The Knowledge Christmas special: Did Tommies v Jerries really happen? http://t.co/VkhhQIh6 via @guardian
The Knowledge Christmas special: Did world war one matches really happen?
“Did the Christmas football matches between British and German troops in the first world war trenches really take place?” wonders a sceptical Sandy Brook. As you imply in your question, Sandy, most folk raise an eyebrow nowadays at the thought of Tommy and Jerry getting together for a spot of festive soccer on a patch of no-man’s land so churned it made the Baseball Ground circa 1972 look like the gardens of Tresco.