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Alice Kell: The Greatest Woman Footballer of all-time
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Submissions for the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for sports history are now open. Closing date for entries is 30th April 2026. See below for more details...
Corrections to this post the pictures are by Georgia Vellenoweth of @velleproductions
#Skystorians #History New article klaxon! UCL's Michael Collins' ' "Fine Men from Afar": Cricket and Empire on the Home Front', OA, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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All the action from last week's book event at the Silverstone Museum @silverstonemuseum.bsky.social listen on the Sport in History podcast @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social pictures by Georgina Vellenoweth @velleproduction
The deadline for submitting a paper to the 2026 BSSH conference is fast approaching see the link below and get those abstracts in... www.sportinhistory.com/events/2026-...
Delighted to be underway with this talk at Silverstone museum which is taking place thanks to @bssh.bsky.social & @ihr.bsky.social
with this talk by Richard Haynes of Stirling University & Raymond Boyle of @glasgow.ac.uk on their book Streaming the F1 rivalry, chaired by Mike Beddoes
Proud to announce that alongside Silverstone Museum and colleagues at @bssh.bsky.social, I’m a recipient of the @ihr.bsky.social’s 2025/26 seminar@ fund to contribute towards this exciting event at Silverstone Museum this weekend.
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On Saturday (March 14th) the Silverstone Museum hosts an event chaired by Michael Beddoes of Birmingham City University. to mark the publication of 'Streaming the Formula 1 Rivalry: Sport and the Media in the Platform Age'. See below for more details...
www.sportinhistory.com/articles/bss...
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Well worth a listen to any fans of Football, @lfcr.bsky.social and any historians of contemporary Britain.
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The Keynote from #CRN2026 has now been released on the
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Global 🌐
In an op-ed, writer Suzanne Wrack has argued that women’s football should adopt a global summer calendar to avoid clashes with the men’s game, improve broadcast access and boost commercial growth.
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The Q&A was recorded and will be made available as a podcast via the @bssh.bsky.social podcast, so keep an eye out for that in the coming days! #CRN2026
Gold Plaques for Lily Parr + Lizzy Ashcroft @bssh.bsky.social @playingpasts.bsky.social @whuhistorian.bsky.social
HOCKEY and CANADA (if you look closely you can see my tears)
Fab Article in Daily Mirror @playingpasts.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @jurryt.bsky.social @tfhbs.bsky.social
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This really is a great picture:
Well the new BSSH website is now live and is carrying this years conference info... www.sportinhistory.com/events/2026-...
Applications for the BSSH annual conference in Edinburgh this summer are now open. Abstracts of 200 words on any aspect of sport are welcome; the deadline for submissions is 31st March 2026.
The recent joint SPORTING HERITAGE and BSSH event at University of Huddersfield's Heritage Quay in which BSSH Chair Katie Taylor was a panel member discussing research and practice challenges, against the backdrop of the Women's Rugby League Exhibition.
THURSDAY 26 February 9.00am - REGISTRATION / TEA & COFFEE ON ARRIVAL (included) Venue: Hughes Hall, Cambridge, CB1 2EW 9.30am to 10.30am - Panel 1: Gender Chair: Philippa Velija Akanksha Kohli, Dominic Malcolm (Loughborough University) & Philippa Velija (University of Roehampton) - “I think I could see the turning point…people just came for good cricket”: Female Cricketers' Experiences of Professionalization Georgia Norman (Durham University) - How Has The Hundred Impacted the Lived Experience of Women Cricketers in England? Max He (Xi’an Jiaotong University) - State-feminism, Olympic status and gender relations in Chinese cricket 10:30am to 11.30am - Panel 2: History Chair: Jeremy Lonsdale Anand Rampersad (University of the West Indies) - Issues and Challenges to the Development of West Indies Women’s Cricket Tony Watts (St Catharine’s College, Cambridge) - Town v Gown, City v Village: A History of Cricket in Cambridge Fiona Reid (Bayfirth Research CIC), Susan Warren (SKS Scotland CIC) and Raf Nicholson (Bournemouth University) - The Unexpected Role of Fenners in Scotland Women's Cricket 11.30am to 11.45am - BREAK 11.45am to 12.45pm - Q&A: “Catching the Spirit?” The ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026
12.45pm - LUNCH (included) 1.45pm to 2.45pm - Panel 3: Inclusion Chair: Shubham Jain / Thomas Fletcher Ross Ensor (Leeds Beckett University) - Volunteering among ethnically diverse communities Adeela Shafi (University of Gloucestershire) - Future-Proofing Cricket: How AI-Driven, Bias-Resistant Talent Intelligence Can Transform the Game Kieran Holly (University of Huddersfield) - Why Cricket Fandom Matters: Using Irish cricket to demonstrate the need for a new research agenda in sport fan studies 2.45pm to 3.45pm - Panel 4: Representations of cricket Chair: Dominic Malcolm Rod Edmond (University of Kent) - Cricket and its Stories Richard Jones (University of Salford) - Cricket’s place in the sports news agenda Hannah Thompson-Radford (Swansea University) - “Stop dressing everything in pink”: Hyperfeminisation of the 2020 T20 World Cup Final 3.45pm - TEA & COFFEE (included) 4.00pm to 5.00pm - Panel 5: Governance & Sustainability Chair: Raf Nicholson Steve Menary - Cricket’s obsession with illegal betting sponsorship Shubham Jain (University of Cambridge) - Scorched Pitches: Climate Justice and Cricket's South Asian Paradox Stephen Ross (Pennsylvania State University) - Cricket in the Public Interest: The Need for Governance Reform 5.00pm - END
We are so excited about our conference, at Hughes Hall, Cambridge on 26 February - see full programme below.
There are still a few tickets remaining - grab one while you can:
www.cricketsociety.org.uk/events/crick...
And thank you to @bssh.bsky.social for your support 😊
Front cover of The Women in Whites: A History of Women's Cricket in England, by Raf Nicholson. The cover has photos of Enid Bakewell, Myrtle Maclagan, Charlotte Edwards, Rachael Heyhoe Flint and Sarah Taylor.
A major milestone yesterday: I submitted the manuscript of The Women in Whites 🍾🥳
This book has been years in the making - I started writing it during lockdown - so it feels surreal to actually have it off my desk!
Due out in May. Publisher: Pitch Publishing.
The UAE will participate in the Winter Olympics for the first time when the Games begin on February 6, 2026, in Italy. One of the two UAE athletes learned to ski at the indoor skiing facility Ski Dubai, while the other athlete has been naturalized.
www.thenationalnews.com/sport/2026/0...
Anya Shrubsole always speaks so wisely. In this case, her points about player use of social media and (near the end) about what makes a good coach are spot on.
Hopefully we do manage to keep her in the game in some form or another.
(The Anya portion of the podcast starts at 18.44)
#sportshistory "A most unsuitable game: Reflections on a community celebration of the women’s game in Scotland", @ihr.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social webinar, 26 Jan featuring @fionaskillen.bsky.social @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social & Karen Fraser. Booking now open: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
