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The football battalions : the elite footballers who fought in the Great War
Evans, Christopher, 1977-2025
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In 1914, the year the war breaks out, football is on the rise Attendances are steadily increasing, and the players are beginning to become household names. Underlining how football has surpassed cricket as the national sport, George V becomes the first monarch to attend the FA Cup Final in May. In this masterful work of history, Christopher Evans explores how footballers were put under immense pressure to sign up once the war began, resulting in the formation of the Football Battalion in England. He tells the story of World War I through the eyes of seven leading footballers of the day.
Main title:
The football battalions : the elite footballers who fought in the Great War / Christopher Evans.
Author:
Evans, Christopher, 1977-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Sport, 2025.
Collation:
256 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399413510 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.334094109041796.334
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
940544