Archive for October, 2008
10 October 1908
Football in the Potteries and south Cheshire was suffering from a downturn this season 100 years ago. With no Football League clubs, the highest grade football played in the region was in the Birmingham League. Results in this competition from 10 October 1908 included: Crewe Alexandra 5, Brierley Hill 0; Stoke 7, Wellington Town 2; [...]
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Tags: 100 Years Ago, 1908, Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Stoke City
5 October 1908
Although there is a universal condemnation of the taking of drugs by athletes today, it was not always so. Going back a century, discussion about the possible use of what we would call performance enhancing drugs took place in the national press without any obvious criticism. The impetus for this seems to have been the events [...]
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Tags: 100 Years Ago, 1908, Performance enhancing drugs, Sport and drugs
The next fair I shall be attending is at Stoke City’s Britannia Stadium next Sunday, 12 October, from 10.30 until 1.30. The fair will be held in the lower concourse of the West Stand and apart from Soccer History there will be a selection of stalls selling badges, programmes and general football memorabilia. The event [...]
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3 October 1908
On this day 100 years ago the Football Association announced the squad of 18 players for the Great Britain team for the 1908 Olympic Games due to take place shortly. As can be seen this was effectively an England Amateur squad, with players from the other Home Nations not considered. With the exception of Crabtree [...]
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Tags: 100 Years Ago, 1908, Olympic Games
