14th May 20223rd March 2026boxing, 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 […]
24th March 201828th September 2023rowing Boat Races for all Mass participation on the Tideway While the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race grabs all the attention there are four other, much bigger, […]
19th October 20133rd March 2026athletics, football, J.G. Chambers, rowing Oarsmen who were Founding Fathers of Football Originlly posted October 2013. UPDATED March 2026 26 October 2013 marked the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Football Association at […]
27th March 201028th September 2023canoeing, rowing, sailing, water sports The Tideway: a Mecca for rowing Before the Redgrave era, the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race was virtually the only rowing ever seen on British television. First contested […]
