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“Of all the single-club football histories, those from the roseate crew at Southampton are always the ones to relish.”
That is how the leading sportswriter, the late Frank Keating, described the histories of Southampton FC that have been produced, in recent seasons, by Hagiology Publishing.
LATEST PUBLICATION
SAINTS IN THE GREAT WAR tells the story of what more than 200 of Southampton’s footballers did in the First World War.
Their stories include:
- The many Saints who fought on the Western Front, where several were killed in action.
- The local professional sportsmen, including two cricket-football all-rounders, who were posted to India, a safe haven where they played endless cricket and football.
- The boy-soldier from Romsey, who developed, in India, into a record-breaking Saint.
- The Saint who enlisted in the “Pompey Pals” battalion and was killed in action in France.
- The Saints who fought the Turks in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and/or Palestine.
- Those who guested for the Saints while engaged, whether as servicemen or civilians, at south-coast forts and batteries; in the Woolston shipyards; on the training areas of Salisbury Plain or the Winchester Downs; in the Royal Flying Corps at Beaulieu or Netheravon; or at a hospital from Netley to Brockenhurst.
- We are reliably informed that this book is unique among football-at-war books, in its inclusion of the war stories of "guest professionals", an average of 41 men per war-season.
SAINTS IN THE GREAT WAR joins 11 other Hagiology titles, although the first four named below are out of print. The others can be ordered at the discounts advertised on our ORDER page.
Match of the Millennium (pbk, 2000)
The Saints’ 100 Most Memorable Matches.
Full-Time at The Dell (pbk, 2001)
From Watty to Matty 1898-2001.
Constant Paine (hbk, 2008; pbk, 2009)
From Southampton Legend to South African Ambassador.
In That Number (hbk, 2003)
A post-war Chronicle of Southampton FC.
Dell Diamond (pbk, 2004)
Ted Bates' 66 seasons with the Saints.
Saints v Pompey (pbk, 2004)
A History of Unrelenting Rivalry.
Tie A Yellow Ribbon (hbk, 2006)
How The Saints Won The Cup.
Suited and Booted (hbk, 2012)
A snapshot of pre-war Southampton FC in pictures.
All the Saints (pbk, 2013)
A complete who's who of 1000+ first-team men from 1887 to 2013.
Match of the New Millennium (pbk, 2016)
The Saints' 100 Most Memorable Matches 2001-16.
Days Like These (pbk, 2017)
The Saints, month by month, on days like these
Saints in the Great War (perfect bound, 2024)
Southampton footballers on all fronts in WW1.
For further details of any of these books, CLICK on the appropriate title.
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