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Far away and/or forgotten? Learning history through the Conference League

Several football clubs have to play away from their home because of war and conflict. This article will look at some of those clubs.

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

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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.

Icelandic “Viking” fan, watching UEFA Euro 2016 on the big screen (Photo: Claus Tom Christensen).

On This Day

Saga of a small nation in a bigger Europe

On this day in 2016, Iceland’s football men lost to France at the European Championship. It ended an amazing run for the team which had not yet reached such heights. This is a story of a small nation in a bigger Europe.

First World Cup participation for The Atlas Lionesses (Photo: Fifa.com).

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Morocco’s womens team breaking through

Morocco will take part in the Women’s World Cup becoming the first ever Arab country to take part in a Women’s World Cup .

Football at the Appeldoornsche Bos, 1936.

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Priceless footage of football in tragic times

Get to know these colour videos of Jewish footballers in 1936 and 1944. Incredible primary sources of football in tragic times.

Official postcard from the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

On This Day

US Soccer in Scandinavia

Today in 1916, the US Soccer team played their first international football match. In the Olympic Stadium of Stockholm they beat their Swedish hosts 3 - 2.

Football match Juventus-Slavia Prague in 1932 (Source: Letem světem volume 6, issue 40 / National Library of the Czech Republic - n. 54 B 1734).

Highlights

October in Football

As the UEFA 2020 European Championships got pushed ahead one year, we provide you with a 365-day #onthisday series of posts to help all fans out there to go back in time, think, and reflect.

Cover of “Football's Fifty Most Important Moments: From the Writers of the Football History Boys Blog”.

Reviews

Book review: 50 Most Important Moments

Two history teachers in Wales work as “The Football History Boys” wrote a book about the “50 most important moments”. We reviewed it.

Professor Gijsbert Oonk (Copyright Erasmus University Rotterdam).

Stories

Researching Football’s “Us and Them”

The online racism following the European Championship finals, after a year of unprecedented activism against it, shows how much work remains.

Champions of the AIF cup in 1931, Sprint from Moss.

On This Day

Class war on the football pitch

The story of how the working class fought for their right to play football in Norway.

A British General about to kick off at a football match between British and Italian Armies teams during World War 1 (Photo: Ernest Brooks, Imperial War Museums / IWM Q 26566).

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Football Lives: Making history, not only on the field

Football Lives is a dedicated collection for educators created by the Football Makes History team. Starting from 20 stories we will publish a new one almost every day, and we will reach over 100 life stories to reflect the history of Europe with a focus on migration, diversity, politics and identity.