watch the Interview with a legendary ‘Footballer Who Went To War’.

Phil Stant, a legendary footballer who went to war at 19 and later became a premier league player narrated his harrowing experience in this video.

When footballers were men, football stepped up to save the nation. The peace, joy and tranquility we enjoyed today was provided for us in blood by our past great heroes, who left everything behind to defend the territorial boundaries of this great nation from foreign invaders.  not so sure the same can be said of the over hyped flamboyant footballers of today.

Phil Stant was interviewed by Paul Fletcher MBE, a great personality of the game too.

Phil talks about footballers players that went to war with the Footballers Battalion and the gruesome and harrowing experience of war as a 19 year old.

“I’ve always said when you’re a professional footballer the biggest crime of all is letting yourself down. When you’re in the army the biggest crime of all is letting your mates down,” he says. “As professional footballers we are very selfish because that’s the nature of the business but, despite the difference, there has always been a close link between football and the forces.

Footballers Battalion formation. (He talked about the formation of footballers battalion)

He talked about First battle for the footballers.

And Leicester players killed during the war.

Phil also talked about other football club players who died in the war

Phil who was bought out of the Army by Hereford United for just £600 in October 1986 – play for the likes of Cardiff, Mansfield, Fulham, Bury and Lincoln. Stant now works for the Football League where he ensures that the links between the military and football are maintained.

 

Some war memorabilia on display