Cold War Competitions
History teacher Zdravko Stojkoski developed this lesson plan with a visual approach to teaching post-war European history through football competitions
Why Teach Football History?
We asked author David Goldblatt about the Football Makes History project. He notes how the cultural phenomenon of football offers educators highly relevant topics and themes.
North vs South. The Italian football division
A multimedia activity connecting the performances of football teams and the fame of players to economic inequalities and capitalism.
Alice Milliat: Suffragette of Sport
Organiser for gender equality through sports.
Armand Swartenbroeks: Champion of fair play
Playing football to help and cure other people.
László Kubala: Man with no homeland?
From a mixed central European background to a Barcelona and Spain legend.
Hans Lorenzen: Inventing football for the blind
Creating opportunities for blind people to enjoy football.
Jack Leslie: Nearly the First
Selected to play for England in 1925, but discriminated away.
Hughie Gallacher: No Life after Football
From mining to a goal scoring, but ending in misery and suicide.
A World in Motion
Today in 1966, England won the World Cup. This represented a key moment of change, both in post-war Britain and for the post-colonial politics unfolding across the globe.
