Leicestershire Football Archive

The following “Call to Arms” poem, written by Edward Oppenheim, encouraging footballers to take the King’s shilling, appeared in many newspapers during November 1914. Edward Phillips Oppenheim, born in Leicester…

An illustration of the British Ladies’ Football Club’s first public match which took place at Crouch End, London on 25 March 1895, between teams representing the ‘North’ and the ‘South’,…

A star studded array of internationals turned out for the famous London-based Corinthians FC against Leicester Fosse at Walnut Street on Boxing Day afternoon 1899. Founded some 17 years earlier…

Fosse Victory …. Nine Players …. Lost Kit … Magenta Shirts …. No goals scored by Fosse players ….. Missed Connection …. and more! Saturday’s game at Grimsby, when Fosse…

In aid of the Town Fund for sending Christmas presents to Market Harborough soldiers and sailors a comic football match and a fancy dance took place on Saturday last, arranged…

A silver and gold Leicestershire Challenge Shield winners badge 1900 went on sale on E-Bay for £105 ono in December 2024. Introduced in the 1892-93 season the Leicestershire Shield was…

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? 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…

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.…

A LEICESTER City Christmas card evokes memories of an era when the shorts were baggy, the boots were like tempered steel, and the ball was so hard it cut heads…