Football continued on during World War II

An article by Simon Kuper draws attention on how the English continued to attend football matches even as the British Expeditionary Force were evacuating Dunkirk. For many, the preoccupation was their team's fortunes rather than the drone of Pathe newsreels of the war.

Even Sir Tom Finney recalling the war was more concerned about playing Arsenal in the 1941 War Cup : "I wasn't all that interested in the war when I was playing.