It is not an Indian game. It is an English game. We have learnt to play it from the English. Nowadays every school has a football team. Football is played in the open field. Hence it is called an outdoor game. The game is played with a leather ball. There is a rubber bladder inside it. Air is pumped into the bladder. The fields are generally 100 yards long and 50 yards broad. Two goal posts are placed at the end of the two opposite sides. The game is played between two teams. Each team consists of eleven players, namely, one goal-keeper, two full-backs, three half-backs, and five forwards. The parties stand face to face on their respective sides. The play begins at the center. The center-forward of one party first kicks the ball. Then each party tries to kick the ball inside the goal of the opposite party. Each party tries to baffle such attempts of the opposite party. The party that scores the largest number of goals becomes the winner. Sometimes, an equal number of goals are scored …
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Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain during the Second World War
“I was 12th man for England against Wales at Wembley. Within a few minutes, the Welsh half-back broke his collar bone. They had no reserves and I as the only spare player to hand. That’s how I made my international debut - for Wales.” - Stan Mortensen, Blackpool and England. When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, football came to an abrupt halt. Large crowds were banned, stadiums were given over to military use, most players joined up. Then it was realised that if victory was the national goal, soccer could help - and football went to war. For the next six years the game became hugely important to Britain. Boosting morale among servicemen, munitions workers and beleaguered citizens alike - and raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for war funds. It was a game with plenty of human stories. Some footballers were dubbed ‘PT commandos’ or ‘D-Day dodgers’. Others, however, saw action. Pre-war heroes on the pitch became wartime heroes off it. This book captures the atmosphere of the time and tells the story of a unique period in football’s history.
