Football is an easy game, and for over a century, this game has shaped culture. Football is heritage because people care about this game. Its stories speak to the imagination, often invoking the language of epic stories, with miracles, heroes, legends and myths. But underneath the thick layer of stories of goals and games, lay layer upon layers of cultural, political, economic and social histories, which can be used to better understand the past and the present, and to set course for an inclusive, sustainable and peaceful future. Here is our manifesto on how football history and heritage should be approached.
The Manifesto in a Nutshell:
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Emphasise and embrace the diversity that exists in football and football history;
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Provide teachers more flexibility to include football history in education;
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Support football clubs and associations more to better use of their own histories for social inclusion;
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Start working together at the local level;
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See football history and heritage as a key popular culture (then and now).
About the Football Makes History project