Malmesbury Youth U14s versus Stratton Youth U14s – Christmas Truce 1914 commemoration. Picture: Stephen Shepherd
ALL football clubs from grassroots to the top flight have been encouraged to take team photographs as part of Football Remembers Week.
An initiative backed by the The British Council, FA, Football League and Premier League, the Football Remembers project marks the centenary of the Christmas Truce with a special focus on games of football which were played in no man’s land.
Soldiers from both sides shared an impromptu ceasefire in Ypres, Belgium, on Christmas Day, 1914.
The best entry the Standard sports desk has seen is the evocative example (above) taken by Stratton-based photographer Stephen Shepherd of his son’s team Stratton Youth U14s after their recent game with Malmesbury U14s.
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