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.
Find out more On Sunday 1st October, Irish FA Tours welcomed a groupfrom the A.C.T (Action for Community Transformation) to the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park for a fully guided tour of the stadium.
Find out more “I am so delighted to join the Sporting Heritage Ambassador family and support this year’s National Sporting Heritage Day. Growing up, I didn’t see many black women playing football, or people from the LGBT+ community being celebrated in sport and that is something I have spent my sporting life changing and ensuring the next generation has a heritage they can learn from and be inspired by.”
Find out more Maidstone: United in Football not only tells the remarkable history of football in the town. It also paints a vivid ...
Find out more Manchester United had been invited by Glentoran FC to play a match at the Oval to promote the Ulster '71 Festival.
Find out more A new online football art exhibition celebrating Middlesbrough Football Club’s former Ayresome Park home has been launched as part of ...
Find out more This postcard shows the No 16 Platoon football team, which has some strong Anglesey connections.
Find out more "I'm hugely proud to be an Ambassador for Sporting Heritage and I hope my artwork can help capture and remember the glorious sporting past, the events, the history and character of UK sport."
Find out more ’90 Minutes of Freedom’ is a brand new book by criminal justice researcher Jamie Grundy, who spent the whole 2018-19 ...
Find out more In this episode, recorded as part of the Ignored Heritage pilot project, we reflect on the film 'Millwall Black and White', with project lead, Kristopher Mckie, producer, Ole Jensen, and one of the stars of and contributors to the film, Ron Bell.
Find out more In this episode as part of the Ignored Heritage project, project lead Kristopher Mckie is joined by: Humayun Islam, CEO of the BEAP Community Partnership and founder of Bangla Bantams, and Dr Dan Kilvington, Senior Lecturer in Media, Communication and Culture at Leeds Beckett University.
Find out more As we celebrated the Art of Sporting Heritage during February 2022, we had the great pleasure of hearing from artist, Liam Stokes-Massey aka Pencil Craftsman.
Find out more In this episode - recorded as part of the Sporting Heritage Cymru activity funded by Welsh Government - John Carrier discusses how a chance visit to watch Wrexham Ladies FC set him on a journey to research the rich history of women's football in Wales.
Find out more My passion for Scottish Football history started at an early age, and, over a period of some 40+ years of on off research, I have collated the most extensive and accurate Scottish F.A. Cup results collection available anywhere.
Find out more Dorking’s street football probably had its origins in the Catholic Lenten festivals that took place all over England before the Reformation. On the morning of Shrove Tuesday shopkeepers barricaded their premises and children were given the day off school.
Find out more Podcast host Russell is joined by Billy Webb, from Goldie Lookin Chain (GLC) to discuss the band's collaborations with Newport County, as sponsors, then later as kit designers. They also talk replica kits, fan identity and expression.
Find out more This photograph, taken in the early part of the 20th Century, shows fans gathering for a match against Norwich in ...
Find out more Arnold Mitchell (1929-2014) played in every position, including a stint in goal, but was best known for his defensive roles. ...
Find out more To be in with a chance of winning the book that tells the fascinating history of Britain through its football badges, we asked people to use their creative, artistic skills to design their own football badge.
Find out more Digital artist, Alastair Flindall was commissioned by No More Nowt, to illustrate stories of men’s pastimes and inspire future generations. One such story was that of Bishop Auckland FC's, Bob Thursby, who was celebrated in an animation and recently unveiled mural currently touring the region.
Find out more Photographer Bartosz Nowicki reflects on life among the fans of Cardiff City FC, and his 'Bluebirds' exhibition.
Find out more In the later years of the First World War and in the years following, women’s teams became more and more common.
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