Nils Middelboe

Before joining Chelsea in 1913 Middleboe represented Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Frederiksberg. He made 15 appearances for Denmark (7 goals), and played at 3 Olympic tournaments (winning 2 silver medals).

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9th Far Eastern Games

The football tournament of the 9th Far Eastern Games was played in Tokyo in May 1930. 

 25.05.30  Japan 7-2 Philippines 
 27.05.30  China 5-0 Philippines 
 30.05.30  Japan 3-3 China 

 Japan conceded the final match rather than play extra time. China were therefore the champions.

Parque Central

Boaters de rigueur. 22,000 at Montevideo's Parque Central to see Uruguay defeat Argentina 2-0 on 02.12.23

Roose saves from Morris

The evolution of halftone printing techniques led to the widespread use of photographs in the mass media. The Athletic News was prominent among the publications that brought this exciting presentation of football action to the masses.
As in the previous post, we have 2 Welsh players in opposition here.
Dick Roose of Sunderland saves from Gren Morris of Nottingham Forest. The match, at Roker Park, ended in a 2-2 draw (15.10.10).

1904 FA Cup Final

The first all Lancashire Final.
Billy Meredith scored in the 23rd minute, beating his countryman Dai Davies with a left footed shot. In the illustration Davies (who had played for Swinton in the 1900 Northern Union Rugby Challenge Cup Final)  looks almost like a disinterested bystander.

Ángel Zárraga

Another beautiful painting by Ángel Zárraga.

Donald Simpson Bell V.C

Full back Donald Bell was on the books at Newcastle United as an amateur in 1910-11 but didn't make a first team appearance.
In 1913 he made his League debut for Bradford Park Avenue. He made 5 appearances for the club.
In 1916 2nd Lt. Bell was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was killed in action 5 days later.

London Gazette Notice of Death 9th September 1916: Temp. 2nd Lt. Donald Simpson Bell, late York. R. For most conspicuous bravery. During an attack a very heavy enfilade fire was opened on the attacking company by a hostile -machine gun. 2nd Lt. Bell immediately, and on his own initiative, crept up a communication trench and then, followed by Corpl. Colwill and Pte. Batey, rushed across the open under very heavy fire and attacked the machine gun,, shooting the firer with his revolver, and ‘destroying gun and personnel with bombs. This very brave act saved many lives and -ensured the success of the attack. Five days later this gallant officer lost his life performing a very similar act of bravery.

Peñarol in Europe 1927

Hertha v Peñarol

 In the 1920s, the Golden Decade of Uruguayan football, Europe was enthralled by the Rio Platenese brand of the game.  Peñarol's eternal rivals, Nacional, had undertaken a successful tour of Europe in 1925. In 1927 the Aurinegros crossed the Atlantic.

03.04.27	Vienna Select	3	1	Peñarol	Vienna
10.04.27	Bayern Munich	2	1	Peñarol	Munich
15.04.27	SV Hamburg	3	2	Peñarol	Hamburg
17.04.27	SpVgg Dresden	2	1	Peñarol	Dresden
19.04.27	Hertha BSC	1	0	Peñarol	Berlin
24.04.27	Eintracht/Rot Weiss	1	3	Peñarol	Frankfurt
01.05.27	Young Fellows	0	1	Peñarol	Zurich
04.05.27	Rapid Vienna	5	0	Peñarol	Vienna
08.05.27	Sparta Prague	1	0	Peñarol	Prague
21.05.27	Lausanne Sports	1	7	Peñarol	Lausanne
22.05.27	Bern Select	1	1	Peñarol	Bern
26.05.27	Servette	0	1	Peñarol	Geneva
29.05.27	Paris League	1	1	Peñarol	Paris
05.06.27	Barcelona	5	1	Peñarol	Barcelona
06.06.27	Barcelona	1	1	Peñarol	Barcelona
12.06.27	Atlético	2	5	Peñarol	Madrid
15.06.27	Atlético	3	4	Peñarol	Madrid
19.06.27	Valencia	0	0	Peñarol	Valencia
22.06.27	Valencia	1	2	Peñarol	Valencia

Injured Barca player Esteban Pedrol led out to kick off the 05.06.27 match

P	W	D	L	F	A
19	7	4	8	32	33

Squad:

GK	Luis Biscardi Juan Legnazzi
FB	Denis D’Agosto José Benincasa Alberto Nogués Juan Santero
HB	Antonio Aguerre Gildeón Silva Pascual Ruotta Alfredo Boccardo
F	Ladislao Pérez
	Pascual Paola
	Antonio Sacco
	Pablo Terevinto
	Juan Pedro Arremón
	Peregrino Anselmo
	Antonio Cámpolo
	Arturo Suffiotti

Scorers:

Antonio Sacco	8
Pablo Terevinto	7
Peregrino Anselmo	6
Pascual Ruota	3
Arturo Suffiotti	2
Pascual Paola	3
Ladislao Pérez	1
?	1
Og	1

Leen Vente - Wat een geweldig kapsel!

Leen Vente (Leendert Roelof Jan Vente) was an inside forward.
10 of Vente's 21 Netherlands appearances came during 'our' era (pre July 1937). In these games he scored 10 goals, including 5 in his second appearance, a 9-3 win over Belgium. 
He moved from Neptunus to Feyenoord in 1936 and scored the first ever goal at De Kuip (Stadion Feijenoord).

What a tremendous hairstyle!

Club Atlético River Plate

1909

From their foundation in 1901 until 1905 Club Atlético River Plate wore white jerseys. Their iconic red band first appeared in 1905, but in 1909 was replaced by red and white vertical stripes. This was the home strip until 1932, when the red band reappeared.