Playing the game for peace
On this day, 21 September, we look at how playing a game of football can contribute to peace by looking at the work of the NGO Childrens Football Alliance.
Armand Swartenbroeks: Champion of fair play
Playing football to help and cure other people.
Jack Leslie: Nearly the First
Selected to play for England in 1925, but discriminated away.
Molly Seaton: Forgotten Heroine of Belfast
Playing with strength, forgotten and rediscovered as a pioneer.
Leo Halle: The Lion of Deventer
Dutch national goalkeeper who stayed away from playing Germany in 1934.
Gabriel Hanot: The visionary journalist
Player who set out a path for the development of football.
Eduard Streltsov: Seeking a place in History
A “Russian Pele”, but his career was ruined by years in the Gulag.
Lotte Specht: Dreaming to Play
Pioneering women’s football in Germany in 1930.
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.
Bruno Neri: Partisan Commander
Football player in resistance to fascism.
