Bloomer

In his 5th England appearance 23 year old Steve Bloomer of Derby County nets his 11th international goal.
The 85th minute strike was England's final goal in the 6-0 win over Ireland at Trent Bridge (20.02.97)
Tom Scott is the goalkeeper.

England 1904

The England squad in Glasgow ahead of their 1904 meeting with Scotland. The startched collars and watch chains speak of affluence. Woodward (an architect) and Harris (son of a senior Civil Servant and studying at Cambridge University) were amateurs. The remainder were the noveau riche on £4 a week.
The players pictured are, from left to right:

1	Steve Bloomer – inside right	Derby County
2	John Rutherford-outside right	Newcastle United
3	Bernard Wilkinson- centre half	Sheffield United
4	Alec Leake – left half	Aston Villa
5	Alf Common – forward (reserve)	Sheffield United
6	Fred Blackburn -outside left	Blackburn Rovers
7	Abraham Jones- centre half (reserve)	Middlesbrough
8	Tom Baddeley – goalkeeper	Wolverhampton Wanderers
9	Vivian Woodward- centre forward	Tottenham Hotspur
10	Herbert Burgess -left back	Manchester City
11	Sam Wolstenholme – right half	Everton
12	Bob Crompton – right back (captain)	Blackburn Rovers
13	Stanley Harris -inside left	Old Westminsters

England, who won that year's British Home Championship, were 1-0 winners  thanks to a 64th minute goal from Bloomer. 

Derby Midland

The Mids played in black and white stripes 

Derby had a football club as early as 1869- Derby Town FC. The Midland Railway Football Club 
was founded in 1881 and was soon known by their familiar name Derby Midland, or The Mids. Derby Town, eclipsed by the newcomers, went out of existence in 1882.
Midland's popularity inspired the formation of another team- in 1884 Derbyshire County Cricket Club decided to form a football section. Having rejected the name Derbyshire County Football Club they settled for the snappier Derby County. 
The fact that a number of Midland players joined the new County club was a source of great animosity that led to the 2 clubs refusing to play each other for 3 years. 
When the Football League was founded in 1888 a one club per town principle was applied. Being overlooked in favour of County, Midland became founder members of the Midland League in the 1889-90 season.
In June 1891 the 2 clubs 'merged'. In fact the merger was a takeover.  The Midland Railway Company withdrew funding from the club, who were forced to consider  reverting to amatuerism. However  County agreed to cover Midland's debts and took on the Midland players (including a promising 17 year old inside forward called Steven Bloomer!). There was some speculation that Midland would survive as a second team and continue to play in the Midland League, but the takeover ensured their dissappearance. 

I have found evidence of the following meetings between The Mids and County:

08.10.87	County	1	2	Mids
04.02.88	County	3	1	Mids
24.03.88	County	3	1	Mids
	Derby County Charity Cup played at the County Ground.
01.12.88	Mids	2	1	County
	Midland Ground
24.12.88	County	1	4	Mids
04.05.89	County	3	0	Midland
	Johnny Goodall's first appearance for County. He scored in the 12th minute.
02.11.89	County	1	1	Mids
12.04.90	Mids	0	0	County
30.03.91	County	0	4	Mids
	County reserves
16.04.91	County	0	2	Mids
	Played at The Baseball Ground. County didn’t make the permanent move to The Baseball Ground until 1895, but used it on occasions when the County Ground wasn’t available.
30.4.91	County	4	1	Mids

Derby Midland's League record was :
The Midland League
1889-90 2nd (11 clubs)
1890-91 4th (10 clubs)

Midland entered the FA Cup in 7 consecutive seasons:

1883-84	Bye in 1st Round
	Birmingham Excelsior	1	1	Mids
	Mids	2	1	Birmingham Excelsior
	Wednesbury Town	1	0	Mids	R3
1884-85	Mids	1	2	Wednesbury Old Athletic	R1
1885-86	Mids	2	1	Birmingham Excelsior
	Mids	1	3	Walsall Swifts	R2
1886-87	Birmingham Excelsior	3	3	Mids
	Mids	2	1	Birmingham Excelsior
	Aston Villa	6	1	Mids	R2
1887-88	Ecclesfield	4	1	Mids	R1
1888-89	Mids	2	1	Derby St Lukes
	Notts County	2	1	Mids	3QR
1889-90	Derby St Lukes	0	1	Mids
	Mids	6	0	Stavely
	Mids	3	0	Nottingham Forest
	Bootle	2	1	Mids	R2

They reached the final of The Derbyshire County Cup in 1884, 1885, 1890 and 1891. They won the Cup in 1890. 

British coaches in the Copa

The development of Spanish Football was always heavily influenced by Britons. As was so often the case they founded the earliest clubs and spread the enthusiasm for the Association game among the locals.
English players (and officials) were very much in evidence in the formative years of the game in Spain. In the 1910s, when the game was more solidly established and less and less English names appeared on the teamsheets, Englishmen showed their influence in another sphere- appearing as coaches at the leading Spanish clubs.
Looking at the teams competing in the Copa del Rey (and later the Copa del Presidente de la República) shows us the following coaches from the United Kingdom.

1916
Athletic Club (Bilbao) defeated Madrid FC (later Real Madrid) 4-0 in the final. Both teams were led by Englishmen.

Barnes

Billy Barnes was at the helm for Athletic. Born in London in 1879 Barnes played for Thames Ironworks, Sheffield United, West Ham United, Luton Town, Queen's Park Rangers and Southend United.
He scored the winning goal for Sheffield United in the replay of the 1902 FA Cup Final.
He managed Athletic from 1914 to 1916 and again from 1920-21.

Johnson

The man in charge of Madrid FC was Arthur Johnson. He was Madrid's first full time coach. Appointed in 1910, he served until 1920. He had also been a player with the club, appearing in their first ever fixture and played in 4 winning Copa del Rey teams. Johnson, who was also born in 1879, later managed Athletic Club.

1917
Madrid beat Arenas Club de Guecho in extra time of the replayed final, giving Arthur Johnson a Copa win as a coach to add to his 4 as a player.

1918
Johnson led Madrid to a third successive Copa final, but they lost 2-0 to Real Unión.

Greenwell

1919
Barcelona were beaten 5-2 in the final by Arenas Club de Guecho. 
The manager  of Barcelona was the former Crook Town wing half Jack Greenwell.  Greenwell had also played in the West Aukland team that won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy in 1909. 
He joined Barcelona as a player in 1912, became coach in 1917.six Catalan titles and two Copa del Rey victories.
As well as 2 spells at Barcelona Greenwell coached Unió Esportiva Sants, Club Deportivo Castellón,  Español, R.C.D Mallorca, Valencia, and Real Sporting de Gijón. He then moved on to Peru. 

1920
Greenwell and Barnes were the adversaries as Barcelona beat Athletic Club 2-0 in the final. 

1921
Barnes was in charge of Athletic Club , who ran out 4-0 winners against Atlético Madrid. Some sources mistakenly identify the manager of the Madrid side as former Manchester United defender Vince Hayes However, Hayes was engaged at Preston North End until 1923. 

1922
Another win for Greenwell- Barcelona beating Real Union 5-1.

1923
Athletic Club won their ninth  Copa, beating Barcelona's Club Deportivo Europe 1-0. Both sides were led by Englishmen.
Fred Pentland won 5 England caps in 1909 (including 3 on a tour of Austria-Hungary) and played most of his  League football for Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough. he was interned at Ruhleben during the war, having gone to Germany to coach the national side. After the war his managerial career resumed, following a rather strange trajectory- he led France in the 1920 Olympics and retired as manager of Barrow 20 years later. in the interim he had spells coaching Racing  Santander, Athletic Club Bilbao (2 ), Atlético Madrid (3) and Real Oviedo. 

In charge of  Club Deportivo Europe was Conyers 'Ralph' Kirby, a winger who made 1 league appearance for Birmingham. He later joined Barcelona. 


1924
Real Unión Club (Irun) beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the final.Real Unión Club was coached by Steve Bloomer, the legendary Derby County and England goalscorer. 

Steve Bloomer

1926
Barcelona beat Atlético Madrid 3-2 in the final, which featured the same managers as 1923- Kirby leading Barcelona and Pentland Atlético.

1932
Spain was now a Republic, and the national cup competition was rebranded as Copa del Presidente de la República. A final between Athletic Club (who won their 12th Copa with a 1-0 win) and Barcelona saw 2 by now familiar faces in charge. Pentland (Athletic Club) and Greenwell (Barca).