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. Lady Justice is a weekly true-crime podcast that covers fascinating cases, both past and present. Social media: Instagram - lady.justice.podcast Facebook - Lady Justice Podcast Twitter - @ladyjusticepodYoutube - Lady Justice Podcast Email - [email protected] Small Act of Kindness: Shop somewhere local or from a small business.  Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Ballhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/dec/17/forgotten-story-tommy-ball-aston-villa-life-deathhttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/from-the-archives-the-star-villa-player-shot-124305https://www.otbfootball.net/tommy-ball-english-footballs-only-murdered-player/https://w.janaganamana.net/mana/anything?q=tommyballhttps://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2008/05/murder-of-aston-villa-footballer.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hK_pMjpdyMhttps://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.