Christopher EvansThe Football Battalion
The Elite Footballers Who Fought in the Great War
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Christopher Evans is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Caerphilly having been an MP continually since 2010. His first book, Fearless Freddie: The Life and Times of Freddie Mills was published in 2017 and shortlisted for The Times Biography of the Year at the 2018 Sports Book Awards. He also wrote the acclaimed Don Revie: The Biography which was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2022. He recently became a Commissioner for the Commonwealth War Graves. @Chris_EvansMP
Introduction
1. Pressure! The world tries to shame football
2. Formation: Football does its bit
3. Hearts: Scottish football responds to the war
4. Vivian Woodward: The journey of a polymath
5. Steve Bloomer: A superstar goes to Germany
6. Cup Final!: A subdued event
7. Fix!: A Lancashire betting scandal
8. Orders: The battalion make their way to France
9. Winners: Morale-boosting games
10. Walter Tull: Leaving the field
11. Evelyn Lintott: A teacher on the Somme
12. Brothers: Jonas and McFadden
13. Frank Buckley: The Major
14. Munitionettes: The war on the home front
15. John McCartney: Forever Hearts
16. Joe Mercer: The hard man did not break
17. Alaistair McReady-Drew: Conspicuous Bravery
18. Bookends: The different worlds of Alan Haig-Brown and Walter Tull
19. Reunion: All that is left behind
Afterword: Why We Remember
Acknowledgements
