Football & Peace

Monthly Archives: July 2023

RUSHALL OLYMPIC FOOTBALL CLUB

CIRENCESTER TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB’S PEACE PITCH

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CIRENCESTER TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

Alan Lloyd Director of Football, CTFC , receives the Peace Field Project’s Peace Poppy Football from The CFA’s volunteer facilitator Keir Sayers.

‘The Club are delighted to have close links with the Children’s Football Alliance. Cirencester Town F.C acknowledges the value of twinning our designated area of play with Flanders Peace Field and the Peace Pitch at the Peace Village, Mesen, Belgium. ‘ Alan Lloyd

Memorial; Cirencester – WW1 Apsley Hall

Cirencester’s WW1 Memorial

Cirencester Memorial Centre (Apsley Hall), Sheep Street, Cirencester, Cotswold, Gloucestershire. GL7 1RQ

Frieze on facade: TO THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 – 1919 Frieze above porch: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Tablets: ROLL OF HONOUR./ (Names) Plaque above door: THIS HALL WAS GIVEN BY EARL BATHURST AND/ WAS ALTERED TO ITS PRESENT PURPOSE BY/ SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM THE EARL & COUNTESS/ AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN AND DISTRICT/ AS A THANK OFFERING FOR THE VICTORY WON/ AND FOR PEACE

Alan Lloyd, Director of Football, Cirencester Town Football Club, signing the Peace Field Project Declaration for Peace Certificate.

The signing of the Peace Field Project (PFP) Declaration for Peace Certificate pledges the club to support peace through play. CTFC will receive their PFP plaque at their twinning ceremony in November 2023 around the time for Remembrance Day.