Date: 10th February 2026
Football during the Second World War was a huge morale booster and on 22 April 1944 a famous match took place at Hampden Park – England vs Scotland, with General Montgomery (the famous Allied commander) in attendance. 82 years later his grandson Henry is visiting Hampden Park as part of a podcast series and is keen to speak to people who as children may have attended that very match or other matches at Hampden Park during the war.
Watch the match highlights here
On 22nd April Monty attended a famous wartime football match at Hampden Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86M-Yd7MBeM
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PICTURE Hampden Park museum
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