The Soldiers who played Football in Battle (Strange Stories)

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While the trench warfare of the first world war saw four years of bloody slaughter, this did not seem to dim the British enthusiasm for football or ‘soccer’ as it is sometimes called outside of Britain.
Quite literally on the front lines this passion would overflow onto the battlefield itself.

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The Soldiers who played Football in Battle (Strange Stories)