Some of you may or may not know, I recently published a book on the history of the Iraqi national team which I called Birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia. The word ‘birth’ is a key one, the book looks at the early beginnings of football in Iraq after WWI and how the Iraq FA was first formed along with the first Iraqi national team, later to be known as the Lions of Mesopotamia.
Percy Lynsdale: The British and football in Iraq
Percy Lynsdale: The British and football in…
Percy Lynsdale: The British and football in Iraq
Some of you may or may not know, I recently published a book on the history of the Iraqi national team which I called Birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia. The word ‘birth’ is a key one, the book looks at the early beginnings of football in Iraq after WWI and how the Iraq FA was first formed along with the first Iraqi national team, later to be known as the Lions of Mesopotamia.