Leicestershire Shield Winners Badge 1900
A silver and gold Leicestershire Challenge Shield winners badge 1900 went on sale on EBay for £105 ono in December 2024. Introduced in the 1892-93 season the Leicestershire Shield was…
EMGALS
The evening was set fair for the Grand Challenge Football Match at Birstall Longslade School. And the comments were coming thick and fast from the team in maroon and blue.…
Should Women Play Football?
SHOULD women play football? The answer from several directions is an emphatic “No.” Men dismiss the idea as ungraceful; medical opinion says it is unwise; and the Football Association says…
Melton Footballers World War 1
The following three letters were published on Christmas Eve 1915 in the Melton Mowbray Times and Vale of Belvoir Gazette. FOOTBALL WANTED To the Editor of the Melton Mowbray Times.…