Author: The Great Savers
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May 2024
* The Great Save joins the FSA * Charlton Minute Book found * 150 year-old Notts Co seats re-purposed * Evidence of oldest Reading document * Developing relationships An important element of The Great Save is developing relationships and networks. We’re very pleased to announce that The Great Save has become an Associate Member of…
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Jan 2024
Soccer Ashes trophy. Everton Club Corner. Digitisation. Plenty of activity and contact going on in our space over the past few weeks. Here are the highlights. The Soccer Ashes Trophy One of the highlights of last year was to meet up with Greg Werner – who is leading The Great Save Australia. He was in…
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Sep 2023
It’s been a little while since our last blog but we’re glad to say there is plenty of saving going on out there! This time you can read about: Fantastic finds in Australia * Bristol Rovers * Croydon Common trophy * Sheffield Home of Football * Digitising the Alcock Annuals * Lively start for Swindon…
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May 2023
It’s been a while since our last blog. Maybe the disappointing fortunes of our respective teams this season have distracted us while we think about where The Great Save goes next! Sunderland Fans Museum In February Roger paid a match day visit to the Sunderland Fans Museum which is a short walk from the Stadium…
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Sep 2022
Welcome to another TGS blog. There’s much to report and, as you’ll see, it’s been a busy summer for the Great Savers. 100 years of Vicarage Road, Watford Geoff has been working hard on the definitive centenary history of Vicarage Road, Watford’s ground since August 1922. His book, entitled ‘100 Years at Vicarage Road’, is…
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Feb 2022
Our two big stories this time are the upcoming Sheffield Football Library launch and a wonderfully comprehensive Club Corner piece from John Hutchinson of Leicester City. Lower down, we touch on an exhibition opening in Reading, the latest from Sporting Heritage and a plug for a new book from one of the Great Savers. ‘Sheffield…
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Nov / Dec 2021
Two big news items We’re pleased to report two big pieces of news on the wider ‘saving’ agenda, each worth a separate item on the blog: the Sporting Heritage Toolkit and the Sheffield Library initiative. The Sporting Heritage Toolkit Geoff and Roger attended the webinar launch of the Sporting Heritage Toolkit on 9 November. This…
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Sep 2021
19th century football pioneer diaries secured at The Crucible TGS regular John P. Wilson writes: The Crucible Theatre is better known for its association with snooker, but it was recently the location for the handover to public ownership of one of football’s most treasured manuscripts. During the mid-1800s, Nathaniel Creswick kept a diary and on…
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Apr / May 2021
On the Edgeley Regular TGS reader Marcus Heap sends news from Stockport about a possible museum and history group: “Discussions with Stockport County are currently difficult to hold due to the crisis, but the new owners are definitely fully committed to celebrating the Club history. It was really encouraging to see the recent announcement about…
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Feb / Mar 2021
SH Football Network meeting 4 May The next, and second, meeting of Sporting Heritage’s Football Heritage Network is on Tuesday 4 May at 10am – 1130am by Zoom. To join the network please email fran@sportingheritage.org.uk with the subject heading “Football Heritage Network”. The agenda and Zoom joining details will be sent out approximately one week in advance.…