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Some would say history is just one damned thing after the other, that it should be put to rest in the past and that bygones should be bygones.
These people are not necessarily wrong, but in an ever-complex world of globalised societies and rising exclusivist identity-politics, the stories we tell ourselves about the past help us define ourselves in the present and orient toward an unpredictable future.
Football
Some would say football is nothing more than 22 people chasing a ball around a pitch for 90 minutes.
Also those people are not necessarily wrong, but history is made up of whatever people have come to value, and certainly football – a game played and watched by billions for over 100 years – seems highly valued.
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Social layers in a Netflix drama ‘Club de Cuervos’
Review of a drama show to help students discuss societal issues.
Social layers in a Netflix drama ‘Club de Cuervos’
Review of a drama show to help students discuss societal issues.
Animals of Football
The German Football Club 1. FC Köln has a goat as a mascot. Here is a short story on why that is.
Giovinette, a forgotten story
A review of a recent novel which may open a window on the early days of women’s football in Italy.
Football as a post-disaster charity
Today in 1964, a football match was organised between Yugoslavia and a UEFA team “Rest of Europe”.
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FC Union Berlin: A rebellious football club in a rebellious city
BBC Sport’s Football Focus visits Bundesliga side FC Union Berlin, a “rebellious” football club from East Berlin with a special set of fans, playing their first season in Germany’s top flight 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Refugees
In the wake of the 2015 migration peak, activists and volunteers across Europe have been involved in supporting refugees, sometimes with the simple act of offering space and friendship to participate in football through grassroots clubs to help newcomers integrate.
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Only girl on the field
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.
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May in Football
What moments in football history have we highlighted in the last month? How do they provide us with historical mirrors to the present?
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April in Football
What moments in football history have we highlighted in the last month? How do they provide us with historical mirrors to the present?
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March in Football
What moments in football history have we highlighted in the last month? How do they provide us with historical mirrors to the present?
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February in Football
What moments in football history have we highlighted in the last month? How do they provide us with historical mirrors to the present?
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December in Football
Waiting for UEFA2020, we provided you with a 365-day #onthisday series of posts. Here is what you enjoyed reading in December!
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November in Football
Waiting for UEFA2020, we provided you with a 365-day #onthisday series of posts. Here is what you enjoyed reading in November!
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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.
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September 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.
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August in Football
As the UEFA 2020 European Championships got pushed ahead one year, the team of Football Makes History will provide you with a 365-day #onthisday series of posts to help all fans out there to go back in time, think, and reflect.
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July in football history
As the UEFA 2020 European Championships got pushed ahead one year, the team of Football Makes History will provide you with a 365-day #onthisday series of posts to help all fans out there to go back in time, think, and reflect.
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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.
Match of Inhumanity
Today in 1944 football was played in the concentration camp Tezerin. What does this propaganda footage tell us about the Holocaust?
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.
Is Football a “Power Play”?
Interview with researchers Valerio Mancini, Narcís Pallarès-Domènech and Alessio Postiglione on football and Geopolitics.
What’s in a name
Palmeiras is now one of the most victorious teams of Brazil and South America. Its “immigrant” name gives us a window in the past.
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.
Saga of a Death Match
Today in 1942, one of the most infamous matches in football history took place, in Nazi occupied Kiev.
Unpacking women’s football history one picture at a time
There is a lot to be discovered about women’s football history despite the limited evidence available.
Football at the Concentration Camp
Interview with researcher Bas Kortholt of Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre on football’s unique potential.
Birth of nations
On this day in 1930, the first ever World Cup got underway in Uruguay. It marked a special period in the development of nationalism.
Competing for more than goals
Today is the final day of the European Championship 2020, in 2021, whose central campaign was #EqualGame. How did that go?
Archive
Panenka and Penalty Pressures
What was so special about the penalty scored in EURO 1976 Finals?
May in Football
What moments in football history have we highlighted in the last month? How do they provide us with historical mirrors to the present?
Painting the picture of women’s football in 1922
Artist Ángel Zárraga caused a storm in the conservative climate of Dutch Football.
Football vs. antisemitism
The EU-funded project “Changing the Chants” released a documentary exploring a border-crossing cooperation to tackle antisemitism in football.
A long journey
Retelling the history of the women’s football in Northern Ireland offers us a view on how the game came, went and is here to stay.
Let the students decide!
History uses Football Makes History is the classroom to teach about equality and let’s students decide!
April in Football
What moments in football history have we highlighted in the last month? How do they provide us with historical mirrors to the present?
The Blitz and the Oval
During WWII Nazi Germany attacked the harbors of Belfast, destroying with them most of the stadium of Glentoran F.C.
Class war on the football pitch
Football StoriesOn this day, International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day or May Day, is celebrated in many countries around the world to honour and remember the struggle and fight for rights for the working class and workers. During the latter half of the...
My boyfriend, my husband, and my lover
Football was never a boys’ club: the story of a trailblazing woman in the stands.
Blue (and gold) blood: la Raulito’s love story with Boca Juniors
Love’s the only engine of survival: the story of La Raulito’s passion for Boca Juniors
The rise of female referees in professional men’s football
Although there have only been ten female referees in the top leagues of men’s football in Europe over the last 30 years, seven of them are currently active.
March in Football
What moments in football history have we highlighted in the last month? How do they provide us with historical mirrors to the present?
1. Deutscher Damenfußballclub 2 – 1 Dick, Kerr Ladies
On this day in 1981 a game that never happened took place. Or: How can counterfactual history help us shift perspectives?
A game for equality
Today in 1895, a football game was played as women were claiming equality in a patriarchal society.
