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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 […]

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 […]

4th March 201128th September 2023Folk, football, rugby

Shrovetide commemorations of the origins of football and rugby

The International Football Association Board, the guardian of the laws of association football, meets in the spring of each year. The 2011 […]

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 […]

17th March 201028th September 2023rugby

What do the last three Six Nations Grand Slams have in common?

This post is slightly off the topic of sporting landmarks, but topical as Rugby’s 2010 Six Nations reaches its climax. Chapter 1 […]

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.  […]

11th January 201027th November 2023rugby, women

Enniskillen – birthplace of women’s rugby

Hot on the heels of my post on the origins of sevens rugby, Simon Barnes wrote about a landmark for women’s rugby […]

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