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The original online magazine for Global Sport/Leisure History. Contributions on any aspect of Sport/Leisure History always welcome. See webpage for details

[ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ @Playing_Pasts]

I'm moving across to where the skies are blue

Pop along and follow at - https://t.co/Yn7NRHK0lC

[bantamspast @bantamspast]

The story of the Bradford Rifles and the impact of the volunteer militia on the development of (rugby) football in the district in the nineteenth century. Told on VINCIT: https://t.co/PW6WmbazTM…
@Playing_Pasts @sportinghistory @collinstony @_philmcgowan @wrugbymuseum

[Steve Bolton @DagenhamInvince]

#LilyParr One of my 2 Articles on @Playing_Pasts telling the true story of my Granny's old teammate + friend @footballandwar @justaballgame @sportinghistory
@DrDKilpatrick @100BluePlaques

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New today on
@Playing_Pasts

'Rusty' The Remarkable Life of a  ‘Wallaby’ who became a 'Lion' by Bill Williams

Link to read 👉 https://t.co/X6mcZgXpEK

#RugbyUnion
#RugbyKE
@Wil94831317Bill
@BritSportHisSoc

[ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ @Playing_Pasts]

New today on @Playing_Pasts

Parallel lives:
Gilbert and Gustav,
Two #Cotswold Lads Destined for Greatness
by @Wil94831317Bill

Link to read 👉 https://t.co/46kUt3Tpuq

#Cricket
@BritSportHisSoc

[Steve Bolton @DagenhamInvince]

Fullback #LilyParr Debut for Dick Kerr Ladies Aged 15 in Sep 1920 after 1 Game for St Helens @footballandwar @Playing_Pasts
@100BluePlaques

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[ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ @Playing_Pasts]

New today on @Playing_Pasts

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 👉 https://t.co/U8ckYTkLkw

#WomensFootball
#Football
#WomenInSport
#Women

[Filip Walenta @KVWijnendaele]

CYCLING PASTS: a new blog on the history of early #cycling and cycling competitions (1860-1920) with articles in 🇳🇱|🇬🇧.
👉 https://t.co/KcBT7WSMS3
#sportshistory
#cyclinghistory
@BritSportHisSoc @BramConstandt @SportinHistory1 @sportinghistory @Playing_Pasts @BritishCycling

[ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ @Playing_Pasts]

New on @Playing_Pasts

‘Soccer’:
Americanism or a Thoroughly British Invention?
by @Wil94831317Bill
Link 👉https://t.co/3vHTin3goR

#Football
#Soccer
#GridIron
@BritSportHisSoc

[Steve Bolton @DagenhamInvince]

Violette Gourard-Morris - By a country mile the most contoversial woman footballer of all time... Here depicted in 1922 leading a French tour against Dick Kerr Ladies + Hey's Brewery Bradford - Executed by Maquis at end of WW2 @BreweryHeys @Playing_Pasts @footballandwar

[Bill Williams🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Wil94831317Bill]

This is history! Hannah Cain and Carrie Jones fire Wales to Euro 2025 https://t.co/crEk8GrHJ2
Fantastic 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏐

[Steve Bolton @DagenhamInvince]

2019 - Finding astonishing photos of #MollySeaton #SadieSmith led to so much @FionaSkillen @R_McBrearty @StJoesBelfast @vivienne7 @JulieMcNeill1 @eddireader @derryjournal @justaballgame @PhysCstudy
@FinnClodagh @footballandwar

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[ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ @Playing_Pasts]

News just in - Margaret, the @Playing_Pasts editor has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Congratulations and well deserved

[Extra Innings UK: Baseball Around the World @ExtraInningsUK]

Great detective work by Bill Williams and Andrew Taylor to discover a fascinating part of #BritishBaseball history that involves multiple HOFers, the Giants-White Sox World Tour, and King George V, all set in #ChippingNorton!

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New on @Playing_Pasts

The Tale of the ‘Louisville Slugger’
How a Baseball Bat made in Kentucky, found its way To Chipping Norton
👉https://t.co/xHjn4JsGWn

#Baseball
@BritSportHisSoc
#ChippingNorton

[Mei Emrys @MeiEms]

A short thread about the extraordinary sporting career of Max Woosnam, who was born in Liverpool (and captained the @England national football team), but had very close - and lasting - connections with Mid Wales… 🧵

[bantamspast @bantamspast]

A game fit for heroes, the rebirth of Bradford RFC in 1919 by @jpdewhirst on VINCIT, the online journal of Bradford Sport History: https://t.co/d4WuHa7JSN @Playing_Pasts @sportinghistory @yorkshire_rfu @collinstony @PJWOlicana @_philmcgowan @wrugbymuseum

[ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤🤼‍♀️⛹️‍♀️🤺🏊‍♂️🏏⛸🤸‍♂️ @Playing_Pasts]

New today on @Playing_Pasts

Part 2 of
An Englishman Abroad: Prof Christopher Butterworth
by @natationist
👉https://t.co/nkkcq72lvz

Read Part 1 👉https://t.co/PqioWSijmX

#Swimming
@SwimmingCanada
@BritSportHisSoc

[Sporting Heritage @sportinghistory]

🏅100 years ago, Cecil Griffiths, a gold medalist from Neath, was banned for life from the Olympics for unknowingly accepting a prize as a teen. His story reminds us of the strict rules athletes once faced. Dive into more Welsh sports stories @Playing_Pasts #BlackHistoryMonth

[Steve Bolton @DagenhamInvince]

Sterling Ladies FC - "The Dagenham Invincibles" of WW1 - Unbeaten over 2 Seasons - 34 Wins + 2 Draws - GREATEST team of WW1 @Playing_Pasts @PrestonPlayhous @blogpreston
@footballandwar @justaballgame
@InvincibleBooks @invincibles1881 Feb in #Preston

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