Soccer team of British soldiers with gas masks, World War I, somewhere in Northern France, 1916

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steelorca: Didn’t they play a match against the Germans on Christmas Day during WW1?

ForgeGB: As it’s English soldiers the title should say Football instead of soccer

houstonjones: This had to be a dirty-ass game with nasty shit-talking.

DeepDishPi: By the early 20th Century, British sport scientists had finally perfected a defense against the French team’s dreaded “fart in your general direction” attack.

houstonjones: This has got to be the widest goalie cage.