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Author Topic: Quick Quiz: "During the war..."  (Read 6630 times)

Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: Quick Quiz: "During the war..."
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2010, 09:59:35 AM »
Have you got more details on that book CD? Author, ISBN number?
It sounds like something I'd very much like to read.

Offline peter w

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Re: Quick Quiz: "During the war..."
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2010, 12:22:32 PM »
Didn't we have some top players playing for us during the war? Weren't players free to move around?

Offline Astral Weeks

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Re: Quick Quiz: "During the war..."
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2010, 12:53:06 PM »
My dad lived in Erdington during the war, and used to go to lots of games at the Villa. He told me that all sorts of players used to "guest" for clubs, depending where they were stationed, and he saw loads of internationals who were in the forces turn out for us.
Apparently Aldershot used to have a cracking team for that reason.

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Re: Quick Quiz: "During the war..."
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2010, 05:59:44 PM »
Have you got more details on that book CD? Author, ISBN number?
It sounds like something I'd very much like to read.

It's "Midlands Soccer at War 1939-46" compiled by Tony Matthews. ISBN number 1-873171-01-3.

It's only 48 pages long so not worth paying a fortune for.

 


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