19th February 202228th September 2023athletics, J.G. Chambers, Olympics, rowing Conundrums in the search for John Graham Chambers Since I first posted on my research into the life of Queensberry Rules author John Graham Chambers, I have accumulated more than […]
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 […]
4th May 201228th September 2023football 140 years of FA Cup final venues The FA Cup final has been synonymous with Wembley since 1923. However, 10 venues have staged finals over the tournament’s 140 year […]
2nd May 201228th September 2023football Liverpool’s 19th Century contribution to Goal Line Technology Disputed goals are nothing new. Neither are proposals for goal line technology. In the game’s early days, goals were defined by two […]
9th April 201128th September 2023horse racing The Grand National’s Waterloo A recurring theme in the development of sport is the role played by hoteliers and licensees in promoting new events in the […]
20th July 201028th September 2023Olympics, summer Olympic sports Much Wenlock, the Shropshire GP and the modern Olympics William Penny Brookes was born, lived, worked and eventually died at 7 Wilmore Street in the tranquil Shropshire market town of Much […]
6th April 201028th September 2023boxing, horse racing St Albans, the Grand National and a fatal fist fight Updated 23 July 2014 Thomas Coleman (c 1796-1877) a noted racehorse trainer moved to St Albans around 1820 and became licensee of […]
24th September 200928th September 2023football, women ‘Wembley for women’ aspires to rival Goodison Park In September 2009, the Guardian reported on Nottingham Forrest’s plans for a new stadium and its vision to offer their proposed new […]
15th September 200928th September 2023football, rowing, summer Olympic sports Looking for Busby’s birthplace in Lanarkshire On 6 September 2009, Motherwell defeated Manchester United’s reserves to win the Sir Matt Busby Shield. The charity match was organised to […]