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Sir Geoff Hurst behind Army football
An intriguing game of international football is taking place in Aldershot tomorrow between the...
2 Signals win Army FA Challenge Cup
2 Signal Regiment have won this year’s Army FA Challenge Cup after beating 2nd Fusiliers 2-1 in...
Camp Bastion’s soccer supremos
The pitch wasn’t exactly Wembley and the kit was improvised but the competition was fierce. 16...
Liverpool FC coaches Akrotiri children
Children at RAF Akrotiri have been getting a taste of the big time with some first-class coaching...
Army wins Cyprus football cup
The Army has beaten the RAF at the Cyprus inter-services football final in Akrotiri. The 3-1...
CS ladies take on FA super league side
The Combined Services women's football team have played their first match of the season against...
HMS Heron take Navy Cup in 3-0 victory
In football HMS Heron have won this year's Navy Cup final after beating a spirited 40 Commando side...
RAF take Inter Services title fifth time
The Royal Air Force drew with the Army to seal the Inter Services Football title for the fifth year...
Draw made for Army Major Units Football
The draw's been made live on British Forces News for the semi finals of the Army Major Units...
BA(G) football finals staged
The finals of the two BA(G) Football Association Cups have taken place in Hameln. The Minor units...
Army beats Navy in football championship
The Army have beaten the Royal Navy in the latest round of this season's Inter Services Football...
RAF on course for new football record
In football the Royal Air Force are on course to set a new Inter Services Championship record. The...
Inter services football season to start
The 2012 Inter Services Football Championship kicks off on Wednesday with the Navy taking on the...
RAF football team set for Fratton Park
The RAF football team have been in Cyprus ahead of the start of 2012 inter services championship....
Army celebrate championship victory
The Army have been celebrating winning the Inter Services Under 23 Football Championship. They beat...
Carnegie Rugby League Challenge Cup draw
The draw's been made on board HMS Illustrious for the second round of the Carnegie Rugby League...
Carling Cup honour for 64 REME soldiers
Sunday's Carling Cup Final at Wembley between Liverpool FC and Cardiff City saw 64 proud soldiers...
Royal Navy squad train in Cyprus
The inter-services football season is about to begin and all three senior teams involved are...
Army win in Inter Services football
The Army has won the opening game in this year’s Inter Services Under 23 Championship by beating...
RAF women train in Germany ahead of game
The RAF’s women footballers will soon be taking on the Army at Cosford, a week before playing the...
British mentors beat Afghan soldiers 3-0
A team of Afghan soldiers have taken on their British mentors at football. At the start of the...
Soccer school helps forces kids for Xmas
The Chelsea Foundation hosted children of servicemen and women at the club’s Cobham training ground...
Army midfielder beats Taliban bullets
When 2 PARA Lance Corporal Tony Fitzpatrick was told he could lose a leg after being hit by four...
Feeling the heat in the BA(G) Army Cup
It was always going to be a heated football match when Hohne’s 32 Engineer Regiment came down to...
1,000 Premier League tickets for troops
More than 1,000 members of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will have free access...
Army's victorious 5-0 win against Sussex
Army midfielder Tony Fitzpatrick has helped his side to an emphatic 5-0 victory against Sussex in...
British Forces News
Headlines have been dominated by the campaign to allow British footballers to wear poppies this...
Clubs honour fallen that England can't
Veterans groups have reacted angrily to a ruling from football's world governing body FIFA...
Fifa rules stop England team wearing poppies
War veterans today condemned international football chiefs for refusing to allow the England team...
Defeat for Army Under 23s football team
The Army Under 23s football team suffered defeat against a strong AFC Wimbledon side on Tuesday....
Army football season in sight
In this year’s Army Cup draw last year’s runners up, 9 Regiment Army Air Corps, will not have to...
20 teams fight for top football prize
Football returned to Cyprus this weekend with the 40th anniversary "Carter Cup" tournament. With...
500 troops see England's 1-0 victory for free
Members of the Armed Forces were given free tickets to see England play Wales at Wembley last night...
Lt Col de Labillière congratulates opposing captain
A team of Royal Marines have taken on a team of Afghans in the inaugural match in the newly formed...
Second Fusiliers win football league final
The British Army Germany Major Unit Football league final has been played in Celle. 1 UK Armoured...
57 a side football held in Paderborn
Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment in Paderborn have taken part in...
Afghan Women Football Team
Female football is a growing game in Afghanistan, but in a country where many object to women...
British Forces News
3 YORKS have won this year’s Army Challenge Cup in dramatic fashion. They beat rivals 9 Regiment...
FA Cup honour for hero soldier
A soldier and lifelong Man City fan who was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in Afghanistan...
Corporal Mark Ward chosen for his bravery
A soldier who was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in Afghanistan is to present the FA Cup to...

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It can be one of the loneliest jobs of all, and the most unpopular. So why would anyone want to...