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14th May 20223rd March 2026boxing, cricket, football, J.G. Chambers, rowing, rugby

John Graham Chambers & the FA Cup Final conundrum

In the 150 year history of the world’s oldest still-contested association football tournament, the second FA Cup final in 1873 was unusual […]

17th July 201728th September 2023archery, athletics, boxing, cricket, cycling, football, Olympics, Paralympics, rugby, wrestling

Para Sport in 1870 London

The London Stadium, perhaps still better known as the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, hosted the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships between 14 […]

17th April 20179th January 2024boxing, cricket, golf, horse racing

How much history can you cram into a morning run?

This blog celebrates places, often forgotten, associated with individuals who made a mark on the history of sport. In a slight diversion […]

10th February 201628th September 2023athletics, boxing, cricket, cycling, J.G. Chambers, rowing

In search of John Graham Chambers

Sport’s serial law maker On 10 February 1866, an article appeared in a new weekly newspaper welcoming the establishment of a new […]

27th May 201128th September 2023cricket, tennis

Game, set and match… to Brum? – From BBC Radio 4’s Today Prog

Today, the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 ran a story on Birmingham’s role in the development of lawn tennis. The item […]

29th March 201128th September 2023athletics, cricket, football

Arthur Wharton – the first black professional footballer

Ghana becomes the 84th country to play a football international against England today. A few days ago, Henry Winter, the Telegraph’s excellent […]

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 […]

14th June 201028th September 2023baseball, cricket, museums

English origins of a very American sport

(Updated) A century ago, there was a concerted effort to prove that baseball originated in the United States. In response to an […]

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. […]

3rd September 200928th September 2023cricket

From cricket to cremation

On the eve of cricket’s recently-concluded test series, Mike Selvey wrote this fascinating article in the Guardian Online highlighting the link between […]

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