Talk:Association football during World War I

Frederick Wall / "Traitor"

Thought I'd be polite and leave a note about this here.

The Guardian article reads:

[Hogan] was almost destitute but when he went to London the secretary, Frederick Wall, opened a cupboard and offered him a pair of khaki socks:

"We sent these to the boys at the front and they were grateful." The unsubtle message was: "Traitor."

I'm not sure the journalist's interpretation is strong enough to say that Wall "called" Hogan a "traitor", as the article here does. I'm going to change it to "implied", for now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whamilton42 (talk • contribs) 01:51, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

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Swiss footballers 'signed up to fight'?

I query the accuracy of the impressive statement 5,800 players in the Swiss national Football League literally 'signed up to fight'. Switzerland was neutral throughout the war with its government deciding not to side with either alliance. The only opportunities for Swiss to be in combat were as volunteers in other countries' forces such as French Foreign Legion. It may probably be more correct to say they signed up to enlist as their militia based system was geared to defence but did not have any invaders to fight off in the event.Cloptonson (talk) 09:26, 28 May 2020 (UTC)