🏅100 years ago, Cecil Griffiths, a gold medalist from Neath, was banned for life from the Olympics for unknowingly accepting a prize as a teen. His story reminds us of the strict rules athletes once faced. Dive into more Welsh sports stories ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ #BlackHistoryMonth

Sterling Ladies FC - "The Dagenham Invincibles" of WW1 - Unbeaten over 2 Seasons - 34 Wins + 2 Draws - GREATEST team of WW1 ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ Preston Playhouse Blog Preston Football and War justaballgame? Invincible Books Bev Feb in #Preston ⚽️playingpasts.co.uk/articles/footb…⚽️

New today on ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ Part 2 of An Englishman Abroad: Prof Christopher Butterworth by Dave Day 👉bit.ly/3UcdJpu Read Part 1 👉bit.ly/3XIW1us #Swimming Swimming Canada / Natation Canada BSSH

A short thread about the extraordinary sporting career of Max Woosnam, who was born in Liverpool (and captained the England national football team), but had very close - and lasting - connections with Mid Wales… 🧵

A game fit for heroes, the rebirth of Bradford RFC in 1919 by johndewhirst on VINCIT, the online journal of Bradford Sport History: bradfordsporthistory.com/2019/03/28/the… ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ Sporting Heritage YorkshireRFU Tony Collins John Wright PhilMcGowan World Rugby Museum

New on ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ The Tale of the ‘Louisville Slugger’ How a Baseball Bat made in Kentucky, found its way To Chipping Norton 👉bit.ly/4fyjdCW #Baseball BSSH #ChippingNorton

Great detective work by Bill Williams and Andrew Taylor to discover a fascinating part of #BritishBaseball history that involves multiple HOFers, the Giants-White Sox World Tour, and King George V, all set in #ChippingNorton!

2019 - Finding astonishing photos of #MollySeaton #SadieSmith led to so much Professor Fiona Skillen Richard McBrearty St. Joe's, Sailortown Vivienne MacLaren Julie McNeill . Derry Journal justaballgame? Conor Heffernan/@physcstudy.bsky.social Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram Football and War ⚽️💚derryjournal.com/must-read/wome…💚⚽️

This is history! Hannah Cain and Carrie Jones fire Wales to Euro 2025 nation.cymru/sport/this-is-… Fantastic 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏐

News just in - Margaret, the ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ editor has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Congratulations and well deserved

Violette Gourard-Morris - By a country mile the most contoversial woman footballer of all time... Here depicted in 1922 leading a French tour against Dick Kerr Ladies + Hey's Brewery Bradford - Executed by Maquis at end of WW2 HeysBrewery ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ Football and War

CYCLING PASTS: a new blog on the history of early #cycling and cycling competitions (1860-1920) with articles in 🇳🇱|🇬🇧. 👉 sites.google.com/view/cyclingpa… #sportshistory #cyclinghistory BSSH Bram Constandt Sport in History Sporting Heritage ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ British Cycling

New on ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ ‘Soccer’: Americanism or a Thoroughly British Invention? by Bill Williams🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Link 👉bit.ly/4iEyjtf #Football #Soccer #GridIron BSSH

New today on ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ Part 12 of Marco Giani's lavishly illustrated series of articles And then we were boycotted New Discoveries about the Birth of Women's Football in Italy [1933] Link to read 👉 bit.ly/3FgQjut #WomensFootball #Football #WomenInSport #Women

Fullback #LilyParr Debut for Dick Kerr Ladies Aged 15 in Sep 1920 after 1 Game for St Helens Football and War ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ Steve Bolton ⚽️💚playingpasts.co.uk/articles/footb…💚⚽️

New today on ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ Parallel lives: Gilbert and Gustav, Two #Cotswold Lads Destined for Greatness by Bill Williams🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Link to read 👉 bit.ly/3FB9UWj #Cricket BSSH

The story of the Bradford Rifles and the impact of the volunteer militia on the development of (rugby) football in the district in the nineteenth century. Told on VINCIT: bradfordsporthistory.com/2019/11/03/the…… ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ Sporting Heritage Tony Collins PhilMcGowan World Rugby Museum

#LilyParr One of my 2 Articles on ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ telling the true story of my Granny's old teammate + friend Football and War justaballgame? Sporting Heritage David Kilpatrick Steve Bolton 💚⚽️playingpasts.co.uk/articles/footb…⚽️💚

New today on ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ 'Rusty' The Remarkable Life of a  ‘Wallaby’ who became a 'Lion' by Bill Williams Link to read 👉 bit.ly/44TR7ju #RugbyUnion #RugbyKE Bill Williams🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 BSSH