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As the Ashes are lost - new on @playingpasts.bsky.social Bill William's latest article

Grace and Favour: How W.G. took a chance on a young Gilbert Jessop
Link 👉 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/tea...

#Ashes
#Cricket

Grace and Favour: How W.G. took a chance on a young Gilbert Jessop | Playing Pasts

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December 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM

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New on @playingpasts.bsky.social

‘Normalcy in a Time of Upheaval’- Football During World War II by Bill Williams

Link 👉https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/football/normalcy-in-a-time-of-upheaval-football-during-world-war-two/

#Football
#WWII
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December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM

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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
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#AutumnInternationals

November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM

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International Centre for Sports History and Culture

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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…

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October 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM

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New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social

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
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October 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM

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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
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Image of John Singer Sargent's painting 'Gassed'

September 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM

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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

John Singer Sargent's painting = 'Gassed'

September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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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
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Title banner for the article John 'Jack' Henry Tyers, The Amateur Champion of the World with a black and white image of the swimmer Tyers and his gravestone

September 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM

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Sporting Heritage CIC

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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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International Centre for Sports History and Culture

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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

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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
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Link 👉 bit.ly/4ncrwZ5

Sepia image of Dick Hartley and his brothers with the heading of the article - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭

September 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM

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Royal Historical Society

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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.

Image of 'Trust me, I'm a Historian' badges and text: 'Postgraduate Membership of the Royal Historical Society. Applications invited for next closing dates of 13 October and 15 December 2025'.

August 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM

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Sporting Heritage CIC

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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

Playing Pasts

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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

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#Football
#WomensFootball
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#WomenInSport

Black and white newpaper images of Clarice and the title of the article - The “Manageress”: The life and times of Clarice Vizard (nee, Singleton) Part 5 “A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.”

August 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM

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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

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August 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM

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Sterling Ladies FC ⚽️ DAGENHAM INVINCIBLES

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Florrie Redford - Football Legend 💚⚽️ @footballandwar.bsky.social @sportingheritage.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social @kelceyervick.bsky.social

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August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM

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Really enjoyed Conor's talk on Weightlifting in the US services around the time of WWII

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#BSSH25

August 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM

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Pleasure to chair the panel

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 at #BSSH25

with Mateusz Rozmiarek, Jim Watkins and Sam Oldfield

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#SportHistory

August 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM

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August 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM

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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...