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More than trophies

Football clubs can do more than they realize in the field of history and heritage

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Appie Nouri

Nouri is a young local talent who was making his way to the top level when tragedy befell him. He suffered severe brain damage.

Students at work (photo: Geir Ove Halvorsen).

Stories

Formation for Human Rights

A class of high school history students in Oslo was asked to create an ideal starting XI line-up based on Human Rights. Find out why and how it went.

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Pass, Shoot, Goal! Football in the Jazz Age – a review

A loving fan and musician put together his two passions and created this compilation of tunes from the Jazz Age.

FMH SOCIAL MEDIA

Feeding your feed with football.

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Egyptian striker Mo Salah (Photo: Fars Media Corporation).

Plaque commemorating victims of National Socialism at Terezin (2019), unveiled by Eintracht Frankfurt.

Stories

More than trophies

The Reinwardt Academy hosted partners in Football Makes History to look ahead and think how football can contribute to society with novel approaches to heritage.

Stories

Mo Salah’s Song to Integration

Prayer days on stadiums, faith rooms and inclusive chants: here is how English football is adapting to a changing world.

Stories

Remembering the Holocaust through Football

Today, 27 January, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Educators can use the life stories of footballers to explore this painful past with the students.

Quote of the week

What I know most surely in the long run about morality and obligations, I owe to football

Albert Camus, 1957.

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David Goldblatt in his apartment in Bristol (Photo: FMH).

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Football: A People’s History of Europe?

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Football: A People’s History of Europe?

Odd Frantzen and the Norway team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).

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The football signpost to WWII

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The Climb to Equality

David Goldblatt in his studio in Bristol.

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Why Teach Football History?

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The Most Dangerous Game of Football: Calcio Storico

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The amazing story of Sierra Leone’s Amputee Team

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FC Union Berlin: A rebellious football club in a rebellious city

The Mad Grandma (Photo: COPA90 Stories).

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The Mad Grandma: Botafogo’s 83-year-old superfan

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The Right to Play

Diversity & discrimination

Thematic tips

Stories

Mo Salah’s Song to Integration

Prayer days on stadiums, faith rooms and inclusive chants: here is how English football is adapting to a changing world.

21 short stories of football in Amsterdam

Amsterdam’s history through football stories

Natalie Portman, one of the founders of Angel City FC.

Angel City FC: An in-vitro football sensation

A womens’ team led by celebrities

Football at the Appeldoornsche Bos, 1936.

Priceless footage of football in tragic times

Priceless footage of Jewish football before and during WWII

Historians at Football Clubs 2: Derby County

Historians making football memorabilia work for engagement

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100+ life stories (FMH Photo collage). Credits: Ebru Köksal; John Blankenstein (Photo: Bart Molendijk / Dutch National Archives); Otto “Tull” Harder (Photo: Dutch National Archive); Petra Landers (Photo: Heinz Reinders / Wikimedia Commons).

Learning history in 100 football life stories

Stephanie Frappart

Angel City FC: An in-vitro football sensation

Life Stories

Football Makes History gathers life stories of unique individuals that help us connect the history of football to diversity and inclusion.

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Johan Cruyff

Genius of Cultural Transfer

Portrait circa 1905, National Portrait Gallery (Photo: Alexander Bassano, 1829–1913).

Arthur, Lord Kinnaird

Aristocratic Founder of the Game

Matthias Sindelar

Austria's sportman of the Century?

Rab Howell

Romani in England

Educational Resources

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Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Sociedad carrying the Ikurinna, the Basque flag.

We. We are the best

Helping students define nationalism by looking at photos of football matches and reflecting on the main expressions of it in the stadiums.

The US National Team lifts the world cup in 2019 (Photo: AppaIoosa on Flickr).

Equal Pay for Equal Play

How is the gender pay gap reflected in women’s football and what can be done to change it? How do we help students reflect on this?

Soldiers in Congo in uniform, approx 1910-1925 (Source: Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen).

Football, Colonialism, and Migration

How did football evolve over time in both the Congo and Belgium? How has football (environments) been used beyond playing a sport? This is a learning activity to help students explore these topics.

A mob football match played at London’s Crowe Street (Source: WikiCommons).

Spread of football as cultural history

Students can explore 19th and 20th century global history through the cultural spread of the game.

The new front facade of the stadium after the name change (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).

Three Presidents and the 1938 Racial Laws in Italy

How to study the impact of national law and policies on everyday life? This resource helps students investigate how the Racial Laws in Italy impacted sport.

Lucy Bronze chasing the ball (Photo: Dominique Mallen, WikiCommons).

Beyond imitators of men

Through examples from football, we can encourage students to think out of the box on complex issues such as equality and inclusion, and ask thought-provoking questions.

FC Bayern Munich Fans on Fire with Bengalos (Photo: Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash).

Chants in Football. Beyond the Fan and the Other

What if your students could talk with someone who has been hurt by a football chant, asking them why and analysing the chant with them?

Girl fight, Iceland – Spain, They are back. More fierce than ever before since they must win tomorrow. The show starts at Laugardalur stadium at 18. Free entry. Everyone must show up (Copyright: Football Association of Iceland (KSI), Morgunblaðið).

Women’s struggle for equality and respect in Football

Teaching students about gender inequality in football and the ethics of advertisements by analyzing image sources.

Discover women’s football then and now a game of quartet

Where are the women’s football quartet cards?

Educational resources

Latest learning activities & collections

Learning Activities

We. We are the best

Helping students define nationalism by looking at photos of football matches and reflecting on the main expressions of it in the stadiums.

Learning Activities

Equal Pay for Equal Play

How is the gender pay gap reflected in women’s football and what can be done to change it? How do we help students reflect on this?

Source Collections

Football, Colonialism, and Migration

How did football evolve over time in both the Congo and Belgium? How has football (environments) been used beyond playing a sport? This is a learning activity to help students explore these topics.

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Toolkit

Toolkit for using historical and cultural heritage dimensions of football to enhance social inclusion and promote diversity in non-formal setting.

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Inclusion & Integration

Thematic Tips

Lives

Chérif Souleymane

A pioneering African footballer in the DDR

First hours after the earthquake, 26 July 1963 (Source: State Archives of the Republic of Macedonia).

On This Day

Football as a post-disaster charity

Today in 1964, a football match was organised between Yugoslavia and a UEFA team “Rest of Europe”.

National Football Museum, Manchester (Photo: Ank Kumar, Wiki Commons).

Stories

Unleash the potential of football museums

This article is the result of a webinar series from EuroClio which tackled football and social issues to explore how football history and society intertwine.