Football Collection (#13)

Prince Albert visiting the Civil Service Sports Day
Prince Albert (future King George VI) (1895-1952), who had just become Duke of York visiting the Civil Service Sports Day at Stamford Bridge (the home of Chelsea Football Club)

Partick Thistle FC football team 1936. Back row: Calderwood (Captain), Cummings, Johnstone, Elliot, Sutherland, MLeod. Front row: Regan, MKennan, Wylie, Hastie, MLennan. Date: 1936

Pasadena, California, USA - The Rose Bowl Date: 1946

US FOOTBALL PLAYER RUNS
Clutching the ball under his arm, a player sprints for the line as opponents try to intercept him. Date: 1893

THANKSGIVING US FOOTBALL
Princeton and Yale battle for the Championship in a fierce match at Berkeley Oval. Date: 1889

US CIVIL WAR FOOTBALL
The rules of the game are overlooked by soldiers during a brutal game in camp, as fights break out everywhere and the ball is ignored. Date: 1865

Discussing us Football
A smartly attired young man, wearing a Chesterfield overcoat and bowler hat, discusses tactics with a player. Date: 1907

Womens Football
Womens football : the referee with her whistle about to start the game Date: circa 1920s

FOOTBALL MATCH
Boys playing a football match. Date: 1951

FOOTBALLER / JACKSON
J. Jackson, who played for West Ham United. Date: circa 1905

GIRL GANG / FOOTBALL / 2817
A group of girls sitting on a kerbstone in an East Glasgow street, Scotland. One of the girls, wearing stripy socks, is holding a football. Date: 1960s

Burnley Football Club - Team

Stoke Football Club - Team

Nottingham Forest Football Club - Team

The Scotland International Football Team
10. The Scotland International Football Team - February 1923 Date: 1923

Preston North End Football Club - Team

Blackburn Rover Football Club - Team

West Bromwich Albion Football Club - Team

Aston Villa Football Club - Team

View of sugar mill, Viti Levu Island, Fiji, South Pacific
View of Lautoka Sugar Mill with football pitch and town buildings, Viti Levu Island, Fiji, South Pacific. Date: circa 1920

Football Match between England and Scotland - Trimulgherry
Football Match between England and Scotland - Tirumalagiri (Trimulgherry), a major suburb of Secunderabad, India. Date: 1907

The Hon. Richard Lygon, the son of Earl Beauchamp, pictured in goal in a match against Malvern having signed amateur forms to play for Worcester City. Date: 1937

Swindon Town Football Club 1907-8 season. Swindons exploits at this time owed a lot to the skilful forward Harold John Fleming (1887-1955)

New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Football game at the Yale Bowl. Date: circa 1930s

International Football - England vs. Scotland in Glasgow
International Football - England vs. Scotland at Hampden Park in Glasgow - Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) shaking hands with the Scottish team before kickoff. Date: 1935

Football match at Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India
Football match in progress at Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India. circa 1907

Thomas Crawshaw, English footballer
Thomas Henry Tommy Crawshaw (1872-1960), footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday, Chesterfield, Castleford and England. 1890s

Sunderland Association Football Club, 1894-95
Sunderland Association Football Club committee and players, league champions in the 1894-95 season: Wallace (Financial Secretary), Dodds (Trainer), McNeil, Doig, Wilson, Gow, McCreadie, Henderson

The Leas Preparatory School, Hoylake, Wirral, Cheshire. Date: 1916

Woolwich Arsenal FC team and officials 1909-1910
Woolwich Arsenal Football Club team and officials, season of 1909-1910. Back row: Lawrence, Drain, Lewis, MacEachrane, Thompson, Lee, Gray, MacDonald

Glasgow Rangers FC football team c 1922-1923. Back row: Lawson, Reid, Roberts, Jamieson, Gould, Walls, Rollo, Hansen, Laird

Dixie Dean, Captain of Everton FC football team
W R (Dixie) Dean (1907-1980), English footballer, Captain of Everton FC football team, seen here (right) in action during a match. Date: 1930s

Luton Town FC football team 1936. Back row: Finlayson, Pakes (Trainer), Mackey, Kingham, Dolman, Smith, Liddle (Manager), Godfrey, Fellowes

Leeds United FC football team 1934-1935. Back row: Sproston, Edwards, McDougall (Captain), McInroy, Milburn, Hornby. Front row: Duggan, Stephenson, Hydes, Furness, Cochrane. Date: 1934-1935

The Roman game of Pila using a follis inflated ball
The Roman game of Pila (passing a ball in a traingle with the arm/hand) using a follis (folliculus) inflated ball. This passage from Plautus offers further explanation: " If a small (pila)

I Wonder Whats For Tea. Ayresome Park Middlesbrough. 1973
I Wonder Whats For Tea. Ayresome Park Middlesbrough. March 1973 1973

Juan and Eva Peron watching a football match
Juan Peron (1895-1974), President of Argentina, and his wife Eva (Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, 1919-1952), at the Racing Club in Buenos Aires to watch football matches between Formosa and Santa Fe

Aerial view, Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Aerial view of Briggs Stadium and the skyline of Detroit, Michigan, USA. The stadium was the home of the Detroit Tigers (baseball) and the Detroit Lions (football)

Bomb damage at Old Trafford - Manchester United
The bomb damaged main stands at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United Football Club following bombing raids on the city during World War Two. Date: 1944

Himantolophus groenlandicus, football fish
A female specimen of the football fish (Himantolophus groenlandicus) which is on display in the Natural History Museums Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles Gallery (number 12)

Ladies Football, 1895: Miss Nettie Honeyball
The wonderfully named Miss Nettie J. Honeyball, captain of the British Ladies Football Club, in her football costume(blouse, blue serge knickerbockers, shin pads and football boots) in 1895. 1895

Cricket at Bramall Lane 1911
A view of the Bramall Lane cricket ground, Sheffield. In progress is a three day Test Trial match (1st to 3rd June) between G.L.Jessops XI and P.F.Warners XI, ultimately won by the former

Priestley / Chelsea F ball
J Priestley, Half Back for Chelsea and Grimsby Town

Morris / Preston Ne F ball
David Morris, player for Preston North End

Mann / Manchester United
Frank D Mann, defender for Manchester United

Hodgson / Liverpool F ball
Gordon Hodgson, Centre Forward for Liverpool

Sheffield V Southampton
In the FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace, Sheffield United draw 1-1 with Southampton; Sheffield won the replay 2-1

Rugby at Rugby
A game of rugby football is in progress on the playing field. Players are permitted to handle the ball, within limits, and formerly any number of boys could play

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