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Service Learning. 2024 Project: "The British influence in our football: Fred Pentland and the Basque Children"

The presentation will be on Saturday 20th April at 12 o'clock at Ipuruako Merkatu Plaza (IMP). In order to prepare the material for the exhibition we will meet the following fridays between 18.00-19.30 at the IMP (see calendar):

  • 10th of November

  • 19th of January

  • 16th of February

  • 1st of March

  • 12th of April

  • 20th of April: Exhibition day

Sources and reading material:

 

Books:

Los Leones. The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao (by Chris Evans): https://www.ldrsport.com/equipos/los-leones-the-unique-story-of-athletic-club-bilbao

El Prisionero de Ruhleben. Fred Pentland, el hombre que cambió al Athletic https://www.aupaathletic.com/el-prisionero-de-ruhleben-fred-pentland-el-hombre-que-cambio-al-athletic/libro/70

 

The Ruhleben Football Association https://ruhleben.carrd.co/

 

Podcast:

"Fútbol pacífico en plena Gran Guerra (al revés que en la vida normal)": https://cadenaser.com/audio/1680020692743/

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Articles:

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https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2022/04/27/ac-museum-opens-the-children-of-37-in-the-united-kingdom-exhibition

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https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/07/11/basque-magic-how-spanish-children-ended-up-playing-in-english-teams-before-foreign-players-became-a-thing/

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https://nation.cymru/sport/how-a-basque-refugee-football-team-overcame-tragedy-to-take-wales-by-storm/

https://nation.cymru/sport/unearthed-programme-from-basque-wonder-team-match-in-wales/ https://nation.cymru/sport/a-special-relationship-when-wales-played-the-basque-country/

https://nation.cymru/sport/wales-is-one-of-the-jewels-of-europe/

https://nation.cymru/sport/made-in-wales-from-basque-boy-to-spanish-goalkeeping-star/

https://nation.cymru/sport/a-tale-of-tragedy-and-triumph-from-wales-to-argentina-via-the-basque-country/

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https://www.basquechildren.org/

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