By day, Williams was playing for England. By night, she was sleeping in hostels.

Only the second Jew to play for Germany, Hirsch broke records and fought in WWI for a country that would kill him.

The troubled history of one of the greatest footballers to ever play the game.

When footballer Frank Soo stepped out at Ninian Park in 1942, he became the first non-white player to represent England.

As one of British football’s first Black players, Walter Tull was a trailblazer. But then World War I broke out.

India’s first footballer to play for a European club made history without ever wearing a pair of football boots.

From wars to wages, football writer Sam Pilger tells the story of the modern game.