Brunilde Amodeo: Woman against Fascism
Captain of a pioneering Italian football team in 1933.
Molly Seaton: Forgotten Heroine of Belfast
Playing with strength, forgotten and rediscovered as a pioneer.
Lily Parr: Legend of the Women’s Game
From female football star of the 1920’s to a memory icon.
Ebru Köksal: Leading Football Forward
For decades, football was seen as a white male dominant industry.
Lotte Specht: Dreaming to Play
Pioneering women’s football in Germany in 1930.
Violette Morris: Heroine, Sportswoman, Collaborator
She challenged cultural norms, but was killed a collaborator in war-torn France.
“Nettie Honeyball”: Pioneer of women’s game
“Nettie” was a pioneer of women’s football. Her story is about diversity, equality and education.
Four decades of UEFA Women’s Championships “come home”
Today Wembley would have a Euro 2020 semi-final. Also the UEFA 2021 Women’s Championship is pushed to 2022. A chance to look forwards and backwards.
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.
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.
