football

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It was not just the mining men enjoying the football on the pitch - Cornish women were also a key part of the matchday spectacle.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Crowle, who became player-manager, was hailed for breaking down ethnic and social barriers, with Dr Schwarz adding: "He's probably Cornish-Pachuca's most famous son, as far as football goes."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

"The football clubs came out of the cricket clubs," Dr Schwartz explains.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The first mention of a football team in Pachuca came in 1892, with a local newspaper article reporting on a reorganisation of the team due to a "schism".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The amount of dirt, rock, ice, and water removed from the mountain could fill a football stadium six hundred miles high.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone