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[email protected]. History on the Pitch: The Social and Economic Impact of Professional Soccer in Postwar London Shaun Bummer 2015 Davidson Honors College Senior Thesis – University of Montana Advisor: Professor Gillian Glaes 1. Introduction “Twenty-seven years ago Charlton Athletic were unknown… Now, at Wembley Stadium on Saturday a crowd just short of 100,000, among them the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Prime Minister and members of his Cabinet, acclaimed the South London club as FA Cup Winners. The triumph is Charlton’s greatest in a short history full of remarkable achievements” 1. As Charlton Athletic became the first professional football 2 club from London to hoist the FA 3 Cup trophy in the postwar era, the club played a role in the social revival of London within the immediate devastation of World War II.