Currently on tour at Edinburgh Festival until August 28th, this play focuses on the prejudice and difficulties that Womens’ Football ...
Find out more Gayle Rogers shared her thoughts with us ahead of her 2022 exhibition at the Workers Gallery, What Time's Kickoff?
Find out more One consolation of the Covid-19 lockdowns was being able to “attend” last year’s Sporting Heritage online conference, which inspired me to put a bid in immediately for a Community Grant to make a film capturing stories from the diverse women’s football group I work with.
Find out more This collection of signatures features 12 of the men who delivered Exeter City FC’s first ever promotion in 1964. City ...
Find out more The 2018 FIFA World Cup is well under way and what better way to celebrate than by looking back at ...
Find out more February 22nd 2018 13.00 – 14.00 This talk will explore Irish-born footballers’ migration in the 1888 to 1939 period – in particular, ...
Find out more Horace Peter Bailey was born in Derby on 3rd July 1881 to Peter Bailey, an iron and brass moulder / iron foundry foreman, and his wife Sarah.
Find out more Tayport Football Club has been issuing programmes for most home matches since the early 1990s and each of these programmes, ...
Find out more In a bid to captivate a new generation with the magic of local sporting history, we crafted an augmented reality mural, and we're on the hunt for new venues to showcase the AR mural and additional artwork in the collection.
Find out more As part of our work in Wales, Co-ordinator, Russell Todd, has nominated Ted Vizard for a blue plaque in Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan. Find out why...
Find out more England entered the 1950 finals as winners of the Home Nations. England started a habit of a lifetime and struggled ...
Find out more This caricature features a man who is perhaps less known than he should be at Exeter City. Described as the ...
Find out more The mid-1980s are often characterised as a period of success, excess and the shoulder-padded dress. In the political sphere this ...
Find out more Two of our work experience placement students both chose the football boots on display in Gallery One as their favourite object. Here are two very different perspectives on the same item.
Find out more The World Cup of 2014 triggered an outbreak of football fever amongst some of the staff at the museum. With perfect timing, the museum archives had just catalogued a treasure trove of sporting memorabilia relating to the museum’s very own sports clubs.
Find out more 140 years after the formation of the Black Arabs, (later to become Bristol Rovers Football Club), the Bristol Rovers History Group put on a celebration of club memorabilia in 2023 as part of their Sporting Heritage Community Grant Activity.
Find out more In 2016 we set out to commemorate the first black player at each of the 92 Football League clubs. In many cases the names of these pioneers were being lost to history.
Find out more Dr Fiona Skillen joins us to discuss her research into the history of women's football, the barriers faced by the early female players, and how insights from the past have shaped and can help us to understand the development of the contemporary game.
Find out more Dr Gary James discusses the challenges and barriers that are still faced by women involved in football, his current work in Trafford as part of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 heritage activity, and his thoughts on the likely legacy of the tournament.
Find out more We talk to Ruth Johnson; Women & Girls Football Development Worker at Football Unites Racism Divides (FURD). Ruth provides an insight into the work of FURD, how it brings people together, through football, within the city of Sheffield, and discusses her research into the history of the women's game.
Find out more We catch up with our newest Sporting Ambassador, Joanie Evans to discusses her personal sporting heritage and why it’s important to celebrate diversity and work towards better representation in sport.
Find out more Former Doncaster Belles and England defender Michelle Jackson chats to Verity Smith from Sporting Heritage about her playing career, and shares her thoughts on the progress in women's football and the potential legacy of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.
Find out more The 2023 annual International Football History Conference will take place at Hampden Park, Glasgow, and will be held over two days (30 June and 1 July 2023). This is a call for papers to be presented at the conference.
Find out more This June will see the inaugural Expo #EWG21. Inevitably, it must take place online but across four days, 1- 4 June, the Expo will offer a stage to explore the game’s social, cultural and political impact and heritage through talks and panel discussions.
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