[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

All these stories/links are so poorly written, I would have thought that it was done by a drunken Indian from the Khyber Pass, not British historians.

What casualties? What next defeat? What happened after the battle? Where the hell is the context?

Damned, even the British can’t write English properly. We are doomed.

[colorado tanker]

The battle is significant because it confirmed Athelstan's union of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms under one rule. Had the battle been lost, Northumbria and possibly other territories would have regained independence. The article somewhat overstates the significance, because his empire fell apart after his death and had to be put back together under his successor.

Athelstan is, however, considered the first King of a united England.