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.  

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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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.

Schlosser- 59 international goals

Schlosser Imre (Imre Schlosser-Lakatos)

A 21 year international career is in itself a remarkable achievement (in the pre 1937 era only Billy Meredith and Billy McCracken exceeded Schlosser).Only Anel Romano of Uruguay (69) played in more internationals during this era.  Schlosser's 59 international goals in 68 matches gives him a strike rate amongst the best ever (0.87 per match).

	Date					Venue	Schlosser	Total
1	07.10.06	Bohemia	4	4	Hungary	Praguea
2	04.11.06	Hungary	3	1	Austria	Budapestb	1	1
3	07.04.07	Hungary	5	2	Bohemia	Budapestb
4	05.05.07	Austria	3	1	Hungary	Vienna c
5	06.10.07	Bohemia	5	3	Hungary	Praguea
6	03.11.07	Hungary	4	1	Austria	Budapestb
7	05.04.08	Hungary	5	2	Bohemia	Budapestb	2	3
8	03.05.08	Austria	4	0	Hungary	Vienna d
9	10.06.08	Hungary	0	7	England	Budapestb
10	01.11.08	Hungary	5	3	Austria	Budapestb	2*	5
11	04.04.09	Hungary	3	3	Germany	Budapestb	1	6
12	02.05.09	Austria	3	4	Hungary	Viennae	3	9
13	30.05.09	Hungary	1	1	Austria	Budapestb
14	31.05.09	Hungary	2	8	England	Budapestb	1	10
15	07.11.09	Hungary	2	2	Austria	Budapestb	2	12
16	01.05.10	Austria	2	1	Hungary	Vienna d
17	26.05.10	Hungary	6	1	Italy	Budapestb	2	14
18	06.11.10	Hungary	3	0	Austria	Budapestb
19	01.01.11	France	0	3	Hungary	Paris f	3	17
20	06.01.11	Italy	0	1	Hungary	Milan g	1	18
21	08.01.11	Switzerland	2	0	Hungary	Zurich h
22	07.05.11	Austria	3	1	Hungary	Vienna d
23	29.10.11	Hungary	9	0	Switzerland	Budapestb	6	24
24	05.11.11	Hungary	2	0	Austria	Vienna d		25
25	17.12.11	Germany	1	4	Hungary	Munichj	2	26
26	14.04.12	Hungary	4	4	Germany	Budapesti	1	27
27	05.05.12	Austria	1	1	Hungary	Vienna d
28	20.06.12	Sweden	2	2	Hungary	Gothenburgk
29	23.06.12	Norway	0	6	Hungary	OsloL	2	29
30	30.06.12	Hungary	0	7	England Am.	Stockholmm
31	03.07.12	Hungary	3	1	Germany	Solnan	3	32
32	05.07.12	Hungary	3	0	Austria	Solna n	1	33
33	12.07.12	Russia	0	9	Hungary	Moscowo	2	35
34	14.07.12	Russia	0	12	Hungary	Moscowo	5	40
35	03.11.12	Hungary	4	0	Austria	Budapesti	2	42
36	27.04.13	Austria	1	4	Hungary	Viennap
37	18.05.13	Hungary	2	0	Sweden	Budapesti	1	43
38	26.10.13	Hungary	4	3	Austria	BudapestQ
39	31.05.14	Hungary	5	1	France	Budapesti
40	19.06.14	Sweden	1	5	Hungary	Solna n	1	44
41	21.06.14	Sweden	1	1	Hungary	Solna n	1	45
42	04.10.14	Hungary	2	2	Austria	Budapesti	1	46
43	08.11.14	Austria	1	2	Hungary	Viennap
44	05.05.15	Hungary	2	5	Austria	BudapestQ
45	30.05.15	Austria	1	2	Hungary	Viennap	1	47
46	03.10.15	Austria	4	2	Hungary	Viennap	1	48
47	07.11.15	Hungary	6	2	Austria	Budapesti
48	04.06.16	Hungary	2	1	Austria	BudapestQ	1	49
49	01.10.16	Hungary	2	3	Austria	Budapesti
50	05.11.16	Austria	3	3	Hungary	Viennap	1	50
51	06.05.17	Austria	1	1	Hungary	Viennap	1	51
52	03.06.17	Hungary	6	2	Austria	BudapestQ	2	53
53	15.07.17	Austria	1	4	Hungary	Viennap	1	54
54	07.10.17	Hungary	2	1	Austria	Budapesti
55	04.11.17	Austria	1	2	Hungary	Viennap
56	14.04.18	Hungary	2	0	Austria	BudapestQ	1	55
57	12.05.18	Hungary	2	1	Switzerland	BudapestQ	1	56
58	02.06.18	Austria	0	2	Hungary	Viennap	1	57
59	06.10.18	Austria	0	3	Hungary	Viennap
60	09.11.19	Hungary	3	2	Austria	BudapestQ
61	24.10.20	Germany	1	0	Hungary	Berlin R
62	24.04.21	Austria	4	1	Hungary	Vienna S
63	05.06.21	Hungary	3	0	Germany	BudapestQ	1	58
64	06.11.21	Hungary	4	2	Sweden	Budapesti	1	59
65	18.12.21	Hungary	1	0	Poland	BudapestQ
66	06.06.26	Hungary	2	1	Czechoslovakia	Budapesti
67	14.11.26	Hungary	3	1	Sweden	Budapesti
68	10.04.27	Austria	6	0	Hungary	Vienna d

Venues:
a Slavia Stadion	g Arena Civica	n , Råsunda
b Millenáris Sportpálya	h Hardau Velodrome	o  Sokolniki Sports Club
c Rapid Platz	i Üllői úti Stadion	pWAC Platz
d Hohe Warte	j MTV 79 Platz	Q Hungária körúti stadion
e Cricketer Platz	k  Valhalla Idrottsplats	RGrunewaldstadion
f Stade du Cercle Athlétique de Paris	L  Frogner	s Simmeringer
	M Olympiastadion

* Not all sources credit Schlosser with goal 5.
Games 30, 31 and 32 were at The Olympic Games.
 Goals 8 & 9 (game 12) were penalties.

When Schlosser scored his goals:

5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45		50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90