Neil Carter @neil1carter
Historian of sport and modern Britain Author of Cycling and the British (2021) and other books Winner, East Cleveland Schools 6-a-side, 1978 #UTB bloomsbury.com/uk/cycling-and… De Montfort University Joined February 2022-
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Interested in the history of sport? Considering postgraduate study? Want a course that is flexible, offers full and part-time study routes and is fully online? Our MA Sports History and Culture could be for you! Applications open NOW! @ICSHC @dmuleicester dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/…
Delighted that my .@odnb entry on Jack Charlton has been published .@ICSHC .@DMUHistory doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9…
New @ICSHC @DMUHistory managerial profiles for the next two @LCFC Matchday Magazines. We profile two little known managers - Jimmy Jewell of @NorwichCityFC and Bill Camkin of @BCFC
It was an honour and a privilege to meet Richard Banks and family yesterday to commemorate his grandfather Lucius Banks, the first black pro rugby league player and first American to play pro rugby. Huge thanks to @HunsletRLFC for a wonderful welcome.
'DMU professor of sports history joins prestigious panel for new national blue plaque scheme'. @dmuleicester article on @ICSHC Director, Prof. Martin Polley dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news…… @HistoryMartin @HistoricEngland
1/2 Our @matthew_mtaylor and @HistoryMartin have articles in the new sport-themed edition of The Historian, the magazine of @histassoc history.org.uk/publications/r…
Well done @bbhorley on defending your @DMUHistory @ICSHC thesis on ‘Speedway Racing in England, 1928-1965’ yesterday. Special thanks to examiners @FionaSkillen @HistoryMartin, chair @profpanayi and fellow supervisor Dave Dee
My profile of Arthur Dickinson, manager of The Wednesday 1891-1920, will appear in the @LCFC programme for tonight's game v @swfc. Under his guidance, Wednesday joined the Football League and won it twice, and won the FA Cup twice. @ICSHC @DMUHistory @dmuleicester
Job: National Blue Plaques Scheme Historian @HistoricEngland app.beapplied.com/apply/vceinbyt… @ICSHC
#OnThisDay in 1908: 🇨🇦 heavyweight #boxing world champion Tommy Burns knocked out 🇬🇧Jack Palmer in London #sporthistory #cullturalhistory 👉See how English boxing became a #European #spectacle before 1914, thanks to @SylvainVille (CHSSC-@UPJV_Univ )👇 ehne.fr/en/encyclopedi…
A belated plug for @wyngrant ‘s excellent and timely book which presaged the Super League and examines football’s weak system of regulation among other issues
"I feel like I found my home at @dmuleicester' Read here about our student Abi's journey to our MA Sport History and Culture course: dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news… @ICSHC @equalitydmu
Historiography of the early #cycling history: an extraordinary list of early books written in 1860-1870's. peletome.com/early-bicycle-…
Want a career in sport? DMU’s Sport Management MSc works w/several national governing bodies, pro sport clubs, & grassroots orgs to provide industry experience. Check out our course: dmu.ac.uk/sportmanagement - students & alum working @birminghamcg22 dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news…
@GBDiving @noordinarypark @TeamGB What a great day touring @noordinarypark to learn about Olympic legacy @dmuleicester @DMUHistory #MadeFromMore
Today the @dmuleicester Sport Management MSc students are touring the London Olympic Park @noordinarypark as part of our International Sport module. Follow along here & also on DMU instagram stories as student Ally shares our day #MadeFromMore @DMUHistory
Regular reminder that football didn't begin in 1992. Nketiah might have equalled Arsenal PL record if he had scored 4 v Sheff Utd, but in 1935 Ted Drake scored 7 v Villa youtube.com/watch?v=RVbuVz…
Dr Katie Taylor @DrKatieTaylor
884 Followers 362 Following Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University. Researching women's involvement in American football. Vice Chair BSSH.
Professor Fiona Skill.. @FionaSkillen
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Steve Bolton @DagenhamInvince
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FootyCon @FootyCon
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Conor Heffernan @PhysCstudy
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Martin R Polley @HistoryMartin
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Dr Alexander Jackson @DrAlexJack1
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Andy Mitchell @AndyMitchMedia
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Dr Carol Osborne @osborne_carol
982 Followers 865 Following PGR Developer @HuddersfieldUni |Research: Women / Gender in Sports History | Climbing History | Romfordian, Italian heritage | Present but not always here.
Dr Gary James @GaryJamesWriter
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The Football History .. @TFHBs
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Lauren Beatty @LaurenBeatty93
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Max Portman @WHUHistorian
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Sporting Heritage @sportinghistory
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DMU History @DMUHistory
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Huw Richards @huwrichards3
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Ged O'Brien @gedboy58
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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes
8K Followers 1K Following Historian of Wales, sport, politics & popular culture @SwanseaUni. Books include: Wales since 1939, England's Colony? & Welsh Not.
Adam Burns @ADBHist
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Dr Andy Carter @andykerrcarter
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Dr Carol Thomas B.E.M.. @First_2_Fifty
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Ari de Wilde @aodewilde
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Mila-rose Housner @HousnerMil70461
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Beverley Albrecht @BeverleAlbrec
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Carlie Wensel @carli_wen
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Dr Katie Taylor @DrKatieTaylor
884 Followers 362 Following Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University. Researching women's involvement in American football. Vice Chair BSSH.
Professor Fiona Skill.. @FionaSkillen
4K Followers 5K Following Professor in History, GCU. Research: sports & gender history, heritage &volunteering. BBC Woman Expert.
Steve Bolton @DagenhamInvince
1K Followers 2K Following Women's Football Historian #LizzyAshcroft Grandson St Helens 1921 - 1923 Dick Kerr Ladies 1923 - 1935 Captain
Conor Heffernan @PhysCstudy
4K Followers 5K Following Lecturer @UlsterUni. Author of The History of Physical Culture in Ireland and the History of Physical Culture. Co-host of @boysweveseen & @GettingColour
Martin R Polley @HistoryMartin
3K Followers 2K Following Director of @ICSHC & Professor @dmuhistory. Historian of sport. Author of Moving the Goalposts, Sports History: a practical guide, & The British Olympics.
Dr Alexander Jackson @DrAlexJack1
1K Followers 548 Following Curator @FootballMuseum Author of https://t.co/A32GsyV07r… Utility DEF. Views my own. 2023 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize Winner
Andy Mitchell @AndyMitchMedia
2K Followers 461 Following Scottish football historian, researcher and author.
Dr Carol Osborne @osborne_carol
982 Followers 865 Following PGR Developer @HuddersfieldUni |Research: Women / Gender in Sports History | Climbing History | Romfordian, Italian heritage | Present but not always here.
Dr Gary James @GaryJamesWriter
15K Followers 3K Following Honorary Research Fellow @DMUhistory; Visiting Research Prof at NYU; Author & Historian. New website https://t.co/nPOtO7U1Do
The Football History .. @TFHBs
21K Followers 934 Following Teachers, authors & football historians - @Benny_J + @GJ_Thomas. Winners @The_FCAs 2014/Finalists 2019. Members: @FB_Collective 🏴 Book link below!
Lauren Beatty @LaurenBeatty93
436 Followers 589 Following 🏞🏛🧘♀️🥾 AHRC Sporting Heritage PhD student at GCU and R&A World Golf Museum researching women's club golf in Scotland 1945-1995
Max Portman @WHUHistorian
727 Followers 1K Following @westham fan & @humanities_chi PhD candidate focusing on West Ham since the 1980s @BritSportHisSoc Membership Secretary. @SportinHistory1 podcast editor. He/Him
Sporting Heritage @sportinghistory
4K Followers 4K Following Working to keep your sporting stories alive. Visit our website, add your collection & join our networks. National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th Sept #NSHD2024
DMU History @DMUHistory
3K Followers 3K Following The feed of the History team located within the School of Humanities, Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities, De Montfort University, Leicester, England.
Huw Richards @huwrichards3
831 Followers 494 Following Journalist, university lecturer, political inactivist, Swansea City fan. Not sent off at 1987 Rugby Union World Cup.
Martin Johnes @martinjohnes
8K Followers 1K Following Historian of Wales, sport, politics & popular culture @SwanseaUni. Books include: Wales since 1939, England's Colony? & Welsh Not.
Adam Burns @ADBHist
9K Followers 8K Following Politics teacher and historian | author (books above) | dysgwr Cymraeg | PhD EdD FRHistS FRSA SFHEA | views own, RTs ≠ endorsement | 🏳️🌈 he/him
Jake Madgwick Lawton @jakemadg
845 Followers 3K Following gooner & hibee. working on PhD @LiverpoolHopeUK about Interwar European Football. co-founder of @goonertee3.
dmuleicester @dmuleicester
53K Followers 2K Following Find your new beginning at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU), in our welcoming community 👩🏾🤝🧑🏻
Tony Collins @collinstony
4K Followers 1K Following Historian. Emeritus Professor of History at DMU, Fellow at Institute of Sports Humanities. ‘The history books are not enough - where are the wage lists?'
Physical Culture Hist.. @PhysCHistorians
478 Followers 2K Following Preserving & reviving historical exercise methods for mind, body, & spirit—using wands, Indian clubs, calisthenics & more. Please check out our YouTube channel!
OnLondon @OnLondon
5K Followers 2K Following For the Good City. Politics, development & culture of the capital. Website run by @DaveHill and written by him and an array of fellow Londoncentrics
Dave Hill @DaveHill
22K Followers 1K Following Writes about London's politics, places & people. Runs website @OnLondon. Podcasts & trustee @LondonSoc. Aka novelist @vanewriter. Award winner. Busy.
cycling archives @mission753
11K Followers 534 Following Classic cycling photos from years gone. British amateur and professional scene, continental racing included. Email [email protected]
Dr Carol Thomas B.E.M.. @First_2_Fifty
1K Followers 592 Following England Women's Football Captain. First woman FA qualified coach, to 50 Caps, to captain England 50 times & to lead England Women to 2 tournament victories
The Howard League @TheHowardLeague
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Emmy 🌻 @emmyailish
478 Followers 518 Following Project Manager / Runner / MA History of Design and Material Culture Graduate researching interwar beachwear, homemade dress and women’s magazines.
Velon CC @VelonCC
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Wonkhe @Wonkhe
44K Followers 14K Following Home of the higher education debate. Founder & Editor in Chief: @markmleach
Jim Dickinson @jim_dickinson
14K Followers 4K Following @Wonkhe SUs. Trustee @WinchesterSU. HE policy. Pop. Pro EU(rovision). Windmills not walls. Giggling incredulity. Dreams of visiting Moldova.
INEOS Grenadiers @INEOSGrenadiers
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BBC Radio 5 Live @bbc5live
673K Followers 217 Following The voice of the UK and the @BBC's home of breaking news and sport. Tweet @bbc5live to contact the studio directly. Listen on @BBCSounds.
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Ari de Wilde @aodewilde
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James Meadway @meadwaj
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Michael Warburton @TheMonologist
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307K Followers 210 Following Senior Fellow @BrookingsInst, previously Chief Economist @IIF and Chief FX Strategist @GoldmanSachs. Opinions are my own. Email: [email protected].
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10K Followers 2K Following Front pages from the UK ... now with Aus & the US. I neither agree or disagree with posts & I'm not responsible for their content. Sσmєtímєѕ í míѕtчpє ⌨
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1K Followers 616 Following Everything from cattle diseases through economic policy to football commentary. I first appeared on live television at age 13 , now have a face for radio at 77
Chris Jones @ChrisJo93299298
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richard brooks @rbrooks45
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Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957
85K Followers 4K Following Historian and author. I tweet facts that happened on This Day in History at 8:30 AM (BST). It’s a journey to educate and entertain. Images: google images
Chris Hopkins @ChrisHopkins92
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Mark Turner @DrMarkTurner
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Interested in the history of sport? Considering postgraduate study? Want a course that is flexible, offers full and part-time study routes and is fully online? Our MA Sports History and Culture could be for you! Applications open NOW! @ICSHC @dmuleicester dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/…
Delighted to have my entry on Welsh rugby union great JJ Williams published in the latest updates to our national reference Valhalla @odnb Sadly many more to come in both codes - selections not yet made but can't believe Barry John, JPR, Clive Rowlands, Dai Watkins won't qualify
Last time I went to Oxford I was supposed to work, but a few dodgy appts in my diary later and the mobile turned off, I drove over from Cambridge to watch the Class of 2011 give up. Hoping for better tonight 🙏 #Imps
@NeilDotObrien @timleunig Sadly, this chart displays the warped values of Tory Britain. Nursing at the bottom- economics at the top. That’s daft. I have a degree in economics - it’s worth less than horseshit. I did all right in my career, but it had little to do with that degree. I felt so deprived of a…
1/2 Delighted to see my entry for tennis legend Angela Buxton published today in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biographical (@odnb) doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9… Buxton reached the final of Wimbledon in 1956 but it was her win in the doubles competition that year with Althea Gibson
My paper presented at AELTC’s Tennis History Conference, last year, has just been published in The Tennis Historian. Nice to see! @WimbledonMuseum
New @ICSHC @DMUHistory managerial profiles for the next two @LCFC Matchday Magazines. We profile two little known managers - Jimmy Jewell of @NorwichCityFC and Bill Camkin of @BCFC
It was an honour and a privilege to meet Richard Banks and family yesterday to commemorate his grandfather Lucius Banks, the first black pro rugby league player and first American to play pro rugby. Huge thanks to @HunsletRLFC for a wonderful welcome.
Just received paperback edition from @OUPHistory of 'Enemies in the Empire' which I co-authored with @StefanManz2 with research support from @HenkelStiftung
My list of heroes of journalism - just my opinion - neither right nor wrong ... * Alan Rushbridger * Emily Maitlis * Victoria Derbyshire * Jon Sopel * Eddie Mair (mainly because of his 2013 interview with disgraced former PM Johnson that should have served as a warning to us all)…
As a taster for my upcoming biography of the great black Welsh rugby pioneer Roy Francis, here's my new article uncovering the amazing life of his father Lionel, who went from Welsh miner to prominent black politician in America. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/share/BRJQ9BHZ…
A timeline of the 15 marathon stories I chose for Women's History Month from Violet Piercy in 1926 to Paula Radcliffe in 2003. Putting them in a timeline highlights the connections between runners. runyoung50.co.uk/marathon-stori… #MarathonHistory #WomensRunningHistory
RIP Lewis Jones, one of the greatest rugby players ever to lace a boot. Here he is in November 1952 signing for Leeds and making his debut for the club. Leeds were so keen to sign him they didn't have enough money in the bank to cover the cheque for his £6,000 signing fee!
Blue Plaque in Ilkley for #midwife Daphne Steele, the first Black matron in the @NHSuk. It's wonderful to be a small part of this big story through my work on the #BluePlaques panel @DCMS @HistoricEngland bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Britain and the First World War: not just battles history.org.uk/publications/r… Also in the same edition, an article by @DMUHistory alumnus @PaulaKitching
2/2 Matt writes on the history of women's boxing in Britain, and Martin explores White City, the world's first modern Olympic stadium. #sportshistory #boxing #WhiteCity
1/2 Our @matthew_mtaylor and @HistoryMartin have articles in the new sport-themed edition of The Historian, the magazine of @histassoc history.org.uk/publications/r…
🎲"Across the country, people are trying to make ends meet, build financial security and pursue their aspirations. But, in a vicious cycle of snakes and ladders, many are being pulled down into poverty." Read our latest report with @IPPR: 👇 changingrealities.org/writings/snake…
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