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Lost in France. The Remarkable Life and Death of Leigh Roose Football's First Superstar

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Not that familiar or even keen on football I was nonetheless drawn into the intricacies of the game and the intimate life of the man and goalkeeper Leigh Roose. We are then thrown into the First World War, Gallipoli and the Somme. Finally we get the detective story that seeks to uncover what happened to the man during the fighting. Missing in Ga...

The Life and Death of Leigh Roose, Sportsman and Soldier, Spencer Vignes

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In 1914 Leigh Roose, the first superstar of modern day football, went off to join the war effort serving in the Mediterranean and France. Like millions of others the former Stoke, Sunderland and Wales goalkeeper would die. Unlike millions of others nobody knew how or where – until now. This talk lifts the lid on Leigh's remarkable life, his war...

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