British and German Army Truce Match

On Wednesday 17th December the British Army football team will play the German Bundeswehr to commemorate the 1914 Christmas Truce at Aldershot Town

On Wednesday 17th December the British Army football team will play the German Bundeswehr to commemorate the 1914 Christmas Truce at Aldershot Town FC

In honour of the 1914 Christmas Truce and the game of football that is reputed to have taken place in No-Man’s-Land, the British Army’s Football Team will again take on their German counterparts in a commemorative match called ‘The Game of Truce’; kick-off at 7:30 pm Wednesday 17th December 2014.

In a collaborative venture between the Football Association, the Army and Aldershot Town Football Club, the game will fittingly take place in Aldershot Town FC’s ES Stadium in the very heart of the ‘Home of the British Army’ - Aldershot. The match will be the culmination of the FA’s ’Football Remembers’ in which players, staff and fans have been encouraged to pay their respects and commemorate those who swapped football boots for Army boots 100 years ago.

It is expected to be an extremely competitive game between two evenly matched military teams. High profile guests will include FA Chairman Greg Dyke, Head of the Army General Sir Nicholas Carter and a number of football personalities past and present.

Tickets for the game are priced at £3.00 for adults and £1.00 for U18s and Concessions, which are available through Aldershot Town Football Club. All proceeds from the match will be donated to the Royal British Legion and the German Military’s equivalent charity. Pay turnstiles will also be open on the evening.

The Game of Truce is the only joint Army - FA commemoration planned for the First World War centenary. It honours the spirit of the 1914 Christmas Truce using the international language of football and is a fitting commemoration to the men on both sides who spent Christmas 1914 in the trenches.

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