FourFourTwo Podcast, Episode #21: The Football War
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In 1969, a series of World Cup qualifiers between Honduras and El Salvador played part in triggering a conflict that claimed thousands of lives.
This episode looks at how the war began, and the role the beutiful game played in ugly combat.
This story first appeared as a feature by Paul Brown in FourFourTwo magazine's Autumn 2019 issue, which you can buy here.
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