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The International Football History Conference AKA FootyCon is a 2-day annual conference that covers Football of ALL codes (Soccer, NFL, Rugby, AFL, etc.). You can join us at our 2026 Conference #FootyCon26
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · 12d
We’re excited to announce that the location for #FootyCon26 is…

LONDON!!

Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · 6d
Our Call For Papers/Presentations is now live for the International Football History Conference aka FootyCon 2026.

Get your proposals in for what promises to be another great conference. The deadline is January 5th 2026!!

#Footycon26
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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 11d
We’ll be at Craven Cottage June 11-13
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Refereeing Books & More @refbooks.bsky.social · 12d
@jurryt.bsky.social Een mooi platform om je onderzoek naar de Vrouwen van ‘61 te delen. Zijn ze zeer benieuwd naar, zo weet ik uit de eerste hand.
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · 12d
We’re excited to announce that the location for #FootyCon26 is…

LONDON!!

Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · 12d
We’re excited to announce that the location for #FootyCon26 is…

LONDON!!

Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · 14d
We’re very excited to announce the location for #FootyCon26 in the next few days!!

We won’t tell you just yet… but feel free to have a guess to where we might end up!

The only hint we’ll give you is the answer is in our new logo.

Post your guesses in the comments ⬇️
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · 14d
Hopefully we’ll be able to announce our venue for #Footycon26 soon. We’ve worked hard to find a venue worthy of the conference and believe we’ve found the right place. Details as soon as we can release them. A historic venue with modern facilities!
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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 16d
A week ago we had a special night launching our book Histories of Women's Football in Britain and Ireland at the Embassy of Ireland in London. Thanks to Orla McBreen and all the Embassy for making it a special night. Images and a few words on it here: gjfootballarchive.com/2025/09/22/b...
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · 27d
Congrats to our lead organiser @garyjames.bsky.social on the publication of his two upcoming books!
Hopefully you’ll be able to share all your research on them at #footycon26
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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 27d
Delighted to say that 2 books I’ve worked on are to be launched this month. Unusual to get 2 launches in the same month. One I’ve co-authored; the other I’ve co-edited. 1 will be launched at the National Football Museum; the other at the Irish Embassy in London. Watch this space.
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Sport in History @sportinhistory.bsky.social · Aug 24
Welcome to the Bluesky page for the Sport in History journal, the official journal of @bssh.bsky.social that covers all eras & contexts of sports history.

If you want to find out more about the journal or submit a piece, please check our website:

www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsi...
Learn about Sport in History
Learn about Sport in History aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.
www.tandfonline.com
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Sport in History @sportinhistory.bsky.social · Aug 25
After our recent arrival here on Bluesky, we’ve continued our expansion of our online presence by joining LinkedIn!

If you are on LinkedIn, please feel free to follow us on there via the link below ⬇️

Likewise, please feel free to share this news where you can!!

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Sport in History Journal | LinkedIn
Sport in History Journal | Publishing original, archive-based research, historiographical reviews and debates on sport history. | The Sport in History Journal is the official journal of the British So...
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Max Portman @whuhistorian.bsky.social · Jun 18
It’s been a few days since I got back from Belfast, but I just wanted to say that it was another great experience co-organising @footycon.bsky.social alongside @garyjames.bsky.social & Conor Murray.

The #footycon community is always great & supportive and I’m Looking forward to #footycon26 already
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 16
No worries Les, hopefully you can attend #footycon2026 ships circumstances allow you to do so! We’d love to have you back with us again
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
Ps. If anyone has any photos that they’d love to share of the conference, either of this year or from when you attended, please post them in the comments below ⬇️
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
Finally, to end where we started, a huge thank you to all of you for supporting our conference for another year!
This year was just another step in our growth and we look forward to bringing anyone who loves the history of football of all codes together to celebrate this ☺️🩵
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
Also, a huge thanks the authors of ‘A most unsuitable game’ for their panel, which was the well deserved winner of our inclusivity prize, which celebrates inclusive & diverse histories of football. A huge thanks & congrats to @fionaskillen.bsky.social, Karen Fraser & @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
Additionally, we want to shout out Tim Mills, for his community-led programming presentation, which co-won our day 1 best paper prize (sponsored by Routledge) for his work with @officialcufc.bsky.social.
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
A huge shoutout to Karen & Lauren from the Maroon Mile Project for getting involved with our conference this year! Whilst the presentation so very closely missed out on our inclusivity prize, Karen & Lauren were great representatives for @Hearts& highlighting such a wonderful project
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
Additionally, a huge thank you to Routledge for their continued support of the conference and their contribution of £200 worth of book vouchers to gift to the winners of our best paper prizes and our inclusivity prize.

But let us now give a few shout outs to some people….
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
Secondly, a huge thanks to the Irish FA for their support and allowing us to hold the conference at the Clearer Twist National Football Stadium at Windsor Park. It was a great venue and we can’t thank you enough for your support of our event
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
Firstly, a huge thanks to our organisers @garyjames.bsky.social, Heidi James, @whuhistorian.bsky.social & Conor Murray for their hard work on putting the conference together!
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 15
Thank you to everyone who came along, engaged with online and/or promoted #footycon25, you made this a wonderful conference & we look forward to #footycon26 already.
Whilst we’ll produce a “superthread” later this week, we just wanted to give a shout out to a few people…
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Mark Orton @markaorton.bsky.social · Jun 14
Thoroughly enjoyed presenting about early Argentine international footballer Arnoldo Watson Hutton @footycon.bsky.social in Belfast
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Mark Orton @markaorton.bsky.social · Jun 14
Pleasure to be part of the conference
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 14
Our final paper of this penultimate session of #footycon25 sees Mark Orton
once again regaling us with his research on Argentinian football as he tells us about the lesser known son of Alexander Watson Hutton, Arnold, and his role in the history of Argentine football & rugby
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 14
Our last post for today sees the end of #footycon25 with 2 winners being announced, with Gabrielas Rios-Infante winning our day 2 best paper prize & @fionaskillen.bsky.social, Karen Fraser and @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social
winning our conference inclusivity prize, both sponsored by Routledge
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FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 14
Sadly, We’re into our final session of #footycon25 😭 but our penultimate paper of the conference sees Wesley Kirkpatrick talking about @arsenalfc.bsky.social manager George Allison & how the club became well versed in their advertisement of the club thanks to Allison’s career in journalism
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