WELSH football teams, fans and schools are being asked to remember the First World War during "Football Remembers Week" and to help create a unique photographic record of football a century on from the Christmas Truce.

The Football Asso- ciation of Wales

(FAW) is joining with British Council Wales to help players and fans commemo- rate what took place on Christmas Day 1914 in Flanders, Belgium, when sol- diers from both sides of the conflict laid down their arms to celebrate Christmas – with some even coming together to

play games of foot- ball.

During Football Remembers week, 6- 14th December, play- ers are asked to pose together in a group photograph as a mark of respect to those that played in the 1914 Christmas Truce match. Teams can then post their photographs on

social media using #FootballRemembers and the pictures will be automatically uploaded to a dedi- cated website via social media.

Gwyn Derfel, Welsh Pemier League secretary, said: "The FAW is pleased to partici- pate in the Football Remembers project

and it is believed that a number of Welshmen were involved in the his- toric football match.

"Local reports in Ypres suggest that the 1914 Christmas truce was started by a Welshman; William 'Blackwood' Jones and that a Welsh reg- iment played in the match."