There was a documentary about this, which aired on UKTV HISTORY a couple of weeks ago.

They talked to people who were there, and quoted official sources, private letters home, etc.

The story was slightly different from those detailed above. They said that this took place all along the English/German front, and that there were a large number of football matches, including one with the well documented scoreline Germans 3 British 2 (amazingly not decided on penalties......my comment, not theirs), and one played with a real football brought over by a British Tommy.

They also said that the French refused to have anything to do with it, and remained in their trenches.

I suppose there are as many versions as there are storytellers.

Don T.