Jack Butland Represents Stoke City in Football Remembers Poem Recital Published on Dec 24, 2014 Stoke City were asked to select a representative to recite a line of a special poem which acts as a tribute to the men who took part in the Christmas Truce match in the First World War, 100 years ago. The video brings to a close Football Remembers, the series of programmes and events delivered jointly by the Premier League, The Football Association and the Football League, in partnership with the British Council, to commemorate the First World War. The poem will be posted alongside the 11,000 pre-match team photos that have been uploaded to FootballRemembers during December. The pictures and poem recital will be handed to the British Library as a record of football in 2014, 100 years on from the Christmas Truce. The video features football people from the Premier League, The FA, and the Football League. There are 17 footballers, coaches, managers and referees who deliver stanzas from the poem. The full list of those speaking in the poem [in order of appearance]: • Vincent Kompany, Manchester City • Wojciech Szczesny, Arsenal • Charlie Austin, Queens Park Rangers • John O’Shea, Sunderland • Matt Bloomfield, Wycombe Wanderers • Sir Trevor Brooking • Gary Neville, England • Howard Webb, Professional Game Match Officials Limited • Steve McClaren, Derby County • Steven Taylor, Newcastle United • Jack Butland, Stoke City • Ashley Williams, Swansea City • Alan Irvine, West Bromwich Albion • Ian Holloway, Millwall • Morgan Schneiderlin, Southampton • Mark Schwarzer, Chelsea A new permanent memorial to the Christmas Truce has been erected at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire; the Premier League has gifted a 3G pitch to the city of Ypres as a ‘living memorial’; 60 Under 12 footballers from England and Germany formed the backing choir for a re-recording of All Together Now by the Peace Collective; two Under 12 Christmas Truce Tournaments took place in Ypres, one in November for all 20 Premier League clubs and one in December for six international nations; historic matches were played between England and Germany’s women’s teams and the British Army FA and the German Army; tens of thousands of professional and grassroots footballers took part in joint team-photos for FootballRemembers https://youtube/watch?v=nB_5q1q0RD4
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 06:00:08 +0000