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Football during wartime
Vincenzo
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Mostly wrote this article so I could say Charlton were Top London Club.
Shame about the hammering we got in '43 War Cup Final (South) but were back to win it the next year.
https://londonist.com/london/history/football-wartime-blitz-1940s
Shame about the hammering we got in '43 War Cup Final (South) but were back to win it the next year.
https://londonist.com/london/history/football-wartime-blitz-1940s
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very interesting, well researched and well written .. thanks1
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>Article on football in wartime London in which <a href="https://twitter.com/CAFCofficial?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@CAFCofficial</a> feature quite a lot <a href="https://t.co/bPNUy3eA7G">https://t.co/bPNUy3eA7G</a><br><br>Read Football at War by Jack Rollin, Gasmasks for Goalposts by Anton Rippon and Football's War & Peace by Thomas Taw if this is your thing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cafc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#cafc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Londonist?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@Londonist</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/footballandwar?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@footballandwar</a></p>— Charlton Athletic Museum (@CHATHMuseum) <a href="">February 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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enjoyed that. very good article.1
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Quick off the mark, you are, Henners.1
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Very good. The bit about Arsenal edging an 8 goal thriller is funny.2
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"The Valley was constantly in the firing line. One match between Charlton and Millwall was halted with a minute to go and the visitors 2-0 up. Once the all clear was sounded, they played the final minute"
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Great pics @i_b_b_o_r_g.1
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Things just don't change do they.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"The Valley was constantly in the firing line. One match between Charlton and Millwall was halted with a minute to go and the visitors 2-0 up. Once the all clear was sounded, they played the final minute"
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Let it go.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"The Valley was constantly in the firing line. One match between Charlton and Millwall was halted with a minute to go and the visitors 2-0 up. Once the all clear was sounded, they played the final minute"
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Fantastic stuff. I heard more about the other side of things where top footballers played for services teams in highly competitive games which occasionally turned a bit knifey. I know my Dad, who was an infinitely better footballer than me, talked about playing for the Royal Engineers alongside some top Arsenal players. Like a typical teenager, I gave it the 45 years ago version of the more current “whatever, Dad”. Sadly, he’s not around today to listen to what he remembers.0
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Remember my dad telling me he was at the Valley with around 40000 in the ground, don't remember the oppo's.
When German bombers flew up following the Thames to London.0 -
From what I gather, Hitler and chums basically denied us a few nailed-on league titles - would that be fair?1
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Nice to see the old photo's of @Redmidland again, even now we have to say to him the team plays on that green bit!i_b_b_o_r_g said:
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Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"The Valley was constantly in the firing line. One match between Charlton and Millwall was halted with a minute to go and the visitors 2-0 up. Once the all clear was sounded, they played the final minute"
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That was played in19760 -
Small world, my father also played for the royal engineers with and all the great of the time, he played in the UK but he said the hardest dirtiest games were in Burma, I used to know who he played against, but unfortunately time has erased those names.you never knows our dads may have played in the same team.thai malaysia addick said:Fantastic stuff. I heard more about the other side of things where top footballers played for services teams in highly competitive games which occasionally turned a bit knifey. I know my Dad, who was an infinitely better footballer than me, talked about playing for the Royal Engineers alongside some top Arsenal players. Like a typical teenager, I gave it the 45 years ago version of the more current “whatever, Dad”. Sadly, he’s not around today to listen to what he remembers.0 -
My dad was also a Royal Engineer in WWII.
Ive told his Don Welsh story before0
