It is Remembrance Sunday but not the 11th, nevertheless, games all over the country will have acknowledged the memory of our various wars and indeed, the Hepworth United Juniors, U14s went to Ossett, south Leeds, for another Division 5 league match, won by our lot 5-2. This makes two wins on the bounce and the injection of new players has made a difference. Our regular players have raised their game and we are hoping to climb up the table to a respectable place. We were 4-0 up down the slope with the wind in our sails and then survived the second half.
The nice touch was a proper live cornet player provided by the opposition to mark Remembrance Sunday. So this was classy and well observed.
The Guardian has another take on this memorable day;
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2015/nov/10/david-squires-on-football-and-remembrance-day
The Independent explains why our top sportsmen may not always conform;
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/remembrance-day-moeen-ali-jonathan-liew-james-mcclean-poppies-royal-british-legion-a8028301.html
The Royal Engineers, who have a rich history in football, were the FA Cup winners once and runners up three more times, once in the first ever Cup Final in 1872. They also won the Amateur Cup in 1908. Dressed in full military kit, part of their training games involved gas marks, which had to be put on, on the whistle for the start of the game, and nobody could not touch the ball until the mask was fitted properly. The referee would then stop the match periodically and the masks had to be taken off and once again a player could not touch the ball until this was done properly. This was regarded as good training and dexterity.
Eddie Mason of the Dragoon Guards, who survived the bloodiest war in history, fighting at Marne, Ypres and Aisne, played his first match in 1919 for Hull City and was carried off after a few minutes and missed the whole season.
Here is a modern soldier's story.
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