'Black in the Game'. Fantastic to see that @icshc.bsky.social PhD graduate, Dr Paul Campbell (Uni. of Leicester) is the Chair of the Co-Curation Steering Group for this excellent exhibition at the National Football Museum in Manchester - nationalfootballmuseum.com/blackinthega... #sportshistory

Interested in the #history, #heritage and #traditions of #sport? Why not consider applying for the @icshc.bsky.social Distance Learning MA in Sports History and Culture? Further information at - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course... #sportshistory #WinterOlympics #FIFAWC #LA28 @dmuhistory.bsky.social

Congratulations to American, Lindsey Vonn, who has made #sportshistory as the oldest skiing downhill World Cup winner at the age of 41. Vonn reached the achievement at St Moritz on Friday 12th December 2025, beating the previous record set by Austrian, Elisabeth Goergl, set in 2014 at the age of 33.

Do you work on sport & photography history - or one of those areas but have a great project idea that combines both? Come work with BOTH the amazing @phrc-dmu.bsky.social @ @icshc.bsky.social #sporthistory #photohist #skystorians 🗃️

Jamie Vardy becomes the first ever English player to win the Serie A player of the month award. Now playing for Cremonese, the striker received the award for his performances during the month of November. #sportshistory #FoxesNeverQuit #SerieA

FIFA Master @icshc.bsky.social Humanities of Sport Module Coordinator, James Panter, pictured at The FA St George's Park. #sportshistory

Congratulations to Weston-super-Mare who have reached the third round of The FA Cup for the first time in their 138 year history. #FACup #sportshistory

#OnThisDay On 5 December 1921 the Football Association banned women from playing football on FA-affiliated pitches. The ban was finally lifted In 1971. Pictured is the Government Rolling Mills Ladies Football Team in 1917. (Woolston, Southampton). #sportshistory #WomenInSport

It is always special to go behind the scenes at Manchester City FC. A big thank you to everyone at the club who made our @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master Humanities of Sport module field visit possible and for making us so welcome. Pictures by @icshc.bsky.social James Panter. #sportshistory #MCFC

#sportshistory Congratulations Joe Root! A first Test Century in Australia. #TheAshes

Interested in the history of sport? Considering postgraduate study? Want a distance-learning course that is flexible and offers full and part-time study routes? Our MA Sports History and Culture could be for you! @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk

Further information on the International Football History Conference 2026 via @garyjames.bsky.social at this link - gjfootballarchive.com/2025/10/02/i... #sportshistory

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

1/2 A truly fascinating morning at the @dmu.ac.uk Gallery. Thank you to legendary football photographer, Peter Robinson, and Gallery Arts Curator, Hugo Worthy, for meeting with the FIFA Master 26th edition class. Pictures by @icshc.bsky.social James Panter. #sportshistory #photography

We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

'Claret and blue, through and through: Billy Bonds embodied West Ham'. Via @theguardian.com by Jonathan Wilson. www.theguardian.com/football/202... #sportshistory

A big thank you to the Professional Footballers'​ Association for making us so welcome during our @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master field visit this week and for allowing the class to learn more about the vital work being carried out to support both men and women's players in the professional game.

The Theatre of Dreams. FIFA Master class field visit to Manchester United FC as part of our Humanities of Sport module here at the @icshc.bsky.social. Pictures by FIFA Master Module Coordinator, James Panter. #sportshistory #MUFC #WhereAmbitionBegins #FIFAMaster

New Soccer & Society journal article by @icshc.bsky.social Prof Matt Taylor on Football Tours and Transnational History. The Special Issue authored with Prof Peter Beck (Kingston Uni) was mentioned in The Saturday Times sport section 22/11/25. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #sportshistory

FIFA Master class field visit to the National Football Museum in Manchester @nfmofficial.bsky.social. Picture by FIFA Master Module Coordinator, James Panter. The visit was part of our Humanities of Sport module here at the @icshc.bsky.social. #sportshistory #footballhistory #FIFAMaster

If you're interested in our MA Sports History and Culture programme and want to find out more, our Dr Dave Dee will be at the Postgraduate Open Evening this Thursday (27th). Bookings here: www.dmu.ac.uk/study/postgr... www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course... @dmu.ac.uk #pgstudy #postgraduate

It is always fascinating to have the opportunity to explore the collection at the National Football Museum and to reflect on the diverse cultural significance of the game. Pictures by @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master Module Coordinator, James Panter. #sportshistory #footballhistory #FIFAMaster

1/2 A truly special FIFA Master field visit to Leicester City FC Women's Super League Football Team this week. A massive thank you to everyone at the club who made the visit possible. Pictures by @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master Module Coordinator, James Panter. #LCFC #FoxesNeverQuit

'FIFA Master course 'perfect opportunity' to help Antonia make an impact in the world of sports'. @dmu.ac.uk news story with current @icshc.bsky.social student, Antonia Landgraf from Germany. www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/ne... #sportshistory #WomenInSport #Femaleleaders #WhereAmbitionBegins

Registration NOW OPEN! (This is a hybrid event). Massachusetts Historical Society Talk. 'Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer & the Origins of a National Myth'. Tuesday, November 18, 2025 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM GMT. Further details - www.masshist.org/events/inven... #sportshistory

A special evening and field visit for the FIFA Master 26th edition class at Wembley Stadium for the England v. Serbia UEFA World Cup Qualifier Group match. The visit was part of our Humanities of Sport module here at the @icshc.bsky.social. Pictures by Module Coordinator, James Panter. #ThreeLions

Rob Steen obituary via @theguardian.com. Steen, a senior lecturer in sports journalism at the University of Brighton and a prolific writer for publications including The Guardian, passed away on 2nd November 2025. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n... #sportshistory

A big thank you to everyone at The FA for making our FIFA Master 26th edition class field visit possible this week. Picture by @icshc.bsky.social James Panter. #sportshistory #ThreeLions #Lionesses #FIFAMaster

🔔 We are recruiting! Job spec, salary details & how to apply here: buff.ly/q1SSXCM ROLE: Ski Collections Cataloguer FULL TIME: 37 hpw DURATION: Fixed Term: 5 months CLOSING DATE: 25-Nov-25 @dmu.ac.uk @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social

'The Boston Game and the Origins of Football in America'. We recommend this episode of the 'Rugby Reloaded' podcast as Prof. Mike Cronin and Dr Kevin Tallec Marston join Prof. Emeritus Tony Collins to discuss their new book - 'The Boston Game'. soundcloud.com/rugbyreloade... #sportshistory #rugby

Interested in the history of sport? Considering postgraduate study? Want a distance-learning course that is flexible and offers full and part-time study routes? Our MA Sports History and Culture could be for you! @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk dmu.ac.uk/study/course...

Last week to submit an application to be my colleague at DMU. Deadline November 16

Applications for September 2026 start on Europe's 13 times No.1 ranked Postgraduate Sport Management course are NOW OPEN! (Application deadline is midday (12pm) Central European Time on Friday 9th January 2026). Learn more - www.cies.ch/education/fi... #sportshistory #LA28 #FIFAWC #WomenInSport

Campus views. @dmu.ac.uk, Leicester, November 2025. Picture by @icshc.bsky.social James Panter. #DMU #WhereAmbitionBegins #Leicester

#sportshistory will be made this weekend with a new name etched into the record books by lifting the #CWC25 trophy. Will it be India or South Africa? #cricket #cricketworldcup #WomenInSport

What do AC Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday and Genoa have in common? Answer - they were all originally founded as cricket clubs. Pictured is the 1887 Aston Villa team who that season won the FA Cup Final played at the Kennington Oval – now the home of Surrey CCC. #cricket

'Sixty years of life off the pitch captured on camera'. @channel4news.bsky.social interview with Photographer, Peter Robinson. The exhibition is currently on display at the Gallery on the @dmu.ac.uk campus. www.channel4.com/news/sixty-y... #sportshistory

Meet the FIFA Master 26th edition students with our new Class Profile brochure! heyzine.com/flip-book/FI.... The class are currently completing their Humanities of Sport module studies with us here at the @icshc.bsky.social. #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins

"DMU FIFA Master student hoping to give more children in Africa the chance to play football". Brilliant @dmu.ac.uk news story with current @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master student, Omar Yasser Ahmed, who is from Egypt. www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins

Job Vacancy - @dmu.ac.uk Senior Lecturer in Sport, Events and Tourism. Deadline to apply 16th November 2025. Further details at this link - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE443/s... #sportshistory #events #tourism #culture

'FIFA Master ‘Where are they now?’ – The importance of staying connected and graduate employability'. Article originally published by Global Sport and written by FIFA Master Humanities of Sport Module Coordinator, James Panter. www.cies.ch/education/fi... #WhereAmbitionBegins @dmu.ac.uk

1/2 Described by The Athletic / New York Times as, “arguably the world’s greatest living soccer photographer“, it was a privilege to be at the @dmu.ac.uk Gallery on Friday evening for the launch of the new Peter Robinson photography exhibition – “Keep off the Grass”. Picture by ICSHC James Panter.

A massive thank you to everybody at the Leicester City FC who made our @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master class field visits possible this week! Good luck for the remainder of the season. #sportshistory #FoxesNeverQuit

100 years of football history in the @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master classroom! A big thank you to Leicester City FC Club Historian, John Hutchinson, for spending time with our students on the role of the club historian. #sportshistory #LCFC

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

We are delighted to announce that Professor Matthew Taylor has been appointed as Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture. #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins @dmu.ac.uk @matttayl.bsky.social

Congratulations @markaorton.bsky.social! Looks fantastic! #sportshistory

'From Day One to Month One: Life at the Start of the 26th edition of the FIFA Master Journey'. Report from our FIFA Master students as they begin their Humanities of Sport module studies with us at the @icshc.bsky.social / @dmu.ac.uk - www.cies.ch/cies/news/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins

Talk: 'WWI Football stories - Football's Role in Gallipoli & Ammunition Factories'. 11th October 2025. Venue - The Fusilier Museum Warwick. Further details at - fusiliermuseumwarwick.com/events/footb... #sportshistory

Football Club Internazionale Milano announces publication of 'Inter The Opus' which will present "the club’s history and essence". Further details at this link - www.inter.it/en/news/inte... #sportshistory #Inter #football #footballhistory