FA Cup Final, 1889

Here is a programme for the 1889 FA Cup Final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Preston North End's Invincibles (the Cup version, with Mills- Roberts in the place of Trainer).
Major Marindin would undoubtedly have been rooting for Wolves' English XI (including 7 internationals).  Wolves had finished 3rd in the League,  conceding 9 goals across the 2 meetings with Preston.
Dewhurst, Ross and Thomson were the scorers as Preston won 3-0 to secure the Double. 

die 11 besten Spieler der Schweiz 1908

Germany's first international (Switzerland's 3rd), played at the Stadion Landhof, Basel.

Switzerland

Wednesday v Middlesbrough

A lovely old programme from 1902.
Hogg played in place of Blacketh.
Featured in the Wednesday line up were 2 beautifully named players, Ambrose Langley and Herod Ruddlesdin.
Wednesday won 2-0, Davis and Wilson the scorers.
Attendance at Owlerton was 20,000.

Trierer Fußball Club 05 v Phönix Karlsruhe

Easter 1910. Trierer Fußball Club 05 entertain Phönix Karlsruhe, the reigning German champions. The programme features the team line ups in formation, a very brief summary of the rules and an application form to join Trierer Fußball Club.

Southampton and England

When international football came to Southampton in 1901 the selectors included 3 Saints players in the line up:

Jack Robinson - goalkeeper
Willy Meisl remembered Robinson as being the man who revolutionized goalkeeping in the eyes of Austrian spectators, being the first they had seen to dive to make saves. Robinson played 11 internationals (conceding 11 goals and keeping 5 clean sheets). 

C.B Fry- right back
The legendary all round sportsman joined Southern League Southampton with the express ambition of gaining international honours. He played 25 Southern League and FA Cup matches for The Saints from 1900- 1902. In the old amateur tradition he played when free of other commitments. He was also a member of Corinthian FC and some records overlook his affiliation with Southampton. This was his only international appearance. 

Arthur 'Archie' Turner- outside right 
In this his second and final international appearance Turner went off in the 20th minute with concussion following a heavy challenge from Peter Boyle
He joined Southampton  in  1899, scoring 23 goals in 65 Southern League appearances. he later played for  Derby County , Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur.

Ireland v Italy 1927

Having played 3 matches at the  Olympics, in June 1924 The Irish Free State entertained the USA in Dublin. These matches are frequently omitted from the list of internationals played by the Republic of Ireland.
In March 1926 The Irish Free State were beaten 3-0 by a strong Italian side in Turin.
The programme pictured above is for the 'return' match.
This was not considered a full international by the Italians, and the side was designated as Italy B (or Nazionale Cadetti). It was a decent side however, and all 11 starters would in time become full internationals.

GK	Frank Collins	Jacobs
FB	Frank Brady  c	Shamrock Rovers
FB	Alec Kirkland	Fordsons
HB	William Glen	Shamrock Rovers
HB	Michael O`Brien	Derby County
HB	Thomas Muldoon	Aston Villa
F	Bill Lacey	Shelbourne
F	Harry Duggan	Leeds United
F	Christopher Martin	Bo`ness
F	Bob Fullam	Shamrock Rovers
F	Joe Kendrick	Everton

               

GK	Mario Gianni	Bologna
FB	Mario Zanello	Pro Vercelli
FB	Delfo Bellini	Genoa
HB	Pietro Genovesi	Bologna
HB	Luigi Burlando	Genoa
HB	Alberto Giordani	Bologna
F	Federico Munerati	Juventus
F	Antonio Vojak	Juventus
F	Pietro Pastore	Milan
F	Enrico Rivolta	Internazionale
F	Luigi Cevenini c	Juventus
Sub.	Gianangelo Barzan (Milan) replaced Zanello

Bob Fulam and Federico Munerati were the goalscorers as Italy won 2-1 watched by an crowd of approximately 20,000.

Clash of Colours, 1882

When we think of the professional football clubs of the industrialized north that came to dominate the game in the 1880s, it is easy to consider them as being an entirely different entity from the southern clubs of the amateur gentlemen. There was, however, a thread that linked many of the clubs of Lancashire to the public schools from which Association football had developed in the 1860s.
Turton, probably the first Lancashire side, were founded by Old Harrovians (of which more later). The case we will look at here is that of the team that really put the cat among the pigeons by reaching the FA Cup Final in 1882, Blackburn Rovers.

1878:Notice in the picture above how there is inconsistency in the jerseys.

The 'quartered ' shirts and the Maltese Cross motif that Rovers wore in the early days pointed to their (surprising) public school origins. Founder  Arthur Constantine was an Old Salopian (Shewsbury). 

Shrewsbury School, 1912

According to Charles Francis in The History of Blackburn Rovers (1925) several of the 17 present at the  St Leger Hotel On 5th November 1875 were young fellows who had just finished their education at public schools. 
The stipulation in setting out the club livery was that a Maltese cross be worn on the left breast This motif was worn by both the Shrewsbury and Malvern school teams.

Malvern College

Malvern College  provided Rovers with players such as the Greenwood brothers (Thomas, Harry and Doctor) and Fred Hargreaves.

Blackburn Rovers' strip remains one of the most readily recognisable in the world of football, and was much imitated. However, when their first chance of glory came as they reached the FA Cup Final in 1882 they were denied the opportunity of wearing their famous strip.The 11th FA Cup Final was the first to necessitate a change of colours.
John Lewis recalls a letter from Alcock- there is no evidence that a coin was tossed or any lots were drawn in order to decide who changed kit- Rovers were instructed, by letter. Lewis was convinced that this was a bad omen. Rovers also requested assistance with their travelling expenses; the FA declined.

On the day Rovers wore narrow black and white  hoops in the mode of Queen's Park. Old Etonians wore harlequin shirts of light blue and white (a departure from their previous plain light blue). 

Everton v Newton Heath 1889

Dancing and funerals...

As the 1888-89 season drew to a close the press reveals that clubs were engaged in an intense schedule of friendlies. The programme above is from Newton Heath's first ever visit to Anfield.
Everton had finished in 8th place in the Football League , Newton Heath had topped the Combination.
Note that the Everton line up was not as advertised, with the following changes made:
J Angus (Waugh)
W Brown (Chadwick)
R Watson (Parry)
W Briscoe (Wilson)
W Wilson (Weir)


These two well known teams appeared at Anfield last evening it being the first appearance of Newton Heath on the ground. The visitors brought a good team with them and Everton were presented by two or three of their second team. About 3,500 spectators assembled. Williams kicked off, and Everton at once pressed. Farmer and Ross punted into goal-Briscoe sent over to Watson and he parted judiciously to Angus, who scored with a splendid oblique shot, four minutes from the start. Good play by Farmer kept Powell busy, but at length Dobson was beaten by Gotheridge. Ross cleared but Brown put the ball though when he had a good opportunity to pass. The play was kept on the Everton right, which was not to the best advantage. From a foul the ball was taken over the Everton lines for the first time. Parry passing by the whole of the home forwards took the ball down,, and Angus obtained a foul, which Farmer put over the bar. Williams and Jarrett rushed away, but Smalley cleared. Watson was fouled when clear away, but the referee gave a foul. Excellent play by Holt gave Watson and Briscoe possession, they passing to Milward and he shot into Hay's hands, who only partially cleared and Briscoe shot through. Good combined play on the part of the home forwards kept the sphere in the opponents goal, Milward at last give Hays a handful, which he had no difficulty in clearing. A good shot by Owen was diverted by Williams who headed out. Everton then secured a foul near goal, and Watson shot through, but as the ball was wrongly placed it was brought back. Williams started, and Tait and Williams ran down. Williams shot to Smalley's hands, and from some inexplicable cause he allowed the ball to fall and scored for the visitors. Back play by Dobson gave Jarratt a possible chance, but Ross came to the rescue. Hays next had a busy time, as he had to fist out five consecutive shots. Doughty and Gotheridge worked their way down, but found Ross good enough for them, and Angus gave to Brown, who raced away, but nothing came of it. This was directly afterwards followed by a foul in goal and Ross scored the third point for Everton. The home team still maintained the pressure but breaks away by Tait and Gotheridge relieved the monotony. Ross gave a foul in goal, but Holt sent up the field, and Watson forced the pace considerably, and the home forwards again became the aggressive. Score Everton 3 goals; Newton Heath 1 goal, Teams Newton Heath:- Hays (T), goal, Mitchell and Powell, backs Burke, Owen, and Jones, half-backs, Tait, Jarrett, Williams, Doughty, and Gotheridge, forwards. Everton:- Smalley, goal, Dobson, and Ross (captain), Weir, Holt, and Farmer, half-backs, Briscoe, Watson, Milward, Angus, and Brown, forwards.

The Liverpool Mercury  16.04.89

Germany v England 1930

It was 1930 before England fielded a full international side against Germany. Between 1899 and 1901, prior to the formation of a German national team, there were five unofficial international matches between  teams representing the 2 nations  (the English  sides won all 5 with an aggregate of 52-4) . Between 1908 and 1913 the England Amateur XI had played Germany  4 times (3 wins, 1 draw , for 19, against 3) By 1930 however, the British were beginning to acknowledge the advances made by continental sides and were prepared to meet them on an equal footing, a fact borne out by The Football Association selection committee's decision to field the XI that had beaten Scotland in April for the friendlies against Germany and Austria. 

In the days leading up to this match the German media took the stance  that Germany would not capitulate to the English, and that if they approached the match with self belief that they could win.  

The match was played at Berlin's Grunewaldstadion (Deutsches Stadion) watched by a crowd of 50,000. Germany played in red jerseys and England wore their usual white. 

Germany			England
Willibald Kreß	Rot-Weiß Frankfurt	G		Harry Hibbs	Birmingham
Franz Schütz	Eintracht Frankfurt	RB		Roy Goodall	Huddersfield Town
Hans Stubb	Eintracht Frankfurt	LB		Ernie Blenkinsop	Sheffield Wednesday
Conny Heidkamp	Bayern Munich	RH		Alf Strange	Sheffield Wednesday
Ludwig Leinberger	SpVgg.Fürth	CH		Maurice Webster	Middlesbrough
Hugo Mantel	Eintracht Frankfurt	LH		Billy Marsden	Sheffield Wednesday
Josef Bergmaier	Bayern Munich	OR		Sammy Crooks	Derby County
Josef Pöttinger	Bayern Munich	IR		David Jack	Arsenal
Ernst Kuzorra	Schalke 04	CF		Vic Watson	West Ham United
Richard Hofmann	Dresdner SC	IL		Joe Bradford	Birmingham
Ludwig Hofmann	Bayern Munich	OL		Ellis Rimmer	Sheffield Wednesday

Joe Bradford gave England the lead in the 11th minute. Richard Hofmann leveled 10 minutes later, only for Bradford to restore England's lead after 25 minutes. 

Marsden suffered concussion, and did not come out for the second half.  With England reduced to 10 men Hofmann netted twice (49th and 60th minutes) to complete his hat trick. David Jack headed the equaliser 8 minutes from time. 

Hofmann

Hofmann was a prolific scorer: 24 goals in 25 Internationals. In September 1930 he surpassed Gottfried Fuchs' record (15). The hat trick against England was his third. He scored 5 international hat tricks in successive seasons (1928-32).

International Football in the 1870s

13 Internationals were played in the 1870s, with England, Scotland and Wales taking part. There was no international competition as such, all the matches being designated friendlies.

The matches:

30.11.72	Scotland	0	0	England	Hamilton Crescent, Partick
08.03.73	England	4	2	Scotland	Kennington Oval
07.03.74	Scotland	2	1	England	Hamilton Crescent , Partick
06.03.75	England	2	2	Scotland	Kennington Oval
04.03.76	Scotland	3	0	England	Hamilton Crescent , Partick
25.03.76	Scotland	4	0	Wales	Hamilton Crescent , Partick
03.03.77	England	1	3	Scotland	Kennington Oval
05.03.77	Wales	0	2	Scotland	The Racecourse, Wrexham
02.03.78	Scotland	7	2	England	Hampden Park #1
23.03.78	Scotland	9	0	Wales	Hampden Park #1
18.01.79	England	2	1	Wales	Kennington Oval
05.04.79	England	5	4	Scotland	Kennington Oval
07.04.79	Wales	0	3	Scotland	The Racecourse, Wrexham

	P	W	D	L	F	A	%
Scotland	12	8	2	2	41	15	66
England	9	3	2	4	17	24	33
Wales	5	0	0	5	1	21	0

153 players were capped: 69 by England , 48 by Scotland and 37 by Wales  - if you notice the figures don't add up? That's because John Hawley Edwards was capped by both Wales and England.
At the end of the decade Billy MacKinnon (Queen's Park & Scotland) was the most capped international (9 appearances). He also shared the honour of being the top goalscorer in international football (5 goals) with his countrymen Harry McNeil and John Ferguson.
Here, then is a list of the men who played international football in the 1870s:

Scotland
1	Robert Gardner	Granville/Queens Park/ Clydesdale
2	Joseph Taylor	Queens Park
3	William Ker	Granville/Queens Park
4	James Thomson	Granville/Queens Park
5	James Smith	Queens Park/ South Norwood
6	Billy MacKinnon	Queens Park
7	Jerry Weir	Queens Park
8	Robert Leckie	Queens Park
9	David Wotherspoon	Queens Park
10	Robert Smith	Queens Park/ South Norwood
11	Alexander Rhind	Queens Park
12	Henry Renny-Tailyour	Royal Engineers
13	Lord Arthur Kinnaird	Wanderers
14	John Blackburn	Royal Engineers
15	William Gibb	Clydesdale
16	John Hunter	Third Lanarkshire RV
17	Charles Campbell	Queen’s Park
18	John Ferguson	Vale of Leven
19	Harry McNeil	Queen’s Park
20	Angus MacKinnon	Queen’s Park
21	Frederick Anderson	Clydesdale
22	Alexander McLintock	Vale of Leven
23	Alexander Kennedy	Glasgow Eastern
24	Thomas C.Highet	Queen’s Park
25	Peter Andrews	Glasgow Eastern
26	John McPherson	Clydesdale
27	Alexander McGeoch	Dumbreck
28	William Miller	Third Lanark RV
29	John Baird	Vale of Leven
30	Robert Neill	Queen’s Park
31	Jimmy Lang	Clydesdale / Third Lanark RV
32	Moses McNiel	Glasgow Rangers
33	Thomas Vallance	Glasgow Rangers
34	James Phillips	Queen’s Park
35	James Richmond	Queen’s Park
36	John McGregor	Vale of Leven
37	John McDougall	Vale of Leven
38	John Smith	Mauchline
39	Andrew McIntyre	Vale of Leven
40	Robert Parlane	Vale of Leven
41	James Duncan	Alexandra Athletic
42	David Davidson	Queen’s Park
43	James Watson	Glasgow Rangers
44	Peter Campbell	Glasgow Rangers
45	William Somers	Queen’s Park
46	John McPherson	Vale of Leven
47	William Beveridge	Glasgow University
48	Robert Paton	Vale of Leven

England
1	Robert Barker	Herts Rangers
2	Ernest Harwood Greenhalgh	Notts County
3	Reginald Courtenay Welch	Harrow Chequers/ Wanderers
4	Frederick Chappell	Oxford University
5	William Maynard	1st Surrey Rifles
6	John Brockbank	Cambridge University
7	Charlie Clegg	The Wednesday
8	Arnold Kirke Smith	Oxford University
9	Cuthbert Ottaway	Oxford University
10	Charles Chenery	Crystal Palace
11	Charles Morice	Barnes
12	Alexander Morten	Crystal Palace
13	Leonard Howell	Wanderers
14	Alfred Goodwyn	Royal Engineers
15	Robert Vidal	Oxford University
16	Pelham George von Donop	Royal Engineers
17	William Clegg	The Wednesday
18	Alexander Bonsor	Wanderers
19	William Kenyon-Slaney	Wanderers
20	Hubert Heron	Wanderers
21	Robert Ogilvie	Clapham Rovers
22	Alfred Stratford	Wanderers
23	Francis Birley	Oxford University/ Wanderers
24	Charles Wollaston	Wanderers
25	John Hawley Edwards	Shropshire Wanderers
26	Robert Kingsford	Wanderers
27	John Owen	Sheffield FC
28	William Carr	Owlerton
29	Edward Haygarth	Swifts
30	Herbert Rawson	Royal Engineers
31	Charles Alcock	Wanderers
32	William Rawson	Oxford University
33	Richard Geaves	Clapham Rovers
34	Arthur Savage	Crystal Palace
35	Fred Green	Wanderers
36	Edgar Field	Clapham Rovers
37	Ernest Bambridge	Swifts
38	Beaumont Jarrett	Cambridge University
39	Arthur Cursham	Notts County
40	Frank Heron	Wanderers
41	Charles Eastlake Smith	Crystal Palace
42	Walter Buchanan	Clapham Rovers
43	Monty Betts	Old Harrovians
44	William Lindsay	Wanderers
45	Lindsay Bury	Cambridge University/Old Etonians
46	Alfred Lyttelton	Cambridge University
47	Cecil Wingfield-Stratford	Royal Engineers
48	John Bain	Oxford University
49	Billy Mosforth	The Wednesday/ Sheffield Albion
50	Conrad Warner	Upton Park
51	Edward Lyttelton	Cambridge University
52	Jack Hunter	Sheffield Heeley
53	Norman Bailey	Clapham Rovers
54	Percy Fairclough	Old Foresters
55	Henry Wace	Wanderers
56	John Wylie	Wanderers
57	Rupert Anderson	Old Etonians
58	Claude William Wilson	Oxford University
59	Edward Parry	Old Carthusians
60	Thomas Heathcote Sorby	Thursday Wanderers
61	Herbert Whitfield	Old Etonians
62	Reg Birkett	Clapham Rovers
63	Harold Morse	Notts County
64	Edward Christian	Old Etonians
65	James Prinsep	Clapham Rovers
66	Arnold Hills	Old Harrovians
67	Arthur Goodyer	Nottingham Forest
68	Francis Sparks	Herts  Rangers
69	Charlie Bambridge	Swifts

Wales
1	David Thompson	Druids/Shropshire Wanderers
2	William Addams Williams Evans	Oxford University
3	Llewelyn Kenrick	Druids/Shropshire Wanderers Oswestry
4	Edwin A Cross	Wrexham
5	William Williams	Druids
6	Dr Daniel Grey	Druids
7	William H Davies	Oswestry
8	George F Thomson	Druids
9	John Hawley Edwards	Shrewsbury
10	Jack Jones	Druids
11	Alfred Davies	Wrexham
12	Thomas B Burnett	Ruabon
13	John R Morgan	Cambridge University /Swansea
14	John Price	Wrexham
15	Alexander F Jones	Oxford University
16	John Hughes	Cambridge University /Aberystwyth Town
17	Edward Phennah	Wrexham
18	George G Higham	Oswestry
19	Jack Powell	Druids
20	Harry Edwards	Wrexham
21	George Savin	Oswestry
22	James Davies	Wrexham
23	Thomas J Britten	Parkgrove Glasgow
24	Charles Edwards	Wrexham
25	George Glascodine	Wrexham
26	Thomas Owen	Oswestry
27	W William Shone	Oswestry
28	Denis Heywood	Oswestry
29	William Digby Owen	Oswestry
30	William Roberts	Llangollen
31	John Davies	Wrexham
32	Knyvett Crosse	Druids
33	William Williams	Oswestry
34	James W Lloyd	Wrexham
35	George Woosnam	Newtown White Stars
36	John Roberts	Corwen
37	Jack Vaughan	Oswestry