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The Greater Game

A history of football in World War I

Alexander Jackson author National Football Museum author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:18th Dec '14

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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Published to accompany the National Football Museum's major exhibition, this volume features illustrated highlights together with specially commissioned articles by leading writers and historians.

The Greater Game is a major exhibition (December 2014–September 2015) by the National Football Museum exploring the history of English football in the First World War. It brings together previously unseen material from private and public collections to explore the impact of the war on clubs, players and communities.

Football's wartime story, both at home and abroad, offers a fascinating and moving insight into the impact of the First World War on our national game.

ISBN: 9781784420369

Dimensions: 201mm x 142mm x 5mm

Weight: 131g

48 pages