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Football in the First World War
Alexander Jackson explores how four years of conflict shaped England’s national sport
- Spencer Mizen
Published: December 7, 2022 at 11:09 AM
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Why wasn’t football banned on the home front when men were fighting and dying in France and Belgium? Did war halt the march of commercialisation in the sport? And why did the number of red cards surge between 1914 and 1918? From goal gluts to illegal player payments, Alexander Jackson tells Spencer Mizen how the First World War changed the face of English football.
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Alexander Jackson is the author of Football’s Great War: Association Football on the English Home Front (Pen & Sword, 2022)
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Spencer MizenSenior production editor
Spencer is senior production editor of HistoryExtra magazine
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