This gives context to a backstory in 'Ted Lasso' wherein the stadium was believed to be haunted. The Richmond pitch had been converted to an aid station during the war and the spirits of the dead were in the stadium. Go Greyhounds!
Leyton Orient had one of the earliest football pals brigades (they are playing Hearts as a commemoration of this in July as part of Hearts' 150 year anniversary). I think the whole community aspect of teams at the time was a big factor in how clubs dealt with the war.
This gives context to a backstory in 'Ted Lasso' wherein the stadium was believed to be haunted. The Richmond pitch had been converted to an aid station during the war and the spirits of the dead were in the stadium. Go Greyhounds!
Leyton Orient had one of the earliest football pals brigades (they are playing Hearts as a commemoration of this in July as part of Hearts' 150 year anniversary). I think the whole community aspect of teams at the time was a big factor in how clubs dealt with the war.
We did a massive data project on the first men to enlist in the Footballers Battalion and Clapton Orient/Chelsea were by far the biggest contributors.
the book Orient released about their lads is fabulous