Looking forward to a new year of swimming history.... And some actual swimming, at historic baths in Glasgow and beyond! #Swimming #SportingHistory #SportingHeritage #SwimmingHistory #Glasgow

From Victorian pioneers to modern-day sell-out crowds, Boxing Day sport has stayed woven into the fabric of British festive life.

Source**:** The Guardian “How Boxing Day sport became a permanent fixture in our hearts” (Rob Bagchi, 2011)

#boxingdayfootball #sportinghistory #sportingheritage

It’s one of the most enduring stories of football’s ability to bring people together, even in wartime, even on frozen ground. #footballandwar #festivefootball #sportinghistory #sportingheritage

Source:
Imperial War Museum “The Real Story of the Christmas Truce”

Boxing Day football survived as the big festive tradition, but Christmas Day football quietly slipped into history. #sportinghistory #sportingheritage

📖 Main source: “What happened to football on Christmas Day? The lost history of a Victorian tradition” – Paul Brown, FourFourTwo (2024).

Today, Boxing Day football remains a uniquely British tradition, unlike most European leagues that pause play entirely for the holidays.

#sportinghistory #boxingdayfootball #sportingheritage

Source: FIFA Museum – “Why the Brits play football on Boxing Day” by Guy Oliver

Congratulations, @brendan_author
on the publication of 'The Game That Would Be King' - OUT NOW in the UK & US!!! Enjoy publication week!
#soccerhistory #publicationday #newrelease #soccergifts #sportinghistory #sportsgifts

Photograph of a tennis match viewed from above. Two female players are in action on the court on the left of the photograph. The umpire is in his chair on the right of the photo. A pavilion in the back centre with crowds surrounding the court on all sides. A wooded area in the top left of the photograph.

The Edgbaston Priory tennis club is celebrating its 150th anniversary and seeing as today is #NSHD2025, here’s a photo of Wimbledon Champion Dorothy Round winning the club trophy against World No 1 Antia Lizana in 1937. Ref - WK/E1/1215 #sportinghistory #EdgbastonPriory #LibraryofBham

Here's a #sportinghistory nugget for you @sportingheritage.bsky.social

A fax from a young fan sent to the 🇨🇿 Czech Republic's ice hockey team during their incredible underdog gold medal victory in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. 🏒 🇯🇵

It depicts the legendary goaltender Dominik Hašek, who was key to the team's success. #sportinghistory

Discover the incredible story of Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp's neck-and-neck finish in the inaugural Daytona 500. #Daytona500 #NASCARHistory #LeePetty #JohnnyBeauchamp #PhotoFinish #RacingLegends #MotorsportDrama #NASCAR #SportingHistory #RacingFacts

Out of Doors - Thick Trunk Tuesday, Queen Victoria's Picnic Cottage and Urban Swimming - BBC Sounds Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

What a treat to chat with Mark Stephen from BBC Radio Scotland about historic swimming in the Clyde, at the very spot on Glasgow Green where there was once a set of diving boards! Listen at 1:18:46 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #GlasgowGreen #swimming #OutdoorSwimming #UrbanSwimming #SportingHistory

Okay I'm looking for accounts that do #sportinghistory or #videogamehistory to create a list for my feed.... Anyone?

Following the successful launch of 'A Most Unsuitable Game' at the Wigtown Book Festival, another event took place on Wednesday at the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. Participants included Elsie Cook and Eddi Reader. #SportingHistory #WomensFootball #WomensHistory