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Berlin

Footballers in Berlin's Tempelhofer Park c.1900. Fantastic berets.

Say it with flowers #2

     Américo Miguel Tesoriere                                                             Agostinho Fortes Filho

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro 15.10.22. Brazil 2 Argentina 0.

Spot The Ball

Spot the Ball competitions used to be very popular, appearing on the back pages of most newspapers, with large cash prizes on offer.  To mark FA Cup Final day here are 4 Cup Final Spot the Balls. Click on the date to reveal the solution.

1882

1904

1909 

1925

Hibernian 1902

The 1902 Scottish Cup Final was due to be played at Ibrox on 12th April, but due to the tragic Ibrox disaster the match was delayed until the 26th . The venue was changed to Celtic Park, giving Celtic home advantage in the final, though curiously only 16,000 attended. Hibernian won the match 1–0 through a 75th minute goal from Andy McGeachan.

GK	Harry Rennie*
RB	Archie Gray*
LB	Robert Glen*
RH	Bernard Breslin*
CH	Jimmy Harrower
LH	Alex Robertson*
OR	Johnny McCall
IR	Andy McGeachan
CF	John Divers*
IL	Paddy Callaghan *
OL	Bobby Atherton **
	Manager: Dan McMichael

* Scottish international
** Welsh international

The World ...1871

In 1871, when the Wanderers were beginning to feel their omnipotence, they issued a challenge to the Rest of the World.
A number of the players from the 1867 matches were still involved.  The World remained a very metropolitan outfit- R Smith of Queen's Park was now London based and also played for South Norwood.

The match was played at The Oval  on 25.03.71. It ended in a 1-1  draw, with goals from Howard and Dixon .

Both teams lined up 1-1-8
The World: W.R Dent (Forest Club)
W.S Rawson (Westminster School)- capped twice by England 1875-77

R.H Birkett (Clapham Rovers)- represented England at Association and Rugby.

S.R Tatham (Hampstead Heathens)

R.S.F Walker (Clapham Rovers)

G Holden (Clapham Rovers)

H.B Dixon (Westminster School)

W.C Butler (Civil Service)

R Smith (Queen’s Park) - represented Scotland in the 1872 international

R Barker (Hertfordshire Rangers) - played for England in the 1872 international

C.J Morice (Crystal Palace)- England international.

Wanderers:
A.F Kinnaird
W.H Gladstone
Q Hogg
C.W Alcock
A.J Baker
W.P Crake
A.W.H Howard
C.E.B Nepean
Hon T.H Pelham
T.C Hooman
R.W.S Vidal

Westfalia Schalke

1908

The earliest known photograph of Schalke 04 (above) dates from 1908, when the club was still known as Westfalia Schalke. 
At the time of the club's formation in 1904 the protagonists were around 14 years of age.
They came from the neighbourhood of the Consolidation Colliery, and the team still carry the nickname Die Knappen (The Miners).
The class divide in German Association football effectively excluded Schalke from official league competition until 1912.

Polyteknikkojen urheiluseura (PUS)

1906

Polyteknikkojen urheiluseura  (PUS) was founded in 1903 at the Helsinki University of Technology. In 1909 they won the national championships. Finland was, at the time, a part of the Russian Empire. The club name was changed to Aalto-yliopiston urheiluseura as recently as 2010. The shin guards on display above are pretty impressive. Note also the gauntlets won by the goalkeeper (seated).

1909

Bovril Wins

Nottingham Forest won the FA Cup in 1898, beating local rivals Derby County 3-1 at Crystal Palace.

Augusto Rangone

When we think of Italian managers in the pre war era the name of Vittorio Pozzo will, of course, forever dominate, leading the Azzuri on 95 occasions including 2 World Cup wins.
In the majority of other matches in this era the team was run by a group of coaches referred to as the Technical Committee. They were also overseen by Augusto Rangone for 24 matches, of which they won 12.
The Alessandria manager first contributed to the national scene in 1922 -24 as part of the Technical Committee (along with Umberto Meazza and Augusto Galletti, with Silva and Agostini also contributing for the game on 20.01.24).

03.12.22	Italy	2	2	Switzerland
01.01.23	Italy	3	1	Germany
04.03.23	Italy	0	0	Hungary
15.04.23	Austria	0	0	Italy
27.05.23	Czechoslovakia	5	1	Italy
20.01.24	Italy	0	4	Austria

This lack of success prompted the appointment of Pozzo as national coach, a position he held for 5 games, including the 1924 Olympic tournament.
In November 1924 the Technical Committee approach was given another try. This time Rangone, Milano and  Baccani formed the triumvirate.

16.11.24	Italy	2	2	Sweden
23.11.24	Germany	0	1	Italy
19.01.25	Italy	1	2	Hungary
22.03.25	Italy	7	0	France
14.06.25	Spain	1	0	Italy
18.06.25	Portugal	1	0	Italy

In November 1925 Rangone alone was entrusted with the running of the national side. Rangone contributed to the nations first 2 international honours- he oversaw the  first 50% of Italy's victorious Coupe Internationale européenne campaign of 1927-30 and led them to a Bronze medal at the 1928 Olympics.

04.11.25	Italy	2	1	Yugoslavia
08.11.25	Hungary	1	1	Italy
17.01.26	Italy	3	1	Czechoslovakia
21.03.26	Italy	3	0	Irish Free State
18.04.26	Switzerland	1	1	Italy
09.05.26	Italy	3	2	Switzerland
18.07.26	Sweden	5	3	Italy
28.10.26	Czechoslovakia	3	1	Italy
30.01.27	Switzerland	1	5	Italy
20.02.27	Italy	2	2	Czechoslovakia
17.04.27	Italy	3	1	Portugal
24.04.27	France	3	3	Italy
29.05.27	Italy	2	0	Spain
23.10.27	Czechoslovakia	2	2	Italy*
06.11.27	Italy	0	1	Austria*
01.01.28	Italy	3	2	Switzerland*
25.03.28	Italy	4	3	Hungary*
15.04.28	Portugal	4	1	Italy
22.04.28	Spain	1	1	Italy
29.05.28	France	3	4	Italy **
01.06.28	Italy	1	1	Spain **
04.06.28	Italy	7	1	Spain **
07.06.28	Italy	2	3	Uruguay **
09.06.28	Italy	11	3	Egypt **

*Coupe Internationale européenne
** Olympic Games 

As part of Technical Committee:

P	W	D	L	F	A
12	3	4	5	17	18

As sole coach/manager:

P	W	D	L	F	A
24	12	7	5	68	44

Last day drama -1903

On Saturday April 18th 1903 (which was FA Cup Final day) The Wednesday completed their League campaign with a 3-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Owlerton (goals from Andy Wilson, Fred Spikesley and Ambrose Langley).
Sunderland, in second place , just one point behind, had a game in hand.
The following Saturday Sunderland traveled the 20 km to play their local rivals Newcastle United at St James' Park. A win would see them retain the League title (they had won 4 previous titles in total; Aston Villa held the record with 5).
Newcastle went ahead in the 48th minute- a short range effort from Robert Smyth McColl. 
In the latter stages of the game, pressing for the  equalizer, Sunderland changed formation to 1-4-5 (Rhodes 'joining the halves'). Under the rules of the day  this led to  a lot of off sides- much to the anger of the Newcastle fans.

Newcastle United		Sunderland
Charlie Watts	GK	Ned Doig
Andy Aitken	RB	Jimmy Watson
William Agnew	LB	Ephraim 'Dusty' Rhodes
Peter McWilliam	RH	Billy Farquhar
Colin Veitch	CH	Alex Barrie
Jack Carr	LH	Dicky Jackson
Archie Turner	OR	Billy Hogg
Alec Gardner	IR	Robbie Robinson
Bob McColl	CF	Jimmy Millar
Bill Appleyard	IL	Joe Hewitt
Bobby Templeton	OL	Arthur Bridgett

'Toffee Bob' McColl was the founder of a chain of corner shops that can still be seen to this day.