The Football League, and acting independently the London-based professional clubs continued to play soccer during the First World War.
This story which takes its title from the well known ‘football matches’ staged at the front on Christmas Day 1914 provides the first fuller picture of soccer between 1914 and 1919 mainly in the British Isles, with some mention of Western Europe.Fully indexed by club and league.

This is the illustrated story of London’s White City, complete with statistics and unusual facts for the many sports it hosted.Whilst perhaps best known for athletics and greyhound racing, baseball, cricket, lacrosse, rugby and hockey also played its part.
It was by far the largest stadium of its type, built for the 1908 Olympic Games, discarded in favour of building Wembley, it could never overcome the soulnessness of its original design.

Association football derives from the public school codes of the 19th century. The distinction between association and rugby arose from the dispute about hacking at the early meetings of the fledgling FAin 1863.
True? - This book provides an alternative view through medieval times to the 19th century which links commerce, Sheffield and London to the early laws. Herein are answers for the unexplainable gaps in the game’s history.