Category: boxing

14th May 202228th September 2023boxing, 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 […]

30th March 202229th February 2024athletics, boxing, J.G. Chambers, rowing, swimming

John Graham Chambers: the lifeboat conundrum

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was the official charity partner for the 2022 Boat Race. The Chiswick Lifeboat station, one of the […]

7th December 201728th September 2023athletics, boxing, football, J.G. Chambers, rowing, rugby, shooting, swimming, wrestling

Fleet Street’s sporting administrators

And a Sporting Landmark destroyed in the Blitz Many people bemoan what they see as the excessive influence television wields over sport, […]

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 […]

15th March 201728th September 2023boxing, fencing, judo, Olympics, polo, table tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting, wrestling

Stumbling upon sporting landmarks in London’s docklands

Visitors arriving at London’s Excel Centre by the Dockland Light Railway from the City usually alight at the Custom House station.  For the […]

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 […]

17th May 201416th August 2024boxing, football

Silversmiths and FA Cups

First published 17 May 2011, Updated: 5 November 2012; 17 May 2014; 30 September 2020 & 10 January 2021. The FA Cup […]

8th July 201228th September 2023athletics, boxing, Commonwealth Gams, cycling, golf, Olympics, rowing

Guardian Writer’s Relay – Day 51: honouring St Albans champion of golf

The Guardian has been celebrating the Olympic Torch Relay with its own online writer’s relay. Each day, guest writers are asked to […]

21st December 201128th September 2023athletics, boxing, football, golf, Olympics, rowing, rugby, summer Olympic sports, swimming

Will London 2012 give Britain’s sporting heritage its Moment to Shine?

The ‘towns on route’ have been announced and 6800 torch bearers have been unveiled. The complex planning process for the 2012 London […]