Category: Student Zone

Posted by Sean Kelly | Aug 20, 2018 | Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Manchester Metropolitan Uni, Student Zone, Women in Sport | 0

The Sucker Punch:
The Tragic Story of Two Welsh Boxers who Perished in the Titanic

by Bill Williams | Apr 14, 2026 | Boxing, Physical Culture, Sport & Leisure History | 0

On April 15th 1912, after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, the Royal Mail Ship...

Alice Kell:
The Greatest Woman Footballer of All Time

by Steve Bolton | Apr 3, 2026 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Sport & Leisure History, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

Legendary Leader of the Original Dick Kerr Ladies FC Alice was the leader of the Dick Kerr Ladies...

Pulling in the right direction:
Could Tug of War be heading back to the Olympics?

by Bill Williams | Mar 31, 2026 | Olympics, Sport & Leisure History, Team Sports | 0

A team of tradesmen and farmers from Staffordshire has recently ( March 2026) won the gold medal...

The FA Cup Final:
Why it still warrants a place on ‘Free to Air’ Television

by Bill Williams | Feb 12, 2026 | Football, Sport & Politics, Team Sports | 0

BBC sport under a new partnership with TNT Sports, has become the sole ‘free to air’ broadcaster...

The Media Superstars of WW1
Sterling Ladies FC – The Dagenham Invincibles

by Steve Bolton | Jan 26, 2026 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Sport & Politics, Team Sports | 0

Saturday 1 September 1917 – First Public Filming of Women Football Superstars The first ever...

Grace and Favour:
How W.G. took a chance on a young Gilbert Jessop

by Bill Williams | Dec 21, 2025 | Cricket, Team Sports | 0

In the seventy years since the death of the ‘legendary cricketer’ Gilbert Laird Jessop, a great...

‘Normalcy in a Time of Upheaval’- Football During World War Two

by Bill Williams | Dec 4, 2025 | Football, Sport & Leisure History, Team Sports | 0

On the 9th October this year (2025) the former Stoke City footballer Frank Soo, was awarded a...

Cardiff 1905:
Did Wales Become the First Rugby World Champions In the Land of their Fathers?

by Bill Williams | Nov 7, 2025 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Rugby, Team Sports | 0

One hundred and twenty years ago Wales beat The New Zealand ‘All Blacks’ for the first time at...

Sydney Barnes and
The Curious Incident of the Crowd at the Ashes Test

by Bill Williams | Oct 3, 2025 | Cricket, Sport & Leisure History, Team Sports | 0

A letter written by the legendary England cricketer Sydney Barnes, has recently been unearthed by...

Gassed:
An iconic (football) image of the Great War?
Part 2

by Iain Adams | Sep 25, 2025 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Football, Sport & Leisure History, Team Sports | 0

This article explores the contentious meanings of the football match in John Singer...

Gassed:
An iconic (football) image of the Great War?
Part 1

by Iain Adams | Sep 18, 2025 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Football, Sport & Leisure History, Team Sports | 0

This article explores the contentious meanings of the football match in John Singer...

John ‘Jack’ Henry Tyers
‘The Amateur Champion of the World’

by Mark Evans | Sep 10, 2025 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Indoor Sport, Olympics, Sport & Leisure History, Swimming & Diving, Team Sports | 2

In the 1890’s and up until around 1903 the most successful swimming and water polo team in the...

Category: Student Zone

From Clamorous to Charitable:An Abbreviated Histor...

Martha JacobFirst Female Foreign Coach in the UKTh...

Gretel Bergmann~An International Olympic Contender...

Sports Migration during National Socialism:Reasons...

University of Chester Student work ~ Introduction...

Sylvia Gore: Football Pioneer