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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148606703321

Titolo

The greater game : a history of football in World War I / / National Football Museum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Shire Publications, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78442-058-1

1-78442-059-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (82 p.)

Disciplina

796.3340941

Soggetti

Soccer - Great Britain - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; The 1914-15 Season; The Footballers' Battalion; Football and the First World War in Fifteen Objects; Football at the Front; Women's Football During the First World War; Imprint

Sommario/riassunto

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.  This publication to accompany the exhibition features illustrated highlights together with specially commissioned articles by