Author: nigelfreestone1960

George Harry Newton (21) clerk, Loughborough, was indicted in 1897 for forging a receipt for the payment of £1 15s., with intent to defraud, and to a second indictment charging…

In total, 22,092 British soldiers were killed, 75,430 returned home sick or wounded and a further 934 missing in the Second Boer War. Within that number were D.D. Stewart, previously…

‘Lord’ George Sanger, an English showman and circus proprietor, grew up working in travelling peep shows and successfully ran shows and circuses throughout much of the nineteenth century with his…

This old notice of a football match played on Loughborough’s Athletic Ground in 1894 was brought to light when a wall was uncovered during alterations to the Cattle Market premises…

Ernest Veasey (23) sadly died following injuries received in a match between Aylestone United and All Saints at Aylestone in January 1898. In a most remarkable coincidence, the deceased played…

Advertisement from The Wyvern periodical. Leicester Fosse at their fourth attempt managed to qualify for the first round proper of the English Challenge Cup having beaten Mansfield Town, Mansfield Greenhalgh…

Loughborough & District League medal 1896-97. The Loughborough & District League was formed in 1896, at the time when there was already a junior league serving the Loughborough area (North…

Competitions for predicting the results of football matches are as old as competitive football. The Hinckley Times newspaper, for example, throughout the 1898-99 season, offered a premier prize of two…

Leicester Fosse’s first game on 1 November 1884 against Syston Fosse was played on a field close to where the Midland Railway’s Leicester to Burton line crossed, what is now…

J Lakin had a leg amputated in 1899 following a tragic accident in a round 1 Whitwick Charity Cup tie against Coalville Town. A collection was made on the ground,…