Showing posts with label 1920s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1920s. Show all posts

6.12.17

Bulgaria 1924

1924 was a big year in Bulgarian football. The first national championship competition was scheduled and the nation played its first international fixtures.
Regional leagues had been held since 1921, and in 1924 a unification tournament for the 6 regional champions was planned. Unfortunately this was  abandoned when Vladislav (Varna) refused to replay their semi final with Levski in Sofia, wanting a switch to Varna as the original tie had been played in Sofia. This was never resolved. 
 The following season's  championship was successfully concluded, with Vladislav beating Levski 2-0 in the final.

Bulgaria's first international came on 21.05.24 at Vienna's Simmeringer Sportplatz. 
The team featured 9 Levski players.

Petar Ivanov 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Aleksandar Hristov 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Simeon Yankov 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Gheno Mateev 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Boian Byanov   
S.С. Ticha, (Varna)
Dimitr Manolov 
S.C. Slavia, (Sofia)
Dimitr Mutafchiev 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Nikola Mutafchiev 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Tsvetan Genev 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Konstantin Maznikov 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Kiril Yovovich 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)

Austria (in their 87th international) were too strong for the Bulgarians, who held out until the 31st minute. The final score was Austria 6, Bulgaria 0.

Bulgaria made 2 changes for their next match, against The Irish Free State at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Petar Ivanov 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Aleksandar Hristov 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Simeon Yankov 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Ivan Radoev  
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Boian Byanov   
S.С. Ticha, (Varna)
Dimitr Manolov 
S.C. Slavia, (Sofia)
Dimitr Mutafchiev 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Nikola Mutafchiev 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Todor Vladimirov
S.C. Slavia, (Sofia)
Konstantin Maznikov 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Kiril Yovovich 
S.C. Levski, (Sofia)

They were beaten by Patrick Dunkan's 75th minute goal.
Bulgaria's first international win came in their 15th match, against Romania in 1930.




1.12.17

Madelon


La Madelon was a French popular song of the 1914-18 war.
I do not know how it came to be the nickname of the Czech footballer Jan Knobloch , but he was, throughout his career, known as Madelon.
Madelon joined Sparta Prague in 1927 and won the Czech national championship in 1932. He also made 18 appearances for the Czech national team (1929-33). The image is from a cigarette card by the German company Richard Greiling Zigarettenfabrikan. 

Acknowledgements  to http://collectorscrack.blogspot.co.uk

20.11.17

Huddersfield Town


Huddersfield Town dominated English domestic football in the mid 1920s, winning 3 League Championships in a row.
Pictured here are Tommy Wilson, Bertie Smith, Clem Stephenson, Charlie Wilson, Billy Watson and Sam Wadsworth.



18.11.17

Canada in The Antipodes,1924

In 1924 Canada toured Australia and New Zealand.
Eight of the players (and the manager) were UK born.
The touring party was:

GK Harry Mosher University of British Columbia
Hank Noseworthy Montreal
FB Mitch McLean Calgary Caledonians Scotland
George Anderson Ladysmith Scotland
HB Dickie Stobbart Nanaimo England
Bob Harley © Winnipeg United Weston Scotland
Fred Dierden Toronto Willys-Overland England
Jack Armstrong Vancouver St. Andrews
F William Sanford Montreal Blue Bonnets

Harry Chapman Ladysmith England

Leslie Ford Regina Thistles England

Bill Linning Lethbridge Veterans United Scotland

George Forrest Toronto Ulster United

Jim Wilson Edmonton Royals

J. Hood Brandon

Fred Bowman Saskatoon Radials
Trainer Don Morrison Ladysmith
Manager James Adam Victoria Scotland

There were 6 internationals against Australia.

07.06.24
Australia
3
2
Canada
Brisbane
14.06.24
Australia
0
1
Canada
Sydney
23.06.24
Australia
4
1
Canada
Sydney
28.06.24
Australia
0
0
Canada
Newcastle
12.07.24
Australia
1
4
Canada
Adelaide
26.07.24
Australia
1
0
Canada
Sydney

P
W
D
L
F
A
6
2
1
3
8
9

The statistics for the whole tour were:

P
W
D
L
F
A
27
11
8
8
49
34










































Bob Harley
 Dickie Stobbart
Bill Linning
George Forrest

20.10.17

Ricardo Zamora


Club Esportiu Espanyol goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora feels the chill in 1923.


8.10.17

England: Clubs with most internationals 1872-1937

Up to the summer of 1937 England played 211 international matches featuring 639 players.

The leading clubs in terms of providing England internationals were:


Players
Caps
Aston Villa 
40
161
Blackburn Rovers
33
136
Everton
29
101
The Wednesday/ Sheffield Wednesday
28
137
Sheffield United
27
72
West Bromwich Albion
24
85
Derby County
23
129



Arthur Digger Brown

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Howard Vaughton

Brown and Vaughton both made their international debuts in the 13-0 win over Ireland on February 18th 1882. Brown scored 4 and Vaughton 5.

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Billy Walker

Here are the Aston Villa players who represented England during this period.
It's worth noting that John Reynolds also represented Ireland. Andrew Ducat also represented England at cricket.


Year (s)
Caps
·         Arthur Brown
1882
3
·         Howard Vaughton
1882-84
5
·         Oliver Whateley
1883
2
·         Dennis Hodgetts
1888-94
6
·         Albert Allen
1888
1
·         Charles Athersmith
1892-1900
12
·         John Devey
1892-94
2
·         John Reynolds
1894-97
5
·         Stephen Smith
1895
1
·         James Crabtree
1896-1902
11
·         George Wheldon
1897-98
4
·         Howard Spencer
1897-1905
6
·         Albert Wilkes
1901-02
5
·         William George
1902
3
·         William Garratty
1903
1
·         Joseph Bache
1903-11
7
·         William Brawn
1904
2
·         Alec Leake
1904-05
5
·         Albert Hall
1910
1
·         Harry Hampton
1913-14
4
·         Charles Wallace
1913-20
3
·         Sam Hardy
1913-20
7
·         Frank Barson
1920
1
·         Andrew Ducat
1920
3
·         Billy Walker
1920-32
18
·         Thomas Smart
1921-29
5
·         Billy Kirton
1921
1
·         Frank A Moss
1921-24
5
·         Richard York
1922-26
2
·         Thomas Mort
1924-26
3
·         George Blackburn
1924
1
·         Arthur Dorrell
1924-25
4
·         Benjamin Olney
1928
2
·         Eric Houghton
1930-32
7
·         Joe Tate
1931-32
3
·         Pongo Waring
1931-32
5
·         George Brown
1932
1
·         Joseph Beresford
1934
1
·         Thomas Gardner
1934-35
2
·         Ronald Starling
1937
1