The Hockey Museum's Mike Haymonds on floodlit hockey and an undiscovered Olympic team
The first floodlit international hockey match took place on the October 25 1955 at the Arsenal Football Club’s stadium at Highbury, London. The match was organised by...
Calum Giles continues the unique and unrivalled experiences of playing for Great Britain hockey at an Olympic Games in the final part of a brilliant three-part travelogue. READ Part One | Part Two
I had been so enthralled with the...
Ahead of the bronze medal match, SAMARNATH SOORY speaks to two of India’s gold medal team from the 1980 Olympics as the men in blue aim to learn from the importance of smallest margins at the top level
If Indian...
Calum Giles continues the unique and unrivalled experiences of playing for Great Britain hockey at an Olympic Games in the second of a three-part travelogue. Part One is here
The curtains slid back and the sight that greeted me was...
When Ireland women take to the pitch at Oi Hockey Stadium for their opening match of the Tokyo Olympics against South Africa on Saturday, they may not know it but the Green Army will be willed on by a...
Great Britain Olympian Richard Leman says that today's current players should cherish their cap numbers just like New Zealand's All Black heritage.
Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, The Hockey Museum has been able to finish a huge volunteer-led project, by...
The hockey was ruthlessly efficient at the 1964 Olympic Games and there was nearly a seismic world hockey shock on the cards
The lowest-seeded nation at the '64 Games in Tokyo, Hong Kong were half-way to completing what would have...
Mike Haymonds continues to chart The Hockey Museum's neverending array of unearthed stories
The most amazing and unlikely things happen when you talk to people, especially when The Hockey Museum was privileged to be visited by General Sir Alex Harley...
The year 1953 was a big one for the nation and for hockey, especially women’s hockey, writes The Hockey Museum's Mike Smith.
In March, England played their third “big” match at Wembley, then in June Queen Elizabeth II was...
