The Fowl Football Murder

An outstanding centre-half, the budding Aston Villa player, Tommy Ball became the first and only active English professional footballer to be murdered. In this episode, we discuss how a quarrel over chickens in the late evening of November 11, 1923, became deadly.

 

Lady Justice is a true-crime podcast; therefore deals with incidents of violence, disturbing imagery and explicit content. Listener discretion is advised. The Lady Justice Podcast wishes to offer their deepest condolences to the victim's families and wishes to offer thanks to those that work in the emergency services.

 

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Sources:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Ball

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/dec/17/forgotten-story-tommy-ball-aston-villa-life-death

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/from-the-archives-the-star-villa-player-shot-124305

https://www.otbfootball.net/tommy-ball-english-footballs-only-murdered-player/

https://w.janaganamana.net/mana/anything?q=tommyball

https://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2008/05/murder-of-aston-villa-footballer.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hK_pMjpdyM

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-tragic-chicken-murder-10425629

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Tommy-Ball-Aston-Tragedy/dp/0948683260 - copy borrowed.