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International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · 13d

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'

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · 20d

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'

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · 27d

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

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 27d

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.

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International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social · Sep 3

'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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Aug 28

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'.

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.”

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Sterling Ladies FC ⚽️ DAGENHAM INVINCIBLES @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

www.wlv.ac.uk/research/res...

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

@bssh.bsky.social
#BSSH25

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 21

Pleasure to chair the panel

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 at #BSSH25

with Mateusz Rozmiarek, Jim Watkins and Sam Oldfield

@bssh.bsky.social
#SportHistory

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 21

@bssh.bsky.social

#BSSH25

Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 21

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'

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Jul 31

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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Jul 30

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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · May 5

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

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Mar 17

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

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Sterling Ladies FC ⚽️ DAGENHAM INVINCIBLES @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social · Mar 16

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

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