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Military training for professional football players
Thursday, October 1 – 1914 A conference called by the directors of the Manchester City Football Club was held at Bolton this afternoon to consider the organised military training of footballers....
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Bandsman Bradley nearly fit again
Tuesday, March 21 – 1916 Bandsman Bradley, the Liverpool halfback who is at Blackpool, write to me: - “Three of our regiment were presented with D.C.M. medals the other morning. Last night we held a...
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Territorial charge with the bayonet – ex-footballer killed
Monday, May 3 – 1915 The 5th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (Territorial) during the hard fighting on the 23rd and 24th ult., when they acted in co-operation with the Canadians in the second...
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Alex Thomson enlists
Saturday, September 25 – 1915 Alex Thomson, Lands Valuation Office, Stirling, centre-forward of East Stirlingshire, and formerly of Falkirk and Everton reserve teams (note: should be Liverpool...
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H.G. Bache – Death of a famous amateur footballer
Tuesday, February 15 – 1916 News has been received at West Bromwich that Lieutenant H.G. Bache (Harold Godfrey Bache), the well-known amateur footballer, was killed last Tuesday at Ypres. In October,...
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