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"The Lioness who Roared for Ireland" - #WinnieMcKenna - As England take on Republic in vital Euros Qual read about this amazing Football Ambassador from WW1 to 1930s βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ Football and War Football Makes History Clodagh Finn Conor Heffernan The Football History Boys β½οΈplayingpasts.co.uk/articles/footbβ¦β½οΈ
Steve Bolton Football and War βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ Sporting Heritage BSSH The Football History Boys Professor Fiona Skillen Dr Gayle Rogers βοΈπβ½οΈ Max Portman Margaret Shepherd carrie reichardt Congratulations. Great news
With the #Olympics just around the corner read one of the story of Welshman Cecil Griifiths BANNED! How Gold Medalist Cecil Griffiths missed 'The Chariots of Fire' Olympics of 1924 by Bill Williamsπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ Link πbit.ly/4f4Dil2 British Athletics Welsh Athletics #Athletics
Need a cycling fix now that #LeTour2024 is over? Read the lastest βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ article The Prehistory of Six Day Bicycle Races Part 5:1876 by Filip Walenta Link πbit.ly/4cMlCJl #Cycling #Bicycle British Cycling Cycling Weekly
With the #RugbySevens starting at the #Olympics today - read the latest on βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ Rugby at the Olympics: How Committed Rugby Fan Pierre de Coubertin Ensured its Inclusion by Bill Williamsπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ πbit.ly/3WduxMZ #Rugby #Rugby7s
1924 Paris Olympics - 0 Track + Field Events for Women - 1922 #LilyParr Global Nonsense Industry has her defeating US 4Γ100 Relay team π See below βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ David Kilpatrick Kelcey Ervick Oldest Olympians Hilary Evans Katie Holmes β½οΈplayingpasts.co.uk/articles/footbβ¦β½οΈ
WW1 Superstars - Sterling Ladies FC - "Dagenham Invincibles" - Honoured to lay a Wreath at Cenotaph on Armistice Day for Women Footballers of WW1 βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ Deborah Cameron Paul Sutton-King Thanks Football and War Western Front Association Over 1,000 Games Over 250 tms β½οΈbarkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/news/23911405.β¦β½οΈ
Latest article on βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ #StokeMandeville: 'The Crucible of Disabled Sportβ Announced as Lighting Point For #Paralympic Torches by Bill Williamsπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ Link πbit.ly/3SSWQzx #Paralympics
New today on βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ World Record #Football Match Floodlit in 1923: 7 Years BEFORE Men Heyβs Brewery Bradford Ladies FC + Dick Kerr Ladies Part 2 by Steve Bolton Link πbit.ly/3yw3qVK Not read Part 1? Where have you been? Link πbit.ly/4bDBjSz
Honoured to be sharing the Page with Micky Hazard525 Legend-On-The-Bench I lost my mother to Suicide aged 14 so I know the pain it causes Football and War justaballgame? Thaxted is next village from me so I will spend some time on this bench π β½οΈβ€legend-on-the-bench.co.uk/media-releasesβ¦β€β½οΈ
With the #Paralympics2024 starting in a few days on 28th Read Bill Williamsπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ's new article on @playing_pasts 'George Eyser: Was he the First True #Paralympic Champion' Link πbit.ly/3yw1Fb6 Paralympic Games ParalympicsGB Paralympic Heritage
#LizzyAshcroftCollection In honour of Blue Plaque for Legendary St Helens Ladies FC being unveiled today in St Helens I am releasing this rare unseen image from Archive - My guess is 1930s Sports Day at Whittingham County Mental Hospital - Lizzy on left - Relay team? Katie Holmes
#LilyParr There are 2 Lily Parrs. A bit like Robin Hood - The nonsense on the net + the real person - My Granny's great friend whom I had the Honour of meeting β½οΈπ Michael Keating βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ 5ft 8in Lily played 1 Game for the great #StHelens Ladies FC playingpasts.co.uk/articles/footbβ¦
"When Football Banned Women" - Article by Self + Professor Fiona Skillen Professor Fiona Skillen Victoria Brokenshire Becky Easton Natasha Dowie βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ Football and War justaballgame? "Are the women's feet any heavier on the turf than the men's?" The Football History Boys β½οΈplayingpasts.co.uk/articles/footbβ¦β½οΈ
English FA Banned Floodlit Football in 1931 - London Clubs + Greyhound racing formed an Existential threat... Steve Sharman Tom Walker Media βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ Football and War The Football History Boys Women's Football Banned in 1902 + 1921 They like a ban π β½οΈplayingpasts.co.uk/author/sbolton/β½οΈ
OTD in 1895 the formation of the Northern Union and the split in English rugby. A Bradford perspective about the circumstances by johndewhirst on VINCIT: bradfordsporthistory.com/2016/12/22/262/ βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ Sporting Heritage Tony Collins John Wright PhilMcGowan World Rugby Museum
Enjoyed giving a talk this evening to the #Sandbach branch of Cheshire Local History Association Focus on Foden Ladies Thank you for being a great audience and some interesting questions. #WomenInFootball βπππͺπππ βππ€π₯π€π€ΌββοΈβΉοΈββοΈπ€ΊπββοΈπβΈπ€ΈββοΈ
