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The Final Season: The Footballers Who Fought and Died in the Great War
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by Nigel McCrery

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A moving narrative history of the professional footballers who fought and died in World War I, with a foreword by Gary Lineker.

In 1914, as today, successful footballers were heroes and role models. They were the sporting superstars of their time; symbols of youth, health and vigour. Naturally enough, when war broke out they felt it was their duty to join up and fight. Between 1914 and 1918, 213 professional players fell in action. Some teams lost half their players, either killed or else so badly injured in mind and body that they were never to play again.

The Final Season is the powerfully moving account of these young men who swapped the turf of the pitch and the cheers of the fans for the freezing mud of the battlefield and the terrible scream of shell fire. It follows them as they leave their fans and families behind, undergo training and then travel on to the bloody arenas of war: Ypres, Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele.

Nigel McCrery paints these men in vivid detail. From their achievements on the football pitch to their heroic conduct on the battlefield, we will learn of the selfless courage and determination they displayed in the face of adversity. For far too many, we will also learn when, and how, they made the ultimate sacrifice.

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  • Title The Final Season: The Footballers Who Fought and Died in the Great War
  • Author Nigel McCrery
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International Ed
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arrow
  • Publication date 2015
  • ISBN 9780099594666 / 0099594668
  • Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.6 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 1.52 cm)
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1914-1918, Soccer players - Great Britain - History -
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.334

About the author

NIGEL McCRERY was educated at Trinity College Cambridge before being selected as part of the BBC graduate entry scheme. He joined BBC drama in 1992 and during his time there, created and wrote a number of prime time dramas including Born and Bred, Touching Evil, Back-up, Impact, Silent Witness and New Tricks. In addition to his television work Nigel has a long-standing interest in military history and has already written several books about the First World War. The most notable of these is All the King's Men, the true story of George V's own Sandringham Company which disappeared during the conflict. The book became a major BBC film starring David Jason and Maggie Smith and achieved the second biggest BBC drama audience of all time. Nigel has also written several Silent Witness novels and the Detective Mark Lapslie series. In 2013 he published Silent Witnesses: A History of Forensic Science with Random House Books.

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