On this day in 1914 British and German soldiers put down their arms to wish each other Happy Christmas – and play a friendly game of football!
This holiday season, the Christmas Truce serves as a reminder that with peace comes football, and with football comes peace. Read the whole story in our blog post by clicking below.
Football for Good in the midst of War
The year was 1914 and all along the Western Front, soldiers huddled for warmth in their trenches, slowly realizing that the First World War would persist through the holiday season. Yet among the dreary conditions of no-man’s land, Captain A D Chater of the British army witnessed what he called �…
