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PlayingPasts, the original online magazine for Sport/Leisure History. Created in 2016 the site features & welcomes contributions on any aspect of Sport/Leisure History from researchers at all levels

Contact the editor on contact@playingpasts.co.uk
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'Gassed': An iconic (football) image of the Great War? Part 2
by Iain Aams
Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo...

The article explores the contentious meanings of the #football match in Sargent's 'Gassed'.

#Football
@footballandwar.bsky.social
New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social

Cardiff 1905: Did Wales Become the First Rugby World Champions In the Land of their Fathers?
by Bill Williams
👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk?p=15958&prev...

#RugbyUnion
#Wales
@welshrugbyunion.bsky.social
#AutumnInternationals
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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International Football History Conference 2026 - CALL FOR PAPERS! Further information at the below link and via @garyjames.bsky.social - gjfootballarchive.com/2025/10/02/i... #sportshistory
International Football History Conference 2026
The call for papers/presentations has been released for the 2026 International Football History Conference (#Footycon26). If you are interested in attending or presenting the details are here: Inte…
gjfootballarchive.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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 Sydney Barnes and The Curious Incident of the Crowd at the Ashes Test
by Bill Williams
Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea...

#Cricket
#SportHistory
@bssh.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
New on
@playingpasts.bsky.social today

'Gassed': An iconic (football) image of the Great War? Part 2
by Iain Aams
Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo...

The article explores the contentious meanings of the #football match in Sargent's 'Gassed'.

#Football
@footballandwar.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
New on @playingpasts.bsky.social today

'Gassed': An iconic (football) image of the Great War? Part 1
by Iain Aams
Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo...

The article explores the contentious meanings of the #football match in Sargent's 'Gassed'.

#Football
@footballandwar.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New on @playingpasts.bsky.social
today

John 'Jack' Henry Tyers
The Amateur Champion of the World
By Mark Evans of the #Hockey Museum
Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea...

#Swimming
#SportsHistory
@bssh.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The British Society of Sports History are pleased to announce a book launch at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) in London on the 29th of September 2025 to kick off the 2025/26 Sports and Leisure History Seminar Series.
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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'Games, Greek and Pluck: Classicism, Masculinity, Elite Education and British Sport, 1850–1914' by Andy Carter OUT NOW! Peter Lang Sport, History and Culture series edited by Richard Holt, Matt Taylor and Fiona Skillen - www.peterlang.com/document/146... #sportshistory
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭:
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭
by Bill Williams

#Cricket
#Hockey
#WWII
@bssh.bsky.social
@icshc.bsky.social

Link 👉 bit.ly/4ncrwZ5
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck

Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
August 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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A new blog post from our director, why it was started and whats next for our organisation!

Link: www.sportingheritage.org.uk/content/news...
Why I started Sporting Heritage (and where we're going next)
Our Founding Director, Dr Justine Reilly reflects on how far we've come since starting Sporting Heritage CIC back in 2012. She explains why now feels like the right time to share our story - where we ...
www.sportingheritage.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social the concluding part of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series on the life of Clarice Vizard

"A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.”
Link 👉 bit.ly/3HH3vKJ

@bssh.bsky.social
#Football
#WomensFootball
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport
August 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If you've ever wondered about publishing an article on @playingpasts.bsky.social and the numer of people who will read your work - then take a look at the latest metrics

#Metrics
#SportsHistory
August 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Really enjoyed Conor's talk on Weightlifting in the US services around the time of WWII

@bssh.bsky.social
#BSSH25
August 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Pleasure to chair the panel

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 at #BSSH25

with Mateusz Rozmiarek, Jim Watkins and Sam Oldfield

@bssh.bsky.social
#SportHistory
August 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here at #BSSH2025 we have @playingpasts.bsky.social contributor Filip Walenta presenting his talk -

𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟗)

Read Filip's PlayngPasts articles here 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/author/fwale...
August 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
New on @playingpasts.bsky.social

Part 4 of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series

The Manageress: The life and times of Clarice Vizard
Link👉 bit.ly/4lEHA4G

Pt 1 👉 bit.ly/41hy6VD
Pt 2 👉 bit.ly/4orjqxg
Pt 3 👉 bit.ly/46R0ykV

#Football
@bssh.bsky.social
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport
August 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social

Part 3 of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series

The Manageress: The life and times of Clarice Vizard
Link👉 bit.ly/46R0ykV

Part 1 👉 bit.ly/41hy6VD
Part 2 👉 bit.ly/4orjqxg

#WomensFootball
#Football
@bssh.bsky.social
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport
August 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social

Part 2 of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series

The “Manageress”: The life and times of Clarice Vizard
Link 👉 bit.ly/4orjqxg

Read Part 1 here 👉 bit.ly/41hy6VD

#WomensFootball
#Football
@bssh.bsky.social
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport
August 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
July 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Latest blog on @playingpasts.bsky.social

Longridge: And the Scandalous Women Footballers
by Steve Bolton - @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social

Link 👉 bit.ly/4fisj8b

#SportHistory
#WomensFootball
#Lionesses
@bssh.bsky.social
#Football
July 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social

'Rusty'
The Remarkable Life of a  ‘Wallaby’ who became a 'Lion'
by Bill Williams

Link to read 👉 bit.ly/44TR7ju

#RugbyUnion
#Rugby
May 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social

Parallel lives:
Gilbert and Gustav,
Two #Cotswold Lads Destined for Greatness
by Bill Williams

Link to read 👉 bit.ly/3FB9UWj

#Cricket
March 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Dagenham Invincibles Exhibition @ Valence House in Dagenham - Open until 29 March @footballandwar.bsky.social @outsidewrite.bsky.social @whuhistorian.bsky.social @playingpasts.bsky.social Kicked off 1918-1919 Season at Upton Park
March 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM