Match Of Them Days @matchofthemdays.bsky.social Looking back at seasons past in the formative years of Association Football. Currently following the 1863/4 season.
Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social Promotes the study of historical, social, and cultural aspects of sports. Published by the University of Illinois Press and the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH): @nassh1972.bsky.social
Umut Guner @umuttgunerr.bsky.social Historian & Academic
Medieval History | Islamic Political Thought | Turk, Arab and Persian Worlds | Social History | Islamic Societies | Sufism
QMCBS @qmcbs.bsky.social Queen Mary Centre for British Studies
Website being developed at: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Hallucinophonics @hallucinophonics.com Hallucinophonics exist at the nexus of consciousness and sound—crafting immersive soundscapes that challenge the boundaries between reality and reverie. http://hallucinophonics.com
Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social Center for advanced studies in the history of business, technology, and society at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware. Grants and Fellowships. Public programs. Scholarly community. Tune in to the Hagley History Hangout podcast!
Tom O’Brien @tobrien92.bsky.social Languages teacher in Manchester. PhD in English literature from Loughborough University. Usually moaning.
Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social Independent sports historian sharing the stories of pioneering female distance runners.
"Rulebreakers and Ghost Runners: the British women who asserted their right to run" out on 13 Aug
Member: Women's History Network & British Society of Sports History.
Andrew Weeks @andrewjweeks.bsky.social Cardiff JOMEC • Coffee & TV • Rhedeg/running
Jeremy Benson @jembenson.bsky.social Adviser @aqaeducation.bsky.social, MAT and @RSPH.bsky.social trustee, ex-senior civil servant; classical music, #LCFC 🦊, England⚽️🏏, walks, photos, words; husband, father, generally curious
https://substack.com/@jembenson
📍 Leicestershire, UK
Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Sport in History @sportinhistory.bsky.social Sport in history is the official academic journal of @bssh.bsky.social, covering sport history from all contexts and eras.
You can also check out our podcast: @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social
Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social Institute for Public Management & Governance,
at Vienna University of Economics and Business
The Consensus Project @consensusproject.bsky.social The Consensus Project bridges research and practice to help teams, organizations, and networks—across sectors—navigate the complexity of collaboration.
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social Novelist, rep’d by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social. Thrillers: #LittleWhiteLies💛 #SafeAndSound❤️ #IllNeverTell💗 #AGuiltySecret🧡 Lives in Lincolnshire, has a cat. Clinical Psychologist by day.
Micha Peters @michapeters.bsky.social Journalist en historicus. Eigenaar Sportgeschiedenis.nl. Specialist sporterfgoed en drugsgeschiedenis. Auteur 'De Centrale', een boek over de allereerste Nederlandse narcoticabrigade.
NORTHERN RESIDENT ARTIST @northresidentart.bsky.social The official northern artist in residence since 2020.
Current Lancashire artist of the year
Commissions start at €7.65
#Art #NorthernArt #Artist #GaryNorth #Watercolour #Drawing #LancashireArtistOfTheYear
@horhpodcast.bsky.social @horhpodcast.bsky.social Hollywood or History? Unpack fact vs. fiction in film. Great for teachers, trivia buffs, and history fans. New episodes every other week.
Available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube
https://youtube.com/@hollywoodorhistorypodcast?si=gNOPQUnVXde2_NZz
History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social BlueSky account for History: The Journal of the Historical Association. Academic history journal published by Wiley; editorial team based at Northumbria University. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468229X
James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social Freelance sports and football writer for the Morning Star newspaper, FotMob, World Soccer magazine, Guardian US, BBC, and the Soccer Times.
MLS, USL, US Open Cup, Concacaf and American soccer reverie.
They have a world [cup] to win.
Christian Drury @cjdrury.bsky.social Historian of empire, travel and modernity in the Arctic. DurhamARCTIC PhD. He could never help reading about cricket. He/him. Personal academic website: https://www.christiandrury.co.uk/
Dr Joan Passey @joanpassey.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English / Gothic / queer ecologies / coasts and seascapes / Shirley Jackson
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Christian Schröder @christianschroeder.eurosky.social Hi! 👋🏻 I'm Christian and I research the history and current social dynamics of 🙏🏻 religion, ⚽️ sports and 🎮 popular culture.
„Bridges, not borders will build the future“
Sri Lankan History Encyclopedia @slhistoryencyclo.bsky.social Telling the Untold Stories of Sri Lanka
Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
The UCU branch at De Montfort University Leicester @ucudmu.bsky.social Defend DMU!
ucu@dmu.ac.uk
Dr. Tanya Jones @tanyajut.bsky.social Sport History Faculty - Intersection of race, sports, politics, and human rights
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Advocate
Student Success Advocate
Inclusive Leadership Consultant
Matthew Klugman (they/them) @raw-toast.bsky.social Migrant queer non-binary academic living on unceded Kulin lands.
Ornella Nzindukiyimana @orarunswild.bsky.social Nzee-ndoo-kee-yee-mah-nah, PhD -- Historian of Black sportspeople -- Assoc. Prof. StFX U -- Co-President of BCSA -- Editor, Sport History Review -- She/Her/Elle -- ✊🏾 🇷🇼 🇨🇦
Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social Dutchman 🇳🇱 in South 🇺🇸 | Politologist 🧑🎓 | columnist ✍️ | public speaker 🗣️ | Far-right politics 👌 | Soccer & Politics ⚽ | European politics 🇪🇺 | Defending democracy 👊 | punkrock 🎸 | #groundhopping ⚽🏒🏉 | movies 🎦 | watches ⌚ | no manels ❌ | only MY opinions 👋
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Holly Smith @holsmith.bsky.social Research Fellow @ University of Cambridge // My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN (Verso) is out now 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley
repped by Carrie Plitt @FBA
views are all mine 💫
David Galindo, PhD @davidcgalindo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of History | San Antonio Spurs Fandom | Historian of Sport/US/Texas/Fandom/Death
University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and professional services staff in further education, higher education, prison education, and adult and community education.
Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social Prof Emerita | History female activism, gender equality & women's social movements Britain & Ireland | #HistoryofExperience | Fellow @royalhistsoc.org | PI #womensgrassrootsactivism | Visiting Full Prof @ucddublin.bsky.social & Visiting Researcher @utu.fi
Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social Lecturer in English: C19 US & Oz Lit, racial transformation, white supremacy, the speculative.
Melbourne. she/her
‘Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction’ out in pbk now!
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-liminal-whiteness-in-early-us-fiction.html
Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA (Ανδρίκκος) @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social Australian-Cypriot historian @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on Kaurna Yarta; expert on British empire, Cyprus, Armenia, migration; Editor-in-Chief @jich.bsky.social; poet; @YusufCatStevens fan
https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/andrekos.varnava
Clio and the Contemporary @cliocontemporary.bsky.social Connecting history to the present—articles, teaching materials, & advice for the contemporary historian | Accepting submissions | Eds @malszy.bsky.social & @sarahking.bsky.social | #bskystorians | clioandthecontemporary.com
David Webber 🇵🇸 @drdavewebber.bsky.social #6MusicDad to Daniel, Evie, and Reuben. A lifelong Red playing on the Left. Thinks a lot and writes a bit on the political economy of football.
Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social Theological Monsters (University of Wales Press), The Roma (The Bodley Head/Harper Collins, 2025) | 19thC Gothic
The Football Collective @footballcollective.bsky.social The academic voice of football
The Football Collective is a network of people who wish to bring critical debate to football.
https://www.thefootballcollective.com/
@davidgoldblatt.bsky.social @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social 
Matt Wing @mattwing.bsky.social Bag man post bowel cancer treatment supporting Move Against Cancer Charity 5k Your Way & doing some research on history of company sport
Mark Ambler @markambler76.bsky.social Historian of sport. I am currently researching and writing my first book.
Crystal Palace fan, Sevilla FC socio, Bexhill FC follower.
I love food, travel, reading, film, series, and lots of sport.
Tarik @sporthistarik.bsky.social researching ancient sport history from a sensory and didactic perspective | prae doc @uni-graz.at
doing something called Archaeokinetics • bewegungsarchäologisch unterwegs | alumnus Univ. of Marburg x Studienstiftung
(he/him • views my own)
Kim Halliday @kimhalliday.bsky.social I compose subtle, texture-driven scores for documentary and narrative film.
@rich57h.bsky.social @rich57h.bsky.social 
The Sporting Almanac Podcast @thesportingalmanac.bsky.social A podcast for people who love sport, made by two people who love sport.
Currently on paternity leave 😊
linktr.ee/TheSportingAlmanac
David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social Author of Who Only Cricket Know. Occasional musings on the history and literature of the game.
who-only-cricket-know.uk
Harry Pearson @camsell59.bsky.social Shopping in Waitrose with a B&M carrier bag https://harrypearson.contently.com/
Neil Drysdale @neildrysdale.bsky.social I’m looking for new writing projects to embrace. The more eclectic the better! Contact me at: Neil694@btinternet.com
Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social Historian and Archaeologist. Author of The Lives of Tudor Women and England’s Queens. Appears on TV. Likes travel.
Jurryt van de Vooren @jurryt.bsky.social Specialist in sporterfgoed. Maakte de langste staartdeling ooit: 38,12 meter. De enige Amsterdammer die op Feyenoord is afgestudeerd. Sportgeschiedenis.nl
Paul Thomason @pault0708.bsky.social Football fan and writer, Prestwich Heys, Salford City and Man Utd.
Heys' third best match reporter, programme writer and video editor.
Co-host of Off the Ball
Views my own so probably wrong.
https://paulwatchesfootball.wordpress.com
Elaine Murphy @plymprivateer.bsky.social 17th C maritime historian at University of Plymouth. interested in all things early modern and boaty - currently writing about women and the navy
Refereeing Books & More @refbooks.bsky.social Promotor and collector of all things referee. My book & magazine collection: https://www.libib.com/u/benbalin
Will do research too if you ask nicely 😉
Amateur mushroom photographer
Ben Griffin @historygriffin.bsky.social Associate Professor in Modern British History at the University of Cambridge. Author of The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain (2012).
Chris Chatten @chrischatten.bsky.social Culture, Sport, Leisure and Heritage Consultant. Photography 📸 Rugby League 🏉
Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
Tom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social One of them Legacy Fans. Working in Legacy Media. Trade unionist. Chartologist. Crisis correspondent - can sum it up in a word AND a sound. He/him. Views my own, blame no one else
Haudini 💬 @haudini.org Themen: Politik, Sport, Ethik, Klima, CSR, Technologie, Comedy, (Sach-)Buchclub, Film & Serien
...Nicht zwangsläufig in dieser Reihenfolge
B.A. Sportmanagement
M.A. Business Ethics & CSR-Management
📍 Terra - Solsystem 🌍🤝
https://mastodon.de/@haudini
Christopher R Davis @christopherdavis67.bsky.social PhD Historian. Modern America, History of Sport, Desegregation of College Football
44BOOTS @44boots.bsky.social A collective who cover the history of European Football. Starting from 1969–70, we revisit the glory days of all the top leagues and European competitions. Ready for a journey back to the 'good old days'? Join us...
IHR Britain @ Home and Abroad seminar @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social Find our programme here: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/britain-home-and-abroad 
Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social Based in @ihr.bsky.social, @sasnews.bsky.social. Engaged, outward-facing and co-produced research into place and history: rural to urban & parish to metropolis. Home to Victoria County History & Layers of London. Posts by team.
History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social Writer, historian, professor. Director @chppc.bsky.social and @vch-home.bsky.social. #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, 2025): a Book of the Year in The Times, FT & BBC History Extra. Find me in my beach hut.
https://www.catherineclarke.info/
Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social Lecturer in LGBTQ+ History/History of Sexuality, University of Glasgow.
I wrote this book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/teaching-gender-9780198937494
Robb Robinson @robb51.bsky.social Maritime and British historian. British Commission for Maritime History Trustee, Hon Research Fellow at the University of Hull. Interests include the Yorkshire Coast, fisheries history and the role of smaller vessels in the Great War at Sea.
Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
Chris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski.bsky.social Academic | sports journalist | author | comms
Birmingham City University sports journalism course director. Freelance, FWA member
Author: THE SLUM SPORT
Ghostwriter: THE THIRD DEGREE
Sport, media, football finance, politics
Paul Hayward @paulhayward.bsky.social Sportswriter at The Observer.
Journalist since 1987.
Author of 'England Football - The Biography.'
Stefan Magnussen @smagnussen.de Machte früher Transfer zu Burgen. Heute von einer.
Regionalhistoriker | Burgen | Schleswig-Holstein, Dänemark, Nordatlantik | Fußballgeschichte | Podcasting | Rechtsextremismus und Regionalgeschichte
Mac Ross @punchingprof.bsky.social No longer a lost Nova Scotian. Teaching Fellow, Saint Mary's University.
Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.
John Angus Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @johnbarnes.org Freelance who reads the news on BBC Radio 5 Live & 40 BBC local radio stations from MediaCityUK in sunny Salford.
Bewhiskered historian, folkie & geek.
Bellman of the City of Preston.
Husband of @davespenceruk.bsky.social.
Director of @baysar.bsky.social
Michael Messner @mam52.bsky.social sociologist, author of books on gender and sports, men and feminism, gender-based violence, war and peace. New book examines 120 years of high school yearbooks: THE HIGH SCHOOL: SPORTS, SPIRIT, AND CITIZENS, 1903-2024.
https://www.thehighschoolbook.com/
James Jefferies @jamesjhistory.bsky.social Aviation and Cultural Historian: The memory of the RAF in the Second World War. PhD student and Assistant Lecturer, University of Essex and Wolverhampton. Co-Presenter for @nmtdambusters.bsky.social pod.
Andy Linden @andrewdlinden.bsky.social Sport studies @ csunorthridge he/him/his
Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social Historian of early modern England at University at Buffalo and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research in Undergraduate Education. Happy to talk DH, 1890s bicycling, and the history of Buffalo. Skiing and biking. Opinions my own. She/her.
Áine Foley @medievalaine.bsky.social Medieval historian, lover of smut, Buckingham Nicks Stan account.
Ben Bendrich @benbendrich.bsky.social Dr. Benjamin Bendrich - sports scientist / teacher- research on athletes' rights/activism, Olympics, student-athletes, NCAA, doping+basketball - in German+English
Sport and politics always mix!
Georg-August-University, Germany
www.derballluegtnicht.com
Nathan @humanstein.bsky.social Aspiring historian and current internet clown | Recovered film writer | Pop culture, film, shitposts | Science fiction, horror & Classic TV | Monster of the Week Enthusiast | Doctor Who & Star Trek |
North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social Promote, stimulate, & encourage the study of #sporthistory; to support, stimulate & encourage scholarly writing & research; & to cooperate with local, national, & international orgs. Pub. of @journsporthist.bsky.social
https://www.nassh.org/
#NASSH2026
Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social See link below for Manson book!
American Studies, UMass Boston
Current Project- “Boston Sounds, 1974-1999” @fsu_UMB
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Books on Black-Jewish relations (Right to Sing the Blues and Leo Frank), 9/11 and Manson.
skyhorsepublishing.com/9781628728941/…
Ian Abrahams @ianabrahams.bsky.social Hawkwind, Waterboys biographer. 'On Track... Hall & Oates'. Co-author of 'Festivalized'. Spacerocker. Doctor Who fan. Charity Finance Manager. Recorder of dot balls.
Dr Paul Rabbitts FRSA @thebandstandman.bsky.social Books, bandstands, Black Sabbath, PhD in Public and Urban Parks, postcards, parkitecture, public speaking, music, vinyl, and photography. www.paulrabbitts.co.uk
Dr Beatriz Pichel @beapichel.bsky.social Historian of photography, medicine and emotions. Leverhulme Research Fellow 25/26 & PI of the project The Ethics of Medical Photography Network https://empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
My book! Picturing the Western Front (MUP 2021) http://bit.ly/3bzBSA5.
She/her
Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com Tech, cats, cat-tech & being catty about tech. Basically I'm a tech writer who also runs a cat rescue. Well, I do have a lot of mice.
Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social Associate Professor of History, University of Stavanger & Current Debates Editor, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social. PhD International History, LSE @lsehy.bsky.social.
Chris Dickenson @cpdickenson.bsky.social Ancient historian/archaeologist. British. Live in the Netherlands. Hobbies: reading (obviously!), writing fiction, music (pop/Classical), painting miniatures. Tentatively getting back into blogging: https://thefourthsophistic.wordpress.com
Stoke Football History @stokefootball.bsky.social Stoke, books, history, football