This year will be no exception, especially with the game being played on ANZAC Day at the Strathalbyn oval under lights.

ANZAC Day is a time for remembrance, a time for old comrades to get together and reminisce and a time to think about those who served our country.

This year after the dawn service, shotgun breakfast and perhaps for some taking part in or attending the ANZAC march, the ball bounces at the Strathalbyn oval at 12pm as the colts kick off the first ever ANZAC Day clash between these two local rivals on a Friday.

The clubs will join with the RSL to provide a salute to the returned and still serving persons who have served their country.

A motorcade of returned service men and women, the reading of the ode and the lone bugler, followed by the toss of the coin by one of the ex-servicemen will precede the main game to be played under lights - with siren time at 6.30pm.

The two football clubs are combining to make sure that the RSL and the diggers are remembered off the field while their continued rivalry takes place on the paddock, in what should be a huge game of football.

This game will not only be played in memory of those fallen in far bigger clashes, but for the Daish Cup and its associated prize money. The cup, currently held by Langhorne Creek, will be up for grabs, adding to the competition on the night.

Game day budgets will be available for a gold coin donation with all proceeds to go to the RSL.

Supporters will enjoy the banter and rivalry that only a Strathalbyn versus Langhorne Creek game of footy provides and help the clubs in this history making game of footy.

It will be one to be talked about in the ways of the traditional big ANZAC Day clashes of Essendon and Collingwood.