a very rare WW2 England Football Blazer Pocket Badge Patch 1944-45

Description

a very rare WW2 Era England Football Blazer Pocket Badge Patch 1944-45 Memorabilia

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An England blazer badge , gold wire thread applied to a silk background, incorporating the three lions crest and inscribed THE FOOTBALL

this is the only won... i have seen ....very rare ,

as you football fans now .. football was stopped and many off the players went to war

this needs to be framed ...

Please see Pictures for a gauge of condition


need a new home . please see all the photos

pick up and posted out to uk main land only

i wish i could name the player it came from i looked on the net work and find this info

History
The beginnings of wartime football during World War II
The 1939–40 Football League season began as normal on 26 August 1939. Following the German invasion of Poland and subsequent declaration of war by Britain against Nazi Germany on 3 September 1939, football matches were halted. The Football League teams had each played two to three League matches per division, including a full matchday for the First Division on 2 September 1939.[1] After the suspension of football, friendlies were quickly set up between regional teams.[2][3]
Decisions as to whether the game should go on were connected to debates about wartime morale as football had a positive effect on the well-being of the public.[4] The Football Association had no clear precedent from World War I, as football had continued through the 1914/15 season. The British government announced on 21 September 1939 that football games would continue but not under the divisions that the game traditionally held season to season.[5] Games began in October.
The Football Association established a fifty-mile travelling limit.[3] The Football League was separate regional leagues, flattening previous division statuses, with reduced attendance numbers.[6] In the interests of public safety, the number of spectators allowed to attend these games was limited to 8,000. These arrangements were later revised, and clubs were allowed gates of 15,000 from tickets purchased on the day of the game through the turnstiles.[7]
Many footballers during this time left their careers to join the Territorial Army.[5] Between September 1939 and the end of the war, 784 footballers joined in the war effort. 91 men joined from Wolverhampton Wanderers, 76 from Liverpool, 65 from Huddersfield Town, 63 from Leicester City, 62 from Charlton, 55 from Preston North End, 52 from Burnley, 50 from Sheffield Wednesday, 44 from Chelsea, 41 each from Brentford and Southampton, Sunderland and West Ham United, and 1 from Norwich City.[6]
Because of the number of footballers who had joined the services, the FA introduced the guest player system. Service personnel and war workers regularly moved around and teams changed significantly week to week. Young and inexperienced players also got their chance to feature for local clubs due to the shortage of experienced players.[4]
1939–40
Each season saw the divisions switched around from region to region. The first season of the Wartime League 1939–40 season, saw eight divisions established, each with between eight and 12 clubs: South West, Midlands, East Midlands, West, North West, North East and two Southern sections, which were both played in two sections.[7][3] Arsenal, Tottenham, Queens Park Rangers, and Crystal Palace were all winners of their own South section. The FA Cup was suspended and to substitute for its absence, the Football League War Cup was established.[7][8]
By May 1940 the early stages of the conflict, known as the Phoney War, ended and Germany invaded France, bringing the war increasingly closer to Britain.[9] Concerns for the safety of spectators increased as a result of the Luftwaffe's campaign of bombing. Despite this, over 40,000 fans braved the warnings and turned out at Wembley Stadium to see West Ham United lift the Football League War Cup by defeating Blackburn Rovers.[10] On 19 September 1940, soon after the beginning of the Blitz, the Football Association relaxed their ban on Sunday football to provide recreation for war workers.[5]
As early as 1939, the London clubs had called for a separate London division to be run underneath the London FA.[3] They backed down, instead participating in the Football League's official divisions. However, the London Clubs broke with the Football League in organising the London War Cup.[11] During the second half of 1939-40, the London clubs rejected the official Football League fixtures and organised their own, something they would repeat the following season.[4]
Most of the London teams had not operated under the Football League umbrella during World War I, partially explaining their independent spirit during World War II. Arsenal manager George Allison and Tottenham director G. Wagstaffe Simmons both were significant figures in the breakaway movement.[4]
1940–41
In 1940–1941, the leagues were reduced in numbers to just two: the North Regional League and the South Regional League. Crystal Palace were champions of the South and Preston North End were the North champions.[12]
The London War Cup, organised by the London clubs, was first played in the spring of 1940-41.[13] At the end of the 1940-41 season, London clubs once again organised their own competition schedule. The FA management committee publicly condemned them, but no further consequences commenced.[4]
The West Ham chairman WJ Cearns worked to find a compromise between the London clubs and the rest of the team, but found no success. In early August 1941, all eleven London clubs and two of their Southern allies, Aldershot and Reading, were expelled from the Football League. Three further clubs - Brighton, Portsmouth, and Watford - joined the rebel league. Southend United withdrew from league competition.[4]
1941–42
For 1941–1942, the two Football League competitions were renamed to League North and League South.[14] The new London War League began their first season. The London clubs had argued that their plan was closely connected to the national war effort as it would reduce long-distance games and travel.[11] However, they faced many of the same struggles as the Football League competitions including depleted teams, travel difficulties, and one-sided matches.[4]
According to wartime sport scholar Matthew Taylor, the London Wartime League was "a qualified success." However, other regional teams suffered as the Football League South was extremely stretched geographically. Some Southern clubs played only five different teams.[4]
At the end of the 1941-42 season, the Football League agreed to allow the London clubs back as long as they wrote a formal apology letter and paid a fine. The Football League still mostly acquiesced to the London clubs demands, instituting a slightly larger London League with two additional teams, renamed League South.[11]
1942–45



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25 mins from Norwich

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