NigelR
A Fixture
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Thanks Malc and Simon, I'm hopeful it will come together well. I will practice the groundwork first though this time....
Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of historical evidence for the truces and for fraternisation, it's recorded in letters and regimental diaries. But there are apparently only two occasions where football played between the Brits and the Germans can be corroborated by accounts on both sides. Otherwise it's largely hearsay that's been embellished over the years, especially by things like the 2014 commemorations (remember that tv advert?). But there definitely was some football, even if the Argylls vs Saxons probably didn't happen.......
That's the trouble with being a rivet counter
Regarding there being an historical record of the event, I'd guess at the time neither side wanted to acknowledge it, then the war ended and it was no longer an issue worth remembering.
Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of historical evidence for the truces and for fraternisation, it's recorded in letters and regimental diaries. But there are apparently only two occasions where football played between the Brits and the Germans can be corroborated by accounts on both sides. Otherwise it's largely hearsay that's been embellished over the years, especially by things like the 2014 commemorations (remember that tv advert?). But there definitely was some football, even if the Argylls vs Saxons probably didn't happen.......
That's the trouble with being a rivet counter