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The beautiful game in wartime: How football unified and thrived during World War II

Stanley Matthews runs with the ball for the RAF team (Picture: Getty)

On 16 October 1943, around 60,000 spectators made their way into Maine Road for a wartime international fixture between England and Scotland.

The hosts were undoubtedly…

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