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New on @playingpasts.bsky.social Part two of The ‘Wonderful Man Fish in his Monster Plate-Glass Aquarium’ - The Imitators by @natationist.bsky.social 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/gen... #Swimming #SportHistory @bssh.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social #Coaching #WomenInSport

Plenty posts today for the anniversary of the founding of the Football Association in 1863. I'm tickled by the illustrations people use, featuring whiskered old men in a pub. In fact, of 15 attendees the oldest was 32, 11 were under 25 and four were still at school. It was a young man's game then!

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social today The ‘Wonderful Man Fish in his Monster Plate-Glass Aquarium’: Part One. The Beckwiths and Thomas Attwood by @natationist.bsky.social Read here 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/gen... #SportHistory #Swimming @bssh.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social The ‘Colditz Olympics’ - The Great Escape! by Bill Williams .... on August 31st 1941 at 11 am, an ‘opening ceremony’ of sorts took place in the main courtyard..... Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo... #Colditz @bssh.bsky.social

WW1 Museum Kansas City - Tues 9 June - 4pm-8.15pm UK - Free Online Talks - Maud Smith, Maud Reader + Dagenham Invincibles of WW1 💚⚽️ @footballandwar.bsky.social @justaballgame.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @playingpasts.bsky.social @nocontextfooty.bsky.social www.theworldwar.org/symposia

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social today ‘The Prince and the Pumas’: How a Russian aristocrat helped establish rugby in Argentina. Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea...

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social Too Hot to Handle: The Bruising West Indies Tour of 1976 by @williamsbill106.bsky.social 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea... #Cricket #WestIndies #England #SummerOf1976

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social Part 2 of Bill Thomas: The Professional Sports Coach as Servant in Twentieth Century Britain by @natationist.bsky.social Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/arc... #Athletics #Training #Coaching @bssh.bsky.social

Stunning 5 STAR Review for 'The Invincibles' at Headgate Theatre, Colchester 🎭💚⚽️ @footballandwar.bsky.social @venyhamin.bsky.social @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social @playingpasts.bsky.social @tomjgarry.bsky.social "The Invincibles" Colchester Gazette share.google/aRKkAo16BU3e...

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social Bill Thomas: The Professional Sports Coach as Servant in Twentieth Century Britain, Part One by Dave Day @natationist.bsky.social 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/arc... #Athletics #Training #Coaching @bssh.bsky.social

Total War and Women Footballers - The Dagenham Invincibles of World War One | The Western Front Association ⚽️💚 Looking forward to this @footballandwar.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social @playingpasts.bsky.social share.google/IQDAoVT7Ut5y...

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social today The Sucker Punch: The Tragic Story of two Welsh Boxers who perished on the Titanic 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/box...

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Amazing to meet Valerie + tell her that her Gran is the Greatest Woman Footballer of All Time IMHO 💜 @playingpasts.bsky.social @footballandwar.bsky.social @sportingheritage.bsky.social @garyjames.bsky.social @tomjgarry.bsky.social www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo...

Latest on @playingpasts.bsky.social Alice Kell: The Greatest Woman Footballer of all-time by @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social 👉https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/football/alice-kellthe-greatest-woman-footballer-of-all-time/ @bssh.bsky.social #WomenInSport #WomenInFootball #Football

YouTube Channel "Steve Bolton Historian" @bssh.bsky.social @playingpasts.bsky.social @footballandwar.bsky.social @sportingheritage.bsky.social

Latest on @playingpasts.bsky.social Pulling in the right direction: Could Tug of War be heading back to the Olympics? 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea...

Gold Plaques for Lily Parr + Lizzy Ashcroft @bssh.bsky.social @playingpasts.bsky.social @whuhistorian.bsky.social

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social The Media Superstars of WW1 Sterling Ladies FC - The Dagenham Invincibles Link 👍 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo... by @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social #WomensFootball @tfhbs.bsky.social @footballandwar.bsky.social @nfmofficial.bsky.social #Football

As the Ashes are lost - new on @playingpasts.bsky.social Bill William's latest article Grace and Favour: How W.G. took a chance on a young Gilbert Jessop Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea... #Ashes #Cricket

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social ‘Normalcy in a Time of Upheaval’- Football During World War II by Bill Williams Link 👉https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/football/normalcy-in-a-time-of-upheaval-football-during-world-war-two/ #Football #WWII @footballandwar.bsky.social @tfhbs.bsky.social

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social Cardiff 1905: Did Wales Become the First Rugby World Champions In the Land of their Fathers? by Bill Williams 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk?p=15958&prev... #RugbyUnion #Wales @welshrugbyunion.bsky.social #AutumnInternationals

International Football History Conference 2026 - CALL FOR PAPERS! Further information at the below link and via @garyjames.bsky.social - gjfootballarchive.com/2025/10/02/i... #sportshistory

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social  Sydney Barnes and The Curious Incident of the Crowd at the Ashes Test by Bill Williams Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea... #Cricket #SportHistory @bssh.bsky.social

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social today 'Gassed': An iconic (football) image of the Great War? Part 2 by Iain Aams Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo... The article explores the contentious meanings of the #football match in Sargent's 'Gassed'. #Football @footballandwar.bsky.social

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social today 'Gassed': An iconic (football) image of the Great War? Part 1 by Iain Aams Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo... The article explores the contentious meanings of the #football match in Sargent's 'Gassed'. #Football @footballandwar.bsky.social

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social today John 'Jack' Henry Tyers The Amateur Champion of the World By Mark Evans of the #Hockey Museum Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea... #Swimming #SportsHistory @bssh.bsky.social

The British Society of Sports History are pleased to announce a book launch at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) in London on the 29th of September 2025 to kick off the 2025/26 Sports and Leisure History Seminar Series.

'Games, Greek and Pluck: Classicism, Masculinity, Elite Education and British Sport, 1850–1914' by Andy Carter OUT NOW! Peter Lang Sport, History and Culture series edited by Richard Holt, Matt Taylor and Fiona Skillen - www.peterlang.com/document/146... #sportshistory

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 by Bill Williams #Cricket #Hockey #WWII @bssh.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social Link 👉 bit.ly/4ncrwZ5

If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.

A new blog post from our director, why it was started and whats next for our organisation! Link: www.sportingheritage.org.uk/content/news...

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social the concluding part of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series on the life of Clarice Vizard "A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.” Link 👉 bit.ly/3HH3vKJ @bssh.bsky.social #Football #WomensFootball @nfmofficial.bsky.social #WomenInSport

If you've ever wondered about publishing an article on @playingpasts.bsky.social and the numer of people who will read your work - then take a look at the latest metrics #Metrics #SportsHistory

Florrie Redford - Football Legend 💚⚽️ @footballandwar.bsky.social @sportingheritage.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social @kelceyervick.bsky.social www.wlv.ac.uk/research/res...

Really enjoyed Conor's talk on Weightlifting in the US services around the time of WWII @bssh.bsky.social #BSSH25

Pleasure to chair the panel 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 at #BSSH25 with Mateusz Rozmiarek, Jim Watkins and Sam Oldfield @bssh.bsky.social #SportHistory

New on @playingpasts.bsky.social Part 4 of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series The Manageress: The life and times of Clarice Vizard Link👉 bit.ly/4lEHA4G Pt 1 👉 bit.ly/41hy6VD Pt 2 👉 bit.ly/4orjqxg Pt 3 👉 bit.ly/46R0ykV #Football @bssh.bsky.social @nfmofficial.bsky.social #WomenInSport

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social Part 3 of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series The Manageress: The life and times of Clarice Vizard Link👉 bit.ly/46R0ykV Part 1 👉 bit.ly/41hy6VD Part 2 👉 bit.ly/4orjqxg #WomensFootball #Football @bssh.bsky.social @nfmofficial.bsky.social #WomenInSport

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social Part 2 of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series The “Manageress”: The life and times of Clarice Vizard Link 👉 bit.ly/4orjqxg Read Part 1 here 👉 bit.ly/41hy6VD #WomensFootball #Football @bssh.bsky.social @nfmofficial.bsky.social #WomenInSport

New article on @playingpasts.bsky.social The “Manageress” The life and times of Clarice Vizard (nee, Singleton) Part 1 by @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social of @nfmofficial.bsky.social Link 👉 bit.ly/41hy6VD #WomensFootball #Football @bssh.bsky.social @footballheritage.bsky.social #SportHistory

Latest blog on @playingpasts.bsky.social Longridge: And the Scandalous Women Footballers by Steve Bolton - @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social Link 👉 bit.ly/4fisj8b #SportHistory #WomensFootball #Lionesses @bssh.bsky.social #Football

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social 'Rusty' The Remarkable Life of a  ‘Wallaby’ who became a 'Lion' by Bill Williams Link to read 👉 bit.ly/44TR7ju #RugbyUnion #Rugby

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social Parallel lives: Gilbert and Gustav, Two #Cotswold Lads Destined for Greatness by Bill Williams Link to read 👉 bit.ly/3FB9UWj #Cricket

Dagenham Invincibles Exhibition @ Valence House in Dagenham - Open until 29 March @footballandwar.bsky.social @outsidewrite.bsky.social @whuhistorian.bsky.social @playingpasts.bsky.social Kicked off 1918-1919 Season at Upton Park

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social Part 12 of Marco Giani's lavishly illustrated series of articles And then we were boycotted... New Discoveries about the Birth of Women's Football in Italy [1933] Link to read 👉 bit.ly/3FgQjut #WomensFootball #Football #WomenInSport #Women #Sport

Today is your last chance to sign up for tomorrow's seminar at @ihr.bsky.social where Arran Hicks of ⁦‪ @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social explores the relationship between British & Eastern Bloc Teams in the early Cold War. Register by 6pm via this link:

Fab Daily Mirror - Postcards from 1985 @bssh.bsky.social @conorheffernan.bsky.social @footballandwar.bsky.social @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social @refbooks.bsky.social @fionaskillen.bsky.social ⚽️💚https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/international-womens-day-football-postcards-34786470💚⚽️