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What is the England v Australia Ashes Origin Story?

14th November 2025

What is the England v Australia Ashes Origin Story? As we all know, the England v Australia rivalry in cricket goes back a long way but do you know the details of the Ashes Origin Story? The first test match between the two countries was in 1877 when James Lillywhite led an England team on […]

Nils Middelboe – Chelsea FC’s first Foreign Player

16th October 2025

A bit of Ryder Cup History

11th September 2025

We’re eagerly awaiting the start of this year’s Ryder Cup. We’ve been testing ourselves – and failing – on what we know about its history. So we did a bit of digging and here’s what we found: Samuel Ryder originally sponsored the Ryder Cup after watching a friendly transatlantic match at Wentworth in 1926. Ryder […]

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Early football books of the Victorian era generally covered both the Association and Rugby games. As the two codes diverged, Rugby started to produce its own literature with a number of instructional titles and scarce early tour books appearing before World War One, both in the UK and New Zealand. Few rugby autobiographies appeared before the 1970s as strict guidelines on professionalism prevented players from committing their memories to print. The last few decades have see a vast increase in rugby liternature and dozens of titles are now published annually.

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