“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,
has
described
the
histories
of
Southampton
FC
that
have
been
produced,
in
recent
seasons,
by
Hagiology
Publishing.
FORTHCOMING
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST – WITH NO OBLIGATION – NOW
SAINTS AT WAR tells the story of what more than 300 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.
- 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.
If you are interested in the possibility of owning a copy of this book, with your name listed in it, then please e-mail your contact details (name, postal address, e-address and tel no(s)) to bull.hagiology@blueyonder.co.uk
Shortly before publication, you will be contacted – with NO OBLIGATION – with details of the reduced price at which this book can be yours
You will also be advised as to plans, subject to the authors' health and fitness, for the book on World War Two -- from the Saints captured at Dunkirk to the one who fell within reach of Arnhem's Bridge Too Far.
SAINTS AT WAR will join 11 other Hagiology titles that remain in print, although the first four named below are now available only in a few bookshops and are no longer obtainable by mail-order from this site:
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
For further details of any of these books, CLICK on the appropriate title.
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