Far away and/or forgotten? Learning history through the Conference League
Several football clubs have to play away from their home because of war and conflict. This article will look at some of those clubs.
When Football was mobilised
Football’s history can be traced along troops stations and frontlines.
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.
World War 1 in one life
A story of a professional footballer who died at the battle of the Somme in 1916.
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.
Lily Parr: Legend of the Women’s Game
From female football star of the 1920’s to a memory icon.
Walter Tull, Black footballer and Soldier
Walter Tull was a pioneering Black footballer and a soldier.
Florrie Redford: The Preston Munitionette
Florrie Redford was a leading pioneer of women’s football, and a star centre-forward for Dick, Kerr Ladies in the 1920s playing in England, France and the United States. Her story is about pioneering in Women’s Football.
