Football in the First World War
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Football in Britain on the Outbreak of World War II
By 1913, it's become a mass spectator sport. There are over 700 professional and semi professional teams. Several hundred thousand amateur players. This is a huge game that has significance in people's lives. It's essentially an elite game for upper class, middle class amateurs. And this has an important impact on how the different people within football respond to that crisis when it comes.
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