British Pathe has pulled together a set of 51 short newsreel films about female football teams as part of the English FA’s 150th anniversary. They are intriguing for a number of reasons – not least because of the FA’s ban on… Read More ›
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Manchester United in 1905/06 Image via Wikipedia Football has always been about finding the net. And there is no doubt that it has found it over the last five years with an explosion in newly-digitised historical material. Digital history is… Read More ›
Who was the real RS McColl?
Another gem from British Pathe – featuring Robert Smyth McColl, co-founder of the sweetie shop and newsagent chain which bears his name to this day. Click on the image to view. He was one of Scotland’s greatest players, scoring a… Read More ›