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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

27th July 201028th September 2023rowing, water sports

Portobello revives regatta days

Always interested to read about efforts to re-establish long-lost sporting events – especially when the event in question is linked to the […]

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.  […]

4th February 201028th September 2023Olympics, summer Olympic sports, tennis

Scotland’s first winner of a tennis major

On the morning that Andy Murray unsuccessfully contested his second tennis major final in Melbourne in 2010, the Independent on Sunday ran […]

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