Tony Collins is a British social historian specialising in the history of sport.
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What Does A Sweet Shop Have To Do With Hull City’s Greatest Ever Player?
Sports writer Tony Collins heads to some waste ground on Anlaby Road to link goodies and a very good player.
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Sports writer Tony Collins heads to some waste ground on Anlaby Road to link goodies and a very good player.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2txcwhy6
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@collinstony.bsky.social
Reposted by Tony Collins
209. Did Scotland Invent Football?
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Great episode from @collinstony.bsky.social putting into context arguments for Scotland having ‘invented’ football
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209. Did Scotland Invent Football?
This week's episode looks at how soccer emerged in Scotland in the mid-1800s. By the early 1880s not only was Glasgow the world capital of football, but Scottish players playing for English clubs had
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The Scots revolutionised football, but did Scotland invent soccer? It's complicated... The new episode of 'Rugby Reloaded' unravels the tangled origins of the round-ball game north and south of the border: on.soundcloud.com/jfgUfdyTeFiE...
PRL BOOK CLUB - Roy Francis: Rugby's Forgotten Black Leader by Tony Collins | The Progressive Rugby League Podcast
Professor Tony Collins steps us through the life and times of Roy Francis, one of the most significant figures in British Rugby League history
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If you want to find out more about Roy Francis, race, and #RugbyLeague I'm talking about my new book on the Progressive Rugby League podcast, which you can listen to here: shows.acast.com/the-progress...
Tony Collins
@collinstony.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Thanks MrC - hope you enjoy it!
Tony Collins
@collinstony.bsky.social
· Nov 28
If you haven’t yet read “Roy Francis: Rugby’s Forgotten Black Leader” a certain major online retailer is offering the hardback for just £6.99 - it also makes a great Xmas gift (or so I’ve been told).
Tony Collins
@collinstony.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Who Invented American Football? Part Four: Once upon a time at a cozy London pub . . .
Podcast Episode · Who Invented This Sport? · 11/20/2025 · 43m
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If you’re interested in the origins of American football - or any of the football codes - I’m discussing the birth of the gridiron game on the new ‘Who Invented This Sport?’ podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Tony Collins
@collinstony.bsky.social
· Nov 15
207. What the hell is going on in British rugby league?
The new Rugby Reloaded looks at the current state of rugby league in Britain, asks 'What's going on?' and tries to provide some answers by looking at how the history of the sport can give us some insi
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The new 'Rugby Reloaded' asks 'what the hell is going on in British rugby league? Listen to a historian's view of the state of the game in Britain: on.soundcloud.com/wJ3BsqOt4TxI...