Stockholm 1912

A great view of Stockholm Olympic Stadium during the Great Britain v Denmark match  (04.07.12). Great Britain (aka England Amateurs) won 4-2 to take the Olympic Gold Medal.  

France 1906

01.11.06- Parc des Princes, Paris. France's 5th international match and the first appearance of the England Amateur international side.
The English romped home by 15-0. Vivian Woodward deliberately missed a penalty at 10-0 as he thought the referee had been harsh in a handball decision.

 The French side was:

Zacharie Baton	Olympique Lillois
Fernand Canelle	Club Français
Henri Moigneu	U.S. Tourcoing
Charles Wilkes	Havre Sports
Pierre Allemane (capt)	Racing C.F.
Louis Schubart	Olympique Lillois
Emile Sartorius	R.C. Roubaix
Marius Royet	U.S. Parisienne
André François	R.C. Roubaix
Gaston Cyprès	C.A. Paris
Julien Verbrugghe	A.S. Français

More from Vivian Woodward

 Vivian Woodward's career with the full England international side saw him play 23 matches, scoring 29 goals.
FIFA also give full international status to a further 30 matches that Woodward played, 24 for the England Amateur XI and 6 for the Great Britain Olympic team , scoring 44 goals.
That's a total of  53 appearances and 73 goals,
FIFA  did not extend official status to the annual matches the England Amateurs played against Ireland and Wales' amateur selections.
Let's take a look at the 13 matches Woodward played in against  Ireland and Wales amateurs.

					VJW
15.12.06	Ireland	1	2	England	1
07.12.07	England	6	1	Ireland	1
22.02.08	England	1	0	Wales	1
21.11.08	Ireland	1	5	England
20.11.09	England	4	4	Ireland	1
19.02.10	England	6	0	Wales	1
18.02.11	Wales	1	5	England	2
18.11.11	England	2	0	Ireland	1
17.02.12	England	3	0	Wales
05.10.12	Ireland	3	2	England
08.02.13	Wales	1	3	England
08.11.13	Ireland	0	2	England
07.02.14	England	9	1	Wales	2

If we take these matches with England and Wales into account Woodward's totals stand at: matches 66 goals 83.

Hungary 1912

The luck of the draw...
Hungary were in a pretty good place before the commencement of the 1912 Olympic tournament at Stockholm.
15 games had passed since they had been beaten 8-2 by England in 1909. Of these only 3 had been lost. 8 had been won, and 45 goals had been scored. In November 1911 Imre Schlosser had scored 6 in a 9-0 win over Switzerland.
Their final warm up match had been a 6-0 win over Norway in Oslo.
Having been given a bye in the first round Hungary faced England Amateurs (Great Britain).
It was a scorching day, and an experienced Hungary XI were outgunned by the English.
Bradford City's Harold Walden got 6 goals and the legendary Vivian Woodward 1 as England ran out 7-0 winners.
Contemporary Hungarian reports state that the score did not reflect the balance of play- possession and territory were about equal but that whereas the English forwards played phenomenally Schlosser was unwell and off form.

	England Amateurs (Great Britain)
GK	Dr Ronald Brebner	Northern Nomads
FB	Thomas Burn	London Caledonians
FB	Arthur Knight	Portsmouth
HB	Harry Littlewort	Glossop North End
HB	Ted Hanney	Reading
HB	Joseph Dines	Ilford
F	Arthur Berry	Oxford City
F	Vivian Woodward	Chelsea
F	Harold Walden	Bradford City
F	Gordon Hoare	Woolwich Arsenal
F	Ivan Sharpe	Derby County
Coach: A. Birch

	Hungary
GK	Domonkos László	M.T.K.
FB	Rumbold Gyula	Ferencváros
FB	Payer Imre	Ferencváros
HB	Bíró Gyula	M.T.K.
HB	Károly Jenő	Budapesti A.K.
HB	Vágó Antal	M.T.K.
F	Sebestyén Béla	M.T.K.
F	Bodnár Sándor	M.A.C
F	Pataki Mihály	Ferencváros
F	Schlosser-Lakatos Imre	Ferencváros
F	Borbás Gáspár	Ferencváros
Coach:  Herczog Ede

Hungary won the consolation tournament, beating Germany (2 days after their record 16-0 win over Russia) by 3-1. Hungary met Austria in the final, winning 3-0 with goals from Schlosser, Pataki and Bodnár.

1908

As winners of the football tournament at the 1908 Olympics the Great Britain team received one gold medal. Players were also awarded with this marvelous neo-classical certificate.  Designed by the famous cartoonist and illustrator Bernard Partridge, the certificate shows Victory (with the wings) between Britannia and Hellas.  The certificate describes the team as England- which they were- England Amateurs. 

Stockholm 1912

A classy programme cover from the 1912 Olympics showing the fortified looking Stockholms Stadion , designed by Torben Grut. The teams shown in action are Great Britain (England Amateurs) and Finland.  Great Britain won the semi final game 4-0.

Edgar Chadwick

Edgar Chadwick was the last man to participate on the first day of the Football league to still be playing at the highest level.
Having played as a professional for his hometown clubs, Blackburn Olympic and Blackburn Rovers, Chadwick featured at inside left in Everton's 2-1 win over Accrington at Anfield on September 8th 1888. His last league appearance came in a division 2 fixture on 28th April 1906. Chadwick was in the Glossop team that lost 2-1 at home to Leeds City.
In addition to Everton and Glossop Chadwick had played for Liverpool, Burnley and Blackpool, making a total of  413 League appearances (127 goals) and 41 FA Cup appearances (16 goals). During his time at Everton Chadwick  won the Football League championship  (1890-91) and was on the losing side in the 1893 and 1897 FA Cup Finals.
His League career was punctuated by a spell at Southampton in the Southern league where he tasted defeat in a third FA cup Final (1902).
Chadwick played until he was 39, finishing his career with Darwen  in Lancashire Combination 1908
A compact (1.67 m) inside forward Chadwick also made 7 appearances for England, scoring 3 goals. 
On his retirement Chadwick moved to Germany to coach- employing retired English pros was en vogue on the continent at the time- and it was in the Netherlands that he found his niche. Chadwick coached Vitesse, Sparta Rotterdam (winning the national championship) and HVV. In addition to this he coached the Netherlands national team on 24 occasions , taking bronze at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. He was also at the helm when England Amateurs were beaten 2-1 in 1913. 

International Goalscoring Landmarks

Goals	Player	Country	Date achieved	Games
10	George Ker	Scotland	25.03.82	5
Queen’s Park’s Geordie Ker scored a hat trick on debut and scored in every international in which he played. He emigrated to North America in 1884.
20	Steve Bloomer	England	07.04.00	12
Bloomer scored in the first 10 internationals he played.
30	Vivian Woodward	England	08.06.08	20
	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	03.07.12	31
Woodward scored 29 goals in 23 matches for England between 1903 and 1911. FIFA also recognise 30 matches that Woodward played for the England Amateurs and the Great Britain Olympic team. His record here included those matches. Schlosser and Woodward faced each other three times, England winning 7-0 on 2 occasions (1908 & 1912) with Woodward scoring one in both matches.  England won 8-2 in 1909, Woodward getting 4 and Schlosser 1.
40	Vivian Woodward	England	20.05.09	29
	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	19.06.14	44
50	Vivian Woodward	England	31.05.09	32
	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	05.11.16	50
60	Vivian Woodward	England	11.12.09	35
70	Vivian Woodward	England	24.03.13	49