News of a brand new Boro book throwing the spotlight, or should that be searchlight, on a previously little explored subject, football in wartime. What happened at Ayresome Park and who played in Boro colours during WWII?
Co-author David Harnby tells us “Ayresome Park Through Wartime" delves into a period when football was very much low down the list of prominence and priorities... the years of WWII between 1939 and 1946. This period may be regarded as "the lost years of football", so hopefully it will come as a pleasant surprise to read that football was still alive and kicking despite being in the midst of the horrors of War.
Our group has spent hundreds of hours researching the War years in efforts to piece together what was happening at the Boro during this very challenging period and to help illustrate the importance of footbal lin Middlesbrough and indeed across the whole country, which combined to help bring some sort of "normality" to fans, if only for a Saturday afternoon.
The flyer below gives details of how you can get hold of the book - one of a series of Boro history books by the author, charting Boro through the ages in chronological order.
Co-author David Harnby tells us “Ayresome Park Through Wartime" delves into a period when football was very much low down the list of prominence and priorities... the years of WWII between 1939 and 1946. This period may be regarded as "the lost years of football", so hopefully it will come as a pleasant surprise to read that football was still alive and kicking despite being in the midst of the horrors of War.
Our group has spent hundreds of hours researching the War years in efforts to piece together what was happening at the Boro during this very challenging period and to help illustrate the importance of footbal lin Middlesbrough and indeed across the whole country, which combined to help bring some sort of "normality" to fans, if only for a Saturday afternoon.
The flyer below gives details of how you can get hold of the book - one of a series of Boro history books by the author, charting Boro through the ages in chronological order.