantelle Marianne Pomies… 5 feet 8...
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Fleetwood Ladies
Part Three
Media Coverage
To read Part 1 of this series click HERE and for Part 2 click HERE Judged by many similar...
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