21st March 201328th September 2023football The Football League: conceived in Fleet Street, born in Manchester As well as the 150th anniversary of the Football Association, 2013 also marks the 125th anniversary of the world’s first league football […]
25th June 201028th September 2023cricket, football, golf, rugby Charles W Alcock: the Mackem who created the FA Cup & international football Update: 19 November 2010 – Good to hear that Alcock’s birthplace has now been commemorated with a Blue Plaque. The Sunderland Echo […]
24th April 201028th September 2023athletics, Olympics London’s historic marathons The London Marathon is now established as one of the world’s premiere elite marathons. It is also probably one of the biggest […]
11th March 201028th September 2023athletics, cricket, cycling, football, rugby, tennis The Six Nations and the origins international rugby Each spring, Murrayfield, Twickenham, the Aviva Stadium on Dublin’s Lansdowne Road and the Millennium Stadium become places of pilgrimage for rugby enthusiasts. […]