Saw this and thought of the various betting and horse-racing historians at @bssh.bsky.social who'd enjoy examining the content and design of this poster at Sheffield train station.
Dr Alexander Jackson
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Curator @nfmofficial.bsky.social Former utility DEF. Views my own. 2023 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize Winner for Football's Great War by Pen & Sword.
It's a poor new design and, particularly, I've a whole dataset built through examining papers in the "North East" and "Yorkshire & Humber" regions The new design doesn't group papers this way, so going back to the data and replicating my methods is harder What we actually wanted BNA was better OCR
British Library@britishlibrary.bsky.social · last wk.Exciting news - the British Newspaper Archive's new platform is here Explore millions of digitised pages of newspapers and other publications from our British and Irish collections, dating as far back as the 1700s We can't wait to get exploring 🗞 link.bl.uk/7ci
Anyone else finding the new BNA website rubbish to use? I was researching a topic just last week with searches that generated 100s of relevant hits. Now the same search generates just a few irrelevant hits. Is anyone else having similar issues?
One for @refbooks.bsky.social - article on one of the English women who passed the County FA referees examination between 1968 and 1975 but who were banned from reffing men's games) Mollie Urquhart was invited though by Halifax Town to ref a pre-season training game
Seeing the news that Donald Trump is presenting the WC winners with World Cup Rings, brings to mind that in 1934 Benito Mussolini had his own trophy (Coppa Del Duce) made to present to the winners. Il Duce clearly missed a trick by not working with FIFA to sell limited edition copies though...
Contemporary collecting/documenting the pain update A shattered England wonderbawls in agony and heartache as a kanning by Messi kills the dream and sends England out
Current mood... Back in the 1900s the mail had many deliveries per day. So a postcard was one of the quickest ways to share your thoughts on why England went too early defending a lead and why Mainoo was taken if he wasn't going to be played... (NFM Collections)
England next played Argentina in 1953 during a tour of South America. These are from an album the AFA presented to the FA. 1st was a Buenos Aires XI van FA Xi. Billy Wright leads the FA side out while referee Arthur Ellis meets President Peron. Yes, we brought our own ref!
Going to bump this big interview with Dan Burn from the end of the season. What a special person he is - so glad he has been able to show the country what he’s all about over the last few weeks. It’s free to read.
George Caulkin@georgecaulkin.bsky.social · 3mo agoDan Burn interview: I rang mam and said ‘I don’t want to feel like this any more. When does it stop?’ The #NUFC & England defender talks mental health, speaking up, navigating a tough season, Eddie Howe, the World Cup and much more. This is FREE to read. www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...
Lets go back to the beginning - at least for official matches between #England and #Argentina. Here is the programme for the first in 1951 - a 2-1 win for England thanks to a late Jackie Milburn goal. This belonged to referee Richard Maddison, who officiated in Argentina in 1949 and 1950.
The early years of Alexander Watson Hutton, the Edinburgh man who became the 'father of Argentine football' www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
The early years of Alexander Watson Hutton
When Argentina lifted the World Cup in 2022 and retained the Copa America in 2024, the roots of their success were traced back to a Scottish pioneer, Alexander Watson Hutton. He overcame...
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OTD in 1930, the first FIFA World Cup began in Uruguay. In this article from the archives, Richard Mills explores how football fixtures created meaningful ties between Yugoslavia and its African and Asian allies.
Scoring for the Non-Aligned Movement: Yugoslavia, Football and the Third World
Continuing our History Workshop World Cup series, Richard Mills explores the role football played in establishing diplomatic ties between Tito’s […]
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Museum collecting and old fashioned print deadlines
Ahead of tonight's game between Belgium and Egypt, here here is preview of The Pharaohs in the official tournament programme for the 1934 FIFA Men's World Cup - they were the first African country to participate in the final tournament. (Courtesy of the Priory Collection)
@gedboy58.bsky.social - thought you might like this cartoon. From Nat Whittaker's scrapbook in @nfmofficial.bsky.social collections.
A few snapshoots for @refbooks.bsky.social from referee Nat Whittaker's scrapbook - part of @nfmofficial.bsky.social collections. For those who don't know, Nat was also the Secretary of the Southern League and the 1907 FA Cup final referee.
Venue of Lionesses' first home game honoured. Full story - www.englandfootball.com/articles/202... #sportshistory
As found in the Nottingham Football Post, 2 April 1910 - issues with adults getting over involved in kids football is nothing new!
Was sad to read recently of the death of artist Glen Baxter. I grew up with a copy of the Collected Blurtings of Baxter, so it was special to recognize one of his works when we took a loan from the Players Foundation a few years ago. A small slice of his surrealist humour.
To accompany Sheffield Theatres production of The Ladies Football Club, they and Sheffield Homes of Football have arranged a series of talks - I'll be chatting about women's football during the First world War on Saturday at 5pm at the Crucible www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/extra-time-b...
Loving today's documentation task. Loving it ..
Something for @refbooks.bsky.social - a pre-printed postcard that Arthur Ellis had produced to help him respond to (presumably) the many enquiries he got. This one has been used to say thanks for being congratulated on getting the 1952 FA Cup referee appointment.
Scanned a few things last week, including magazine build up to the 1935 FA Cup. Personal favourite is the photo of George Shaw (WBA) who 'can knit a pull-over a good deal better than most women' with his wife and their wee baby in the tub.
What would Sir Jim Ratcliffe make of all this I wonder? (From NFM Collection)
Another page from the 1934 World Cup programme - this time showing trophies and awards. It includes the Coppa Del Duce, commissioned by dictator Benito Mussolini as an additional prize for the winners, and much larger than the Jules Rimet trophy.(Priory Collection)
Another highlight from the 1934 World Cup programme - a cool but somewhat challenging infographic on the qualifiers. Courtesy of the Priory Collection.
One @refbooks.bsky.social - guide to the match officials from the 1934 FIFA World Cup programme. (Courtesy of the Priory Collection) Includes the first African referee at a World Cup.
Some extra gloss for #Macclesfield + their amazing win - Crystal Palace were the last non-League team to knock out the Cup holders (Wolves) in 1909 Then the FL only had 2 divisions. Palace were in the 1st Division of the Southern League - a bit like the 3rd Division. They also had cup form - 1/2
