1st November 200928th September 2023museums, rowing Chiswick: the first blue plaque for a British sportsman One of the speakers at the Rowing History Forum at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley on 31 October 2009 was […]
28th October 200928th September 2023golf Samuel Ryder sews the seeds of the Ryder Cup in St Albans One of the inspirations for creating this blog was discovering that although Samuel Ryder had lived in St Albans, recognition of the […]
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 2023athletics, Television Record breaking Usain Bolt in Manchester – in 3D! I’m just wrapping up my annual visit to Amsterdam where I work with the organisers of IBC, the world’s leading international broadcast […]
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 […]
20th August 200928th September 2023rowing The Doggett’s Coat & Badge As an oarsman, for many years I’ve been aware of the claim that the Doggett’s Coat & Badge is the oldest, continuously-contested, […]