Lord Methuen’s Strong Views

In reply to a telegram from Mr F. N. Charrington, asking his lordship to join in a protest against the continuance during war of football, Field-Marshall Lord Methuen answered as follows:

It is to my mind, deplorable, that men in England, if fit to take part in this war, should rest content to stay at home, refuse to give their services to their country, and play football. They are just one degree better than those who do nothing. METHUEN