Revisiting Blogmas Day 8 The Christmas Truce 1914

Ten years ago I had this crazy idea to re-enact the Christmas Truce matches played a hundred years earlier. My daughter was playing at Anchorians Football Club at the time so I floated the idea and the chairman Leigh Willis backed me to the hilt despite the misgivings of some others at the club. The result was a Boxing Day morning like no other and one that everyone really enjoyed. Looking back it was probably one of the best things I have ever done. The story of the truce of 1914 and the centenary matches are in the article below.

https://davidgpearce205.blog/2022/12/22/the-christmas-truce-1914/