A Day at the Football

A Day at the Football/Soccer
Overview
Author	Laura Jackson Davey Moore (original story)
Illustrator(s)	Robin Davies Dan Crisp (map illustration)
Publisher(s)	Egmont Publishing
Published	May 3rd, 2018 (UK) July 1st, 2018 (US)
Release Guide
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A Day at the Football, retitled A Day at the Soccer in North American editions, is a book.

Plot

Thomas and James have a competition during the biggest football match of the year. The two engines play reds vs blues and race to deliver their football fans to the game on time.

Characters

• Thomas
• James
• Annie and Clarabel
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Sodor United Football Team (do not speak)
• Barrow Football Team (do not speak)
• Harold (cover only)

Locations

• Tidmouth Sheds
• Dryaw
  • Dryaw FC
• Brendam Docks
• Kellsthorpe Road
• Barrow (mentioned)

Trivia

• This book is based on the nineteenth series episode, Reds vs. Blues.
• Mark Moraghan as Mr. Evans read the story in a Storytime with Mr. Evans segment.
• There is a small biography on the Reverend W. Awdry at the end of the book.
• This book has some differences from the original episode:
  • James is the one who remarks that the Barrow fans were wearing red.
  • Percy is not present.
  • There is a scene where the trophy goes missing and Thomas and James work together to find it. This scene was not present in the original episode.