NAM.1972-11-4-1

Football Match at Candahar, Afghanistan, 59th Regt v the Garrison 1878. Pen and ink drawing by John Frederick Irwin, 1878. Inscribed on mount 'First game of football ever played in the east'. Associated with 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880). Kandahar, in south-east Afghanistan, was captured by Lieutenant-General Donald Stewart’s force without a struggle on 8 January 1879. In the months that followed the occupation of the city was relatively uneventful, allowing the garrison to partake in social activities and sporting contests.

2nd Afghan War (1878-1880)