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 […]
18th April 201228th September 2023Olympics Treading the fine blue line – the length of the 2012 Torch Relay This is a little off-topic, but as SportingLandmarks was inspired by working on the 2002 Queen’s Jubilee Baton Relay that acted as […]
11th April 201228th September 2023Olympics, rugby, summer Olympic sports Melrose – birthplace of rugby sevens Staged annually in April, the Melrose 7s festival is a reminder that the next team sport to be added to the Olympic […]
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 […]
30th September 201128th September 2023football Blue Plaques for Busby Babes A great project initiated by pupils and staff at Stretford High School led to blue commemorative plaques being placed on the digs […]
16th September 201128th September 2023swimming Captain Webb: ‘Shropshire Lad’ and the original swimming hero The public reaction to David Walliams’ marathon eight-day swim along 140 miles of the River Thames in aid of Sport Relief is […]
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 […]
18th May 201128th September 2023Commonwealth Gams, Olympics 1948 Olympic Torch Relay The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay will travel the length and breadth of the British Isles between May 18 and the Opening […]
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 […]
