Army
Army Football Team to Host Christmas Truce Match
The British Army football team will entertain the German Bundeswehr on Wednesday December 17 to commemorate the 1914 Christmas Truce, at Aldershot Town's ESS Stadium.
‘The Game of Truce’, which honours the football match that is reputed to have taken place in no-man’s- land, will kick off at 7:30pm in the ‘Home of the British Army’ – Aldershot.
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.
The match will be the culmination of the FA’s ‘Football Remembers ’ campaign, 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.
Tickets for the game are priced at £3.00 for adults and £1.00 for U18s and concessions, and are available through Aldershot Town Football Club or pay turnstiles on the evening.
All proceeds from the match will be donated to the Royal British Legion and the German Military’s equivalent charity.
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