Kick Collection

Play the Game Football book cover
Front cover of a book depicting a young boy kicking a football on the front cover. Date: c.1941

Teddy bear playing football. Date: circa 1900s

Mooney / Brighton F ball
Paul Mooney, Centre-Half for Brighton & Hove Albion

Milne / Aston Villa F ball
Dr V E Milne, player for Aston Villa

Tunstall / Sheffield Utd
Fred Tunstall, player for Sheffield United

Cub Scout on skis, Snowy Mountains, Australia
A group of Cub Scouts of the 1st Kosciusco Troop, on skis in the Snowy Mountains of Australia. Scoutmaster Bernie Jarratt is demonstrating a kick turn. Date: 1960s

Mrs Kennedy and her deb daughters
Mrs Joseph Kennedy, wife of H.E. the United States Ambassador, in a photograph to mark the presentation of two of her daughters at the first court at Buckingham Palace in May 1938

Motorcycle Football
A daily game of motorcycle football being played at Pangbourne, Berkshire

Instruction sheet, How to Dance the Jitterbug, by Adele England of the Locarno School of Dancing, Streatham, SW London. 1939

Music cover, Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay Polka, arranged by Josef Meissler on Lottie Collins popular song. 1892

Un Bon Coup de Pied by Nick
A twenties bathing belle in a fetching red swimsuit, energetically kicks a beach ball as she splashes around in the surf. Date: 1927

Weddle / Portsmouth F ball
J Weddle, Centre Forward for Portsmouth

Twine / Middlesbrough Football
F Twine, player for Middlesbrough

Turnbull / Clapton Orient
R Turnbull, player for Clapton Orient; also played for Arsenal, Charlton and Chelsea

Keeping / Southampton F bl
A E M Keeping, player for Southampton

Poster for the Daily Herald - Footballer
A poster for the Daily Herald newspaper, specifically advertising the football column written by Corinthian

East Surrey Regiment kick footballs
Soldiers of the East Surrey regiment advance through heavy fire towards enemy lines, kicking footballs as they go. The footballs were provided as a means of encouraging the men to attack

Sport / Football / Guyana
Native Guyanese Indians play a regional variant of football, reliant it appears on keeping the ball in the air using clever ball skills

Charlemont V Driscoll
French fighter Charlemont introduces a little Gallic flair to the boxing ring. Driscoll maintains a stiff upper lip

Denyer / Swindon Football
Bert Denyer, winger for Swindon Town

England Vs Wales 1902
A penalty kick sails between the posts, giving Wales a 9-8 victory over England at Rectory Field, Blackheath, England

Comic postcard, Woman with bottle of beer in the sea
Comic postcard, Woman with a bottle of beer in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man falling off a donkey on the beach Date: 20th century

Cartoon, John Bulls Alien Act -- a satirical comment on an incident which took place on 10 April 1848, when a Frenchman was heard shouting out that all the English were cowards

A long time ago. The Kick of the Stirrup
This illustration depicts a man riding on horseback, raising himself up to meet the kiss of a young woman, leaning out of the window. Date: circa 1901

Trevor Ford, Aston Villa and Wales footballer
Trevor Ford, centre forward footballer for Aston Villa and Wales Date: 1949

Jack Milburn, Newcastle United and England footballer
Jack Milburn, outside right footballer for Newcastle United and England Date: 1949

Billy Wright, Wolverhampton and England footballer
Billy Wright, left-half footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers and England Date: 1949

Billy Steel, Derby County and Scotland footballer
Billy Steel, inside left footballer for Derby County and Scotland Date: 1949

Dancer Chita
The dancer Chita, real name Gladys Hawking, active on the West End cabaret scene. Date: circa 1931

Frontispiece, The Boys Book of Soccer for 1946 Date: 1946

Corner kick from goal shooting machine
A specimen corner kick from a goal shooting machine invented by Mr Parkes, Notts County manager and Mr Richardson of Hinckley Date: 1946

The Dancing Girl - postcard with a central pivot allowing the showgirl to kick up her front leg Can-Can style. Date: circa 1909

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bedroom Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman swimming in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man, wife and pretty woman paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman playing football - Goal (1 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump man on the beach. Look at me after a week here - and I came down for my rheumatism too! Date: 20th century

Omnibus nuisances. Caution to ladies who like to occupy the seat next to the door. A mans hobnail boots kick a woman on the head as his feet swing in from the window of the omnibus. Date: 1853

Comic postcard, man posting a birthday card. Date: circa 1940s

Wilf Mannion. English professional footballer
Wilf Mannion (1918-2000), English professional footballer with Middlesbrough, Hull City, Cambridge United, Poole Town, Earlestown, and the national England team

England goes to it - womens fitness during WWII
" Let us start with a simple one, slowly, thus!" An enthusiastic keep fit instructor demonstrates an exercise for her less than perky looking class. Date: 1941

American mule kicks out at Japanese Agressor - WW2
American mule kicks out at Japanese Aggressor (Emperor Hirohito?) - WW2 - USA - Propaganda First Day Cover envelope Date: 1943

Der Schleppentreter by Fidus
circa 1910s

Sleeping man Varanasi Junction railway
An old man waits for a train and sleeps on a bench on the platform of Varanasi Junction railway station. He has a beard and wears a turban and white dhoti

Shakespeare quotes illustrated - the language of her body
Shakespeare quotes illustrated: " Theres language in her eye, her cheek, her lip - nay, her foot speaks" (" And this is the woman I have married" )

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

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