I have written a number of articles about the origins of Bradford sport which have been published variously on the following websites: PLAYING PASTS and VINCIT (an online journal of Bradford Sport History) as well as The World Rugby Museum website. I also contribute to the Bradford City supporters’ website. WIDTH OF A POST. These, as well as planned future articles, are summarised as below.
Published on PLAYING PASTS…
The role of social networks on the early development of football
The case of Bradford FC and the origins of football as a business
The origins of professional football in Bradford
Reconsidering 1895 – a Bradford perspective
Published on the World Rugby Museum website…
Bradford’s contribution to rugby history
Published on VINCIT (www.bradfordsporthistory.com) …
Social networks and the historic development of sport in c19th Bradford
The nicknames of Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue
Bradford’s England RU internationals of the 19th century
The story of Tony Fattorini and his contribution to sport
Lost sports grounds of Bradford: Usher Street
Historic Bradford pubs with links to early football in the district
The history of the Bradford City programme
The construction of Park Avenue, Bradford in 1879-80
Aborigine cricketers in Bradford, 1868
Harry Briggs: the benefactor of Bradford Park Avenue
Bradford’s military heritage and the links with sport: the story of the Bradford Rifles.
Victorian athletic festivals in Bradford
Origins of cycling in Bradford, 1869
Bradford City’s record-breaking championship season of 1928/29
Centenary of the Bradford Rugby revival in 1919 and the Scholemoor ground at Lidget Green, Bradford
The role of the railways in the development of Bradford sport
The story of Shipley FC and Bradford’s other c19th junior rugby clubs
The origins of women’s football in Bradford
The significance of sport in shaping a Bradford identity
History of the Bradford Charity Cup
Compendium of Bradford sports club names
The late development of soccer in Bradford
What’s in a name? Semantics about Bradford City and Park Avenue
John Nunn, Bradford physical aesthete
150th anniversary of football in Bradford, 1867-2017
The history of Bradford rugby and the case to reassess the split in English rugby in 1895 My findings from investigation of the origins and development of Bradford football provide sufficient evidence to challenge the orthodox view that the split in English rugby was driven by social class as opposed to the economics of sport.
The myth that the City – Avenue rivalry was based on class politics
The political origins of Bradford Cricket Club in 1836: Blaming the Tories
Cricket: the DNA of Bradford sport
Bradford football: the long view
Other articles are scheduled in coming months on the following subjects:
- the origins of soccer in Bradford;
- the history of sports journalism in Bradford;
- the political history of Odsal Stadium; and
- Bradford’s forgotten sports grounds.
Published on WIDTH OF A POST:
The issue of Odsal – the historic context of the Bradford RL Ground Question
Prospects of Bradford Bulls finding a new ground in Bradford
The following features are published on this blog, WOOL CITY RIVALS:
About the evolution of BCAFC crests and identities…
Bradford City AFC & the Boar’s Head identity
Application of the Bradford civic crest
How Bradford City became known as the Bantams
The origins of the City Gent identity
Traditional BCAFC shirt designs
Claret, amber and WHITE. The traditional third colour.
Other features…
Pioneering black footballers in Bradford
The origins of The City Gent magazine
Other Bradford football fanzines
The first football supporters magazine in Bradford
The early development of Valley Parade, 1886-1908
The origins of the stand that burned down at Valley Parade
The last game at Odsal Stadium , 1st September 2019
Back to the Future: Changes at Horsfall Stadium / Bradford Park Avenue
The visit of Portsmouth and Chelsea supporters to Bradford, February 1912
Situations Wanted – Player adverts
The first Germans at Valley Parade
Odsal Stadium – an unwelcome home for soccer
Harry Hanger ex BCAFC – war casualty?
Talk at Bradford Library 19th May, 2018
Talk at International Conference of Football History, 7th June 2018
Wool City Rivals 