Soviet Union in Germany, 1927

 In July 1927 the Soviet Union undertook a tour of Germany.
The hosts were not the DFB but  socialist organization Arbeiter-Turn-und Sportbund (The Workers' Gymnastic and Sports Association).

02.07.27	Arbeiter-Turn-und Sportbund	2	8	Soviet Union	Leipzig (27000)
10.07.27	Arbeiter-Turn-und Sportbund	1	4	Soviet Union	Hamburg (25000)
	Arbeiter-Turn-und Sportbund was a national team drawn from clubs playing in the Arbeiter-Turn-und Sportbund national championship, which ran from 1920-32.
13.07.27	North West Germany	2	8	Soviet Union	Bremen (8000)
15.07.27	Dresdner SV 1910	0	3	Soviet Union	Dresden (20000)
	Dresdner SV 10 were the ATSB national champions 4 years in a row (1923-27)
20.07.27	Chemnitz	0	8	Soviet Union	Chemnitz (10000)
22.07.27	Baden-Pfalz	2	12	Soviet Union	Mannheim (15000)
24.07.27	Rheinland-Westphalia	1	5	Soviet Union	Bremen (20000)
27.07.27	Vienna	3	1	Soviet Union	Dresden (10000)
29.07.27	Vienna	1	6	Soviet Union	Leipzig (15000)
	A Workers’ team billed as ‘Austria’ in some Soviet reports.
30.07.27	Berlin	2	6	Soviet Union	Berlin (20000)

P	W	D	L	F	A
10	9		1	61	14

Squad:

		Club	City
GK	Nikolai Sokolov	Dinamo	Leningrad
	Fyodor Chulkov	Dinamo	Moscow
FB	Petr Edzov	Pischevkus	Leningrad
	Vasili Lapshin	Trekhgorka	Moscow
	Pavel Pchelikov	OPPV	Moscow
HB	Pavel Baturiev	Dinamo	Leningrad
	Fyodor Selin	Trekhgorka	Moscow
	Vladimir Fomin	October Revolution FC	Kharkov
	Ivan Privalov	Rabis	Kharkov
	Alexei Stolyarov	Dinamo	Leningrad
FW	Nikolai Starotsin	Pishchevik	Moscow
	Mikhail Butusov	Pischevkus	Leningrad
	Petr Isakov	Pishchevik	Moscow
	Aleksandr Shpakovski	Rabis	Kharkov
	Aleksandr Kholin	Trekhgorka	Moscow
	Aleksandr Straub	Kanatchik	Odessa

Pavel Baturiev was captain.












Trainer was Mikhail Kozlov. Kozlov was a former player of КVКILSI (Tver) and SKL (Moscow). He led the Soviet Union side 1924—1935 and later Spartak Moscow.



















Acknowledgements to  http://www.rusteam.permian.ru

Sheffield v Birmingham

During the first three seasons of its existence, the Birmingham FA followed the Sheffield Rules.
They only adopted the 'London Rules' of the Football Association when Birmingham clubs began to take an interest in the FA Cup.  Calthorpe, Aston Villa and Birmingham* entered in 1879.
The first representative match between the Sheffield an Birmingham Associations took place in November 1875.

Sheffield                                                                         Birmingham

E Bowling	(Exchange)		H.H Webster	(Birmingham*)
J.C Clegg	(Wednesday)		G Pears	(Birmingham)
W.E Clegg	(Wednesday)		J.H Cofield	(St George’s)
J Hunter	(Heeley)		F Bill	(Birmingham)
R Gregory	(Hallam)		J Campbell- Orr	(Calthorpe)
W.H Stacey	(Wednesday)		J Carson	(Calthorpe)
W Wilkinson			W.J Nicholls	(St George’s)
J Houseley	(Exchange/ Heeley)		F Barnes	(Birmingham)
Geo. Anthony	(Heeley)		W Hundy	(Aston Unity)
W.H England	(Albion)		J Cartwright	(Aston Villa)
J Morton	(Clay Cross)		J.T Eldridge	(St George’s)
W Orton	(Wednesday/ Exchange)		G. A Quilter	(Birmingham)

Birmingham Daily Post - 22.11.75

The description of Orton's goal is priceless!  Interesting to note the existence of the Sheffield Footballers' Accident Society. The insurance scheme was launched in 1867. Players paid in a shilling - if a football injury prevented them from working they received 12 shillings per week. 

* This club had no connection with the later Birmingham (City)