XMAS DAY 1914
Frelinghien, France
Frelinghien, France
The allied international Groundhopper force congregates in 'No Man's Land', eagerly awaiting the Xmas Day friendly fixture between Great Britain and Germany, wearing their state of the art Millets collection waterproof attire (still all the rage in Hucknall circa 2009 I'm led to believe).
Alas no programmes were issued and nobody had any batteries to use with their digital cameras so they could take pictures of the ground to download when they got back to the trenches.
Thus began the tradition of not being able to get hold of any batteries on Xmas Day for love nor money.
This was the only picture captured before the unknown soldier's camera died on him at an inopportune moment just as the teams were walking out onto the pitch (don't you just hate it when that happens).
Note, Cec (Ces?) Podd, 4th from the left, went on to make an impressive 502 first team appearances for Bradford City between 1970 and 1987, before he moved to Halifax Town.
Alas no programmes were issued and nobody had any batteries to use with their digital cameras so they could take pictures of the ground to download when they got back to the trenches.
Thus began the tradition of not being able to get hold of any batteries on Xmas Day for love nor money.
This was the only picture captured before the unknown soldier's camera died on him at an inopportune moment just as the teams were walking out onto the pitch (don't you just hate it when that happens).
Note, Cec (Ces?) Podd, 4th from the left, went on to make an impressive 502 first team appearances for Bradford City between 1970 and 1987, before he moved to Halifax Town.
