Football to honour 1914 Christmas Truce centenary this December

Football to honour 1914 Christmas Truce centenary this December

Darlington Football Club is to commemorate the centenary of one of the most iconic moments of the First World War - the 1914 Christmas Truce – as part of a week of remembrance activity in December 2014.

'Football Remembers Week' will take place from 5-14 December. A joint collaboration between The FA, the Premier League, the Football League and the British Council, the aim is to engage football fans and players at every level about what took place on Christmas Day one hundred years ago on the battlefields in Belgium. All fixtures throughout the Premier League, Football League and the national league systems are taking part in this activity.

On 25 December 1914, soldiers from both sides put down their weapons and crossed into ‘no man’s land’ to share in an impromptu ceasefire. First-hand accounts from the time include references to football being played and photographs taken.

The EVO-STIK Northern Premier League’s clubs are commemorating this centenary on Saturday 6th December. All 68 clubs are helping to create a unique photographic record of football a century later by having mixed squad photos taken before kick-off at all matches this Saturday.

The images will be posted on new commemorative website - www.footballremembers.com – which will preserve them for future generations as part of a joint collaboration between The Football Association, the Premier League, the Football League and the British Council.