Football in the First World War
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Football's Great War
New book Football's Great War tells the story of football on the home front during the First World War. There has been a lot written over the decades about football on the Western Front, thanks largely to the games that were played during the Christmas truce of 1914. Alexander: "I've tried to explore and show how football does continue in many different ways, shapes and forms"
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