Nat Lofthouse: The One-Club man
Though a legendary goalscorer, he never earned more than £20 per week. His story is about identity and education.
Fergus Sutter: Working-Class Professional
Fergus Sutter was one of the first (semi)professional footballers, playing against aristocratic players. A story of origins.
Anatoliy Banishevskiy: Multiple Belonings
He played in the Soviet Union but is now remembered in Azerbaijan. His story is about identity and commemoration.
Falko Götz: Through the Iron Curtain
Falko Götz had two football careers, one in East Germany and one in the West. His life changed forever in a few hours when he escaped the German Democratic Republic. His story is about migration.
Edith Klinger: Muzzled Austrian Referee
Edith Klinger was an enthusiastic promoter of women’s football in Austria. But in 1938 the women’s game came to a full stop. Her story is one about politics and discrimination.
Michel Platini: Icon who fell from Grace
Michel Platini as a player he was one the greatest but as president of FIFA his career got mired in controversy and scandals. His story is one about politics, globalisation and corruption.
Justin Fashanu: Casualty of prejudice?
Justin Fashanu was the first black footballer to be transferred for £1 million and was the first high-level footballer to “come out” as a gay man.
Bert Trautmann: The German who Stayed
Captured at the end of the Second World War and brought to an internment camp in England, this story tells a post-war life.
Nadia Nadim: The Danish Girl from Herat
Nadia Nadim’s life has been shaped by migration: escaping from war-torn Afghanistan to Denmark as a young girl. Her story is one migration.
Asbjorn Halvorsen: Victim of Dictatorship
Asbjorn Halvorsen played for SV Hamburg and was regarded as a footballing hero in Germany. Still, he spent time in a German concentration camp.
