The first Footballers Battalion, set up by Henry Norris, play their first match
By Tony Attwood For anyone who has not read Henry Norris at the Arsenal the notion that Norris was something of a wartime hero must seem strange as he is portrayed elsewhere as a self-centred incompetent. But not only was this quite untrue, he was an extremely important part of Britain’s war effort, rising from …
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