Category: football

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 […]

22nd February 201828th September 2023football

The humble birthplace of soccer’s centre circle

Strutt Street, Derby Aficionados have an intuitive understanding of the fields of play of their favourite sports. Through television, pitch, court and […]

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 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 […]

19th October 201311th October 2023athletics, football, J.G. Chambers, rowing

Oarsmen who were Founding Fathers of Football

UPDATED 21 October 2013 26 October 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Football Association at the Freemason’s Tavern, […]

3rd July 201328th September 2023football, rowing

Sporting sesquicentenaries

The (English) Football Association celebrated its 150th anniversary – and its pioneering role as the oldest national governing body in the sport […]

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 […]