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.
A game for equality
Today in 1895, a football game was played as women were claiming equality in a patriarchal society.
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.
United in sorrow
The story of Chapecoense and how disasters involving football teams unite the world in sorrow.
Seen from the Valley
Football in India arose from the presence of British troops, but the game that could unite, was later eclipsed by cricket. A local story from India.
Milutin Ivkovic: World Cup to World War
Captain of Yugoslavia, a qualified doctor, killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
Romualdas Marcinkus: Flying for Lithuania
Baltic views on WWII through the eyes of a young player turned pilot.
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.
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.
