When the Whistle Blows

ANDREW RIDDOCH grew up in Sheffield and has a long-standing interest in military history and football. JOHN KEMP lives in Essex and has followed the mixed fortunes of West Ham for many years.

Foreword by the acclaimed military historian and broadcaster Richard Holmes. Tells the story of this famous 'Pals' battalion for the first time. Battalion fought in the Battles of the Somme, Arras and Cambrai. Extensively researched and contains many previously unpublished photographs. Players in the battalion have connections to over 80 current Football League clubs. Clubs range from Premiership clubs, such as Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, to lower league clubs like Northampton Town, Plymouth Argyle and Grimsby Town. Contains a roll of 3,500 men known to have served with the Footballers' Battalion and A-Z biographical sketches of significant players. Published in the 90th anniversary year of the end of the First World War.