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The Greater Game

The Greater Game

A History of Football in World War I

by Alexander Jackson and National Football Museum
Paperback
Publication Date: 18/12/2014

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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 leading writers and historians.
ISBN:
9781784420369
9781784420369
Category:
Ball games
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
18-12-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
210.01x149mm
Weight:
0.13kg
Alexander Jackson

Dr Alexander Jackson is a Curator at the National Football Museum in Manchester and has researched and published widely on the history of English football. He was lead curator for the 2014 exhibition, The Greater Game: Football and the First World War. Born in Sheffield, he has inherited the family allegiance to Newcastle United.

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