#OnThisDay 14 Nov 1934 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v 🇮🇹 England hosted world champions Italy at the Arsenal, which became known as 'The Battle of Highbury' due to its ferocity Italy played with 10 men after Luis Monti's early injury, so despite losing 3-2, they were fated at home as the 'Lions of Highbury' Here's Highbury

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The @bssh.bsky.social are pleased to announce the details of its 2025-26 Extended Project Prize. It's a great opportunity for students to submit their work on sports history (small or large). All the info can be found here: www.sportinhistory.org/categories/e... or in the image below. Please share.

NEW POST 🗞️ It’s been confirmed that Dalymount Park, the ‘spiritual home of Irish football’, will see one more year of League of Ireland football before redevelopment. GET THERE WHILE YOU CAN! Here's what makes Dalymount, and @bfcdublin.bsky.social, so special open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

Entries are now open for the BSSH Communities History Prize 2026. This is for groups or individuals undertaking original primary research into the history of sporting activities within the UK. See below for more details... www.sportinhistory.org/articles/com...

NEW PODCAST 🎙️ My guest is BBC journalist @alexbysouth.bsky.social, whose new book covers his search for the soul of football. Topics include: 🇫🇷 Red Star (Paris) 🇩🇪 Babelsberg 🇮🇹 Refugee football in Napoli ...and much more... Download/subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Here's a taster...

Cracking night last night at The Volley in Old Street for the launch of Will Dalton’s new book on San Lorenzo 🇦🇷 For more, listen to my recent podcast with him open.spotify.com/episode/2wY3...

The venue for the 2026 British Society of Sports History has just been announced. It will be held at the John McIntyre Centre, University of Edinburgh, from 26 to 28 August 2026. See below for more details.. www.sportinhistory.org/articles/edi...

Full house at The Volley for the launch of Oh, San Lorenzo 🐦‍⬛

CfP open for @cricketacademic.bsky.social Conference @hugheshall.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk! @rafnicholson.bsky.social @drcricket.bsky.social @bayfirth.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social @jeremylonsdale.bsky.social @russinthezone.bsky.social idrottsforum.org/call-for-pap...

@bssh.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Sports and Leisure History Seminar, 17 Nov, 18.00 hybrid. Atlanta Tsiaoukkas of the Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at Cambridge will speak on The Schoolgirl Sporting Heroines of Early Twentieth-Century Girls’ Fiction. tinyurl.com/2y5jhp2x

#OnThisDay 6 Nov 1887 ☘️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic FC was founded by Marist priest, Brother Walfrid, to support the growing Irish community in Glasgow. He was inspired by a visit from Hibernian FC of Edinburgh (1875). More on #Celtic's founding in this podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6E39...

DROPPING SUNDAY 🎙️ My guest is BBC journalist @alexbysouth.bsky.social, who's on the hunt for the soul of football in his new book Here's a taster... Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts, just look for 'Outside Write' #groundhopping

NEW POST 📣 George Best is the most famous footballer to hail from Belfast, and arguably the whole island of Ireland. I went on his trail while I was over researching my latest book, including a visit to his childhood home. Have a read… #NorthernIreland open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

Very much enjoying this book ahead of my first visit in a decade to my ‘Alma mater’, Madrid, in the spring 🇪🇸

Just reflecting on the FC St. Pauli stadium tour this summer. It’s very on-brand… 🏴‍☠️ Here’s my post about it: 👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew... Have you been? What did you think? #Bundesliga #Germany #Groundhopping

Well, what can one say

Did I mention I am available for football talks and lectures? If you’re a university or club looking for a speaker to cover: 📣 Football and politics 🗣️ Football culture and national identity 🏟️ Groundhopping Then please drop me a note: More 👉 eightmoon.co.uk/chris-lee-fo...

DROPPING SUNDAY 🎙️ We hear some of the quirkier and forgotten stories from #LaLiga with Brendan Madden 🇪🇸 The book is top-notch, too... Here's a taster...

As it's Hallowe'en/Samhain, what spooky football stories have you got? 🎃 I hear Ibrox is haunted by a spectral black dog, and both Birmingham City and Sligo Rovers have been on the receiving end of curses Any other tales of where football meets the supernatural?

NEW POST 📣 Everton FC is one of England's and the world’s most historically significant football clubs. I went on a Merseyside odyssey to discover the club’s past and its future. Read on… #Everton #groundhopping open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

#OnThisDay 27 Oct 1892: the Leinster Football Association was founded in Dublin to represent the interests of clubs in the county and counter the dominance of the Belfast-based IFA It played a key role in 'the Irish soccer split' (1921) More in my new book www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shades-...

#OnThisDay 26 Oct 1863 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 12 clubs from the London area met at the Freemasons' Tavern in Holborn to found the Football Association (FA) and agree on a consensus on the laws of the game It was the genesis of the modern game More in my book, Origin Stories www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/origin-...

This week’s podcast is about the cultural significance of Liverpool FC with Alan McDougall. Some shots from the excellent Anfield tour: 1) The stadium gates 2) The famous Anfield tunnel 3) Bust of founder, John Houlding 4) Mural to record goalscorer, Ian Rush Download wherever you get your pods

Two vacancies have arisen on the editorial team of the Sport in History journal, and the Trustees of the BSSH are looking to make appointments that will begin in January 2026. See below for application details www.sportinhistory.org/articles/edi...

Lovely to visit Notts County today to hear about their sports history plans. A lot of exciting plans and some potential collaboration. It was also great to see some of Meadow Lane on a short tour.

NEW POST 🗞️ Last weekend, I visited my 60th ground in England, Folkestone Invicta’s Alcaline Stadium. Here are my tips for groundhoppers, and huge thanks to @rhysdgriffiths.bsky.social for the lowdown on the club and the town. Read on… #nonleague #FIFC open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

Much love for Brighton

#OnThisDay 22 Oct 1975 Lazio were meant to play Barça in the UEFA Cup, but the Rome side pulled out in protest over the execution of five Basques by the Franco state From my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism 📘

I finally got round to buying @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social’s book Will devour ahead of my trip to Barcelona in the new year…

NEW POST 📣 Another one for fans of Argentinian football as I cover how to visit Club Atlético Banfield. English-sounding name and a very English-style experience (barra aside). Why? Read on… open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

We’re at @silverstonemuseum.bsky.social today for the 2025 Silverstone Research Forum run with the support of @bssh.bsky.social covering a variety of different discussions on F1 from governance to gender. Congrats to all those involved in organising this great event

Delighted and honoured to be the new Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at DMU. It is a great place to work with fabulous colleagues in the Centre and the wider History team. @icshc.bsky.social #sportshistory @dmuhistory.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social

Entries are now open for the 2026 Undergraduate Essay Prize. See below for more details... www.sportinhistory.org/categories/u...

🚨 😾 VICTORIAN EMERGENCY CAT TRICYCLE 😾 🚨 Pop a card in the London post in 1896, & a chauffeur driven tricycle would collect your pet for care & cure, providing a smooth springed ride to the Hampstead infirmary More Cycling World Illustrated gems digitised at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...

DROPPING SUNDAY 🎙️ A two-part podcast! 1) @jervisevans.bsky.social joins me to discuss the Basque child refugees to Britain who went on to play professionally. Taster below 👇🏼 2) My talk on football against fascism from last week 📸 Basque Children of 37 Association

NEW POST 🗞️ 2025 marks the centenary of a landmark Art Deco exhibition in Paris. To mark it, I am writing a series on some of the great Art Deco stadiums from around the world Starting with my favourite, El Palacio Ducó, home of Huracán 🇦🇷 Have you been? outsidewrite.substack.com/p/iconic-foo...

Groundsman inspects a crater in the middle of the pitch at Old Trafford cricket ground after a German bombing raid on December 22nd 1940.

Delighted that my new book on the Argentine national team, including chapters on the women's team from the 1971 World Cup, is being published next May and is available for pre-order now

#OnThisDay 11 Oct 1974☘️ The one-armed former Dundalk striker, Jimmy Hasty, is murdered in the street by unionist loyalists. I cover Hasty’s remarkable story in my latest book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football 📗

Pop along and watch/listen/read the articles we have published for #InternationalDayOfTheGirl Perhaps also think of researching in our #ForgottenWomen Everyday project on #WestonPark

It's Zvonimir Boban's birthday today, born #OnThisDay 8 Oct 1968 🇭🇷 In 1990, his kick at a police officer during the Maksimir Riot cost him his place at the World Cup and went down in history as the kick that 'started' a war @chrisetchingham.bsky.social explains open.spotify.com/episode/695L...

DROPPING SUNDAY🎙️ @footballheritage.bsky.social joins me to discuss how clubs and nations should celebrate their history Here's a taster. Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts... 🎧 #Skystorians

Eek. It's all feeling a bit real that my book will be hitting shelves in a few months. It's exciting but also a bit nerve-racking! I wouldn't be here without the lovely folks at @utpress.bsky.social and the wonderful staff at @icshc.bsky.social.

An amazing night at the home of cricket for the presentation of the Cricket Society and BSSH Howard Milton Award to Neil Robinson. A fascinating insight into some of the challenges and enjoyment of curating.

Essential commuter listening 🎧 For your trip to work, check out this week's fascinating podcast with @brunssen.bsky.social from the Uni of Heidelberg He's looked at four European clubs with a perceived Jewish identity and the stories behind them #skystorians open.spotify.com/episode/7EkX...

#OnThisDay 5 Oct 1957 🇺🇾 Uruguayan legend José Leandro Andrade, arguably the first international black footballing superstar, died aged 55 🏆 1930 World Cup 🥇🥇 1924 and 1928 Olympics 🏆 3x Copas América This is his Olympic shirt at the Museo Estadio Centenario, which I visited last year.

NEW PODCAST 🎙️ My guest is @brunssen.bsky.social, whose new book explores four European clubs with a Jewish connection: Ajax, Bayern München, FK Austria Wien and Tottenham Hotspur. How did these identities come about, and why are they often problematic? open.spotify.com/episode/7EkX...

#DagenhamInvincibles in Colchester 🎭💚⚽️ @footballandwar.bsky.social @kelceyervick.bsky.social @wanderingtractor.bsky.social www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/2550525...

The Call For Papers/Presentations is now live for the International Football History Conference 2026. Get your proposals in for what promises to be another great conference. #Footycon26