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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

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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
@welshrugbyunion.bsky.social
#AutumnInternationals
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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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
@bssh.bsky.social
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
@footballandwar.bsky.social
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
@bssh.bsky.social
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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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
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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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
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

#Metrics
#SportsHistory
August 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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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

@bssh.bsky.social
#SportHistory
August 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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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...
August 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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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
Images of Clarie Vizard as 'Chief Commander Vizard'
August 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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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
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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
Image in black and white and a women's football team with the title of the article superimposed - The “Manageress”: The life and times of Clarice Vizard (nee, Singleton) Part 2 Mrs Vizard's XI
August 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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New article on @playingpasts.bsky.social

The “Manageress”
The life and times of Clarice Vizard (nee, Singleton)
Part 1
by @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social of @nfmofficial.bsky.social

Link 👉 bit.ly/41hy6VD

#WomensFootball
#Football
@bssh.bsky.social
@footballheritage.bsky.social
#SportHistory
July 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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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
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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
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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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New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social

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
#Sport
Image of a female football team and an individual player both in black and white with the words - And then we were boycotted... New Discoveries about the Birth of Women's Football in Italy [1933] Part 12, which is the title of the article on the Playing Pasts website
March 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Pleased to be here on @bsky.app

@playingpasts.bsky.social - full of articles on sport and leisure research, the only online website of it's kind, with hundreds of articles written by academics, ECRs, students and those who just love sport

Pop along and have a browse - www.playingpasts.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM