In modern day football, the term 'hero' is consistently used to describe players. In fact, perhaps it's used too often.

However, that term is exactly how you'd describe some former Oxford City FC players who gave their life for their country during World War One.

Ten Oxford City players died in the conflict, two of which were part of the 1906 Amateur Cup winning team.

Now, with the help of OCFC Club Historian Chris Byrne, we take a look at those Hooped heroes, who gave their lives for us in the Great War.

Harold Tabernacle and Guy Dickinson were in the team that beat Bishop Auckland 3-0 to secure the Amateur Cup trophy for the first and only time, in wintry conditions at Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, on March 24, 1906.

More than 300 City fans made the 230-mile trip north in a special train, decked in blue and white flags, the team’s colours.

The players returned to Oxford to a heroes’ welcome.

Harold Tabernacle

Tabernacle, born at Margate, Kent, in 1882, worked as an estate agent and later as a salesman, possibly of food and drink.

He played 59 games for the City’s first team between 1905 and 1910 and scored 57 goals, including two in the cup final victory.

He was serving as a corporal with the Military Mounted Police in Egypt when he died of malaria as the war ended in November 1918. He is buried in Alexandria.

Guy Dickinson

Dickinson, born in Yorkshire in 1877, moved to Oxfordshire when his father was appointed headmaster of the village school in Beckley, near Oxford.

He scored 133 goals for City in 197 games between 1895 and 1907 and provided the cross from which Herbert Hodges scored the first goal in the 1906 final.

He served with the 54th Canadian Infantry and was killed on November 6, 1917, the last day of the third battle of Ypres.

His name is recorded on the Menin Gate and in the Canadian Book of Remembrance.

Heber Slatter

He played 72 matches for the City between 1910 and 1914, scoring seven goals. He was killed in action in May 1918 while serving with the Royal Field Artillery. He is buried in Couin New British Cemetery.

He played for Reading in the latter part of the 1910-11 season, helping them win the Southern League Second Division championship, and continued for the next four seasons.

He was described as stocky, 5ft 5in tall and just 9st 11lbs, but with a reputation for being tough in the tackle. He was also said to be “one of the best half backs Reading ever produced”.

Cyril Benson

Born in 1891, the son of J R Benson, one of the club’s founders, he studied at the City of Oxford High School and Pembroke College. He played regularly for the City Reserves. He was killed at Trescault, France, in April 1917 while serving with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He is buried at Neuville-Bourjonval.

Bertram Honeysett

He joined the Royal Engineers and was with a signals company when he was killed in September 1918. He is buried at Charmes Military Cemetery, Essegney.

Charles Lakin

He attended Oxford High School and played for the City Reserves for three seasons from 1908. He died of wounds while serving with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He is buried in the Puchevillers British Cemetery.

Bertram Packer

He played in eight games for the City and scored eight goals, including six in the FA Amateur Cup rout of Slough in January 1915. He served with the Suffolk Regiment and was killed in action in October 1917. He is buried in Loos Military cemetery.

Walter Wicks

He played regularly for the City Reserves. He served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and died in Nigeria in August 1918. He is buried in Baro cemetery, Abuja.

HG Smith

He played nearly 100 games for City between 1909 and 1913 and appeared on the left wing in the 1913 FA Amateur Cup final against South Bank at Bishop Auckland, which City lost 1-0 in a replay after the teams had earlier drawn 1-1.

HW Stevens

He played more than 60 games in goal for City between 1910 and 1913. He died in the war, but no details are known.

Leigh Roose

Among other war victims was Leigh Roose, the famous Welsh international goalkeeper, who played twice in goal for City at the White House ground in friendlies. He was listed missing presumed killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

We will remember them all.