Leicestershire’s First Ladies Football Match
Suffragette Nettie Honeyball and manager Alfred Hewitt Smit founded the British Ladies’ Football Club or the Lady Footballers, who arranged tours usually as North v South or Reds v Blues…
A Bonfire Night Tragedy
On Saturday, 5 November 1892, a tragic accident occurred in Barrow, Leicestershire, resulting in the death of William Charles Palmer (36), a labourer from Woodhouse Eaves. Palmer was driving a…
Coalville FC’s First-Ever Game – February 1876
Leicester Chronicle – Saturday 26 February 1876
Football Crimes, Fines & Misdemeanours 1895-96
Leicestershire Football Association ruled football in the county with a rod of iron. Crimes and misdemeanours by players, officials and clubs were severely dealt with. A small selection of the…