A very entertaining and informative read - Paul Nicholls @70smo.bsky.social breathes life into the various football personalities, and provides sparkling match reports!
English cricket fans, get over those Ashes blues by reading "The Coping Stone" about the first English Football tour of Australia in 1925 (England won!) via www.fairplaypublishing.com.au @fairplaybooks.bsky.social @footballandwar.bsky.social @footballheritage.bsky.social @petereedy.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A very entertaining and informative read - Paul Nicholls @70smo.bsky.social breathes life into the various football personalities, and provides sparkling match reports!
June 1926 - a 'scientific soccer' teams' matchup in the Brisbane First Division - Thistle FC a *very* Scottish team, and their opponents Latrobe FC featuring some British players (image thanks to Mark Pringle)
Thistle won 3-2
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Thistle won 3-2
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July 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
June 1926 - a 'scientific soccer' teams' matchup in the Brisbane First Division - Thistle FC a *very* Scottish team, and their opponents Latrobe FC featuring some British players (image thanks to Mark Pringle)
Thistle won 3-2
@gedboy58.bsky.social
Thistle won 3-2
@gedboy58.bsky.social
The extant Hong Kong Football Club was founded in 1886 by James Haldane Lockhart, to play rugby and Association football
Lockhart was born in Ardsheal, Argyllshire, Scotland - he joined the HK government as a civil servant in 1882
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Lockhart was born in Ardsheal, Argyllshire, Scotland - he joined the HK government as a civil servant in 1882
@gedboy58.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The extant Hong Kong Football Club was founded in 1886 by James Haldane Lockhart, to play rugby and Association football
Lockhart was born in Ardsheal, Argyllshire, Scotland - he joined the HK government as a civil servant in 1882
@gedboy58.bsky.social
Lockhart was born in Ardsheal, Argyllshire, Scotland - he joined the HK government as a civil servant in 1882
@gedboy58.bsky.social
To coincide with the centenary of the football First Test between Australia and the English FA XI in Brisbane in June 1925, @fairplaybooks.bsky.social has published @70smo.bsky.social Paul Nicholl's superbly written account of the English tour
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/the...
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The Coping Stone
The Coping Stone—The First English Soccer Tour of Australia 1925 tells the little-known but fascinating story of how soccer fought for survival — and acceptance — in early 20th-century Australia. In a...
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au
June 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
To coincide with the centenary of the football First Test between Australia and the English FA XI in Brisbane in June 1925, @fairplaybooks.bsky.social has published @70smo.bsky.social Paul Nicholl's superbly written account of the English tour
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/the...
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/the...
27 June 1925 - 100 years ago today - Australia played the English FA XI in the first match of a Test series, at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Full match report and photos
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Full match report and photos
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30,000 SPECTATORS THRILLED BY SPECTACULAR FOOTBALL - FIRST SOCCER TEST VISITORS IN GREAT FORM A FIVE-GOALS-TO-ONE WIN Australia's Brilliant Second Half - The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903; 1916 - ...
The English Soccer team scored a big victory in the first test match against Australia at the Exhibition grounds on Saturday afternoon, a crowd of over 30,000 watching the visitors get the first leg-i...
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June 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
27 June 1925 - 100 years ago today - Australia played the English FA XI in the first match of a Test series, at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Full match report and photos
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
Full match report and photos
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
"NZ call for fresh Soccer Ashes clash with Australia" - original 1923 'Ashes' trophy hero @iansyson.bsky.social features in the news again!
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MSN
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March 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"NZ call for fresh Soccer Ashes clash with Australia" - original 1923 'Ashes' trophy hero @iansyson.bsky.social features in the news again!
www.msn.com/en-au/news/o...
www.msn.com/en-au/news/o...
Great photos (and a match report) from the first Australia vs 'England' team, played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1899 before 30,000 spectators
The author of this article obviously did not want to mention Shaw and Shrewsbury's 1888 rugby tour!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
The author of this article obviously did not want to mention Shaw and Shrewsbury's 1888 rugby tour!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL—ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. - The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) - 1 Jul 1899
THE first match ever played between teams representing England and Australia at football took place on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon under most favourable conditions as ...
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December 31, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Great photos (and a match report) from the first Australia vs 'England' team, played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1899 before 30,000 spectators
The author of this article obviously did not want to mention Shaw and Shrewsbury's 1888 rugby tour!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
The author of this article obviously did not want to mention Shaw and Shrewsbury's 1888 rugby tour!
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...