Argentina and Uruguay simultaneous internationals

Argentina and Uruguay have played each other in simultaneous internationals on 5 occasions. 8 of the 10 matches are recognized as official. 

15.08.16	Uruguay	1	2	Argentina	Parque Central, Montevideo
	Copa Lipton
	Argentina	3	1	Uruguay	Avellaneda
	Copa Newton Uruguay born Zoilo Canavery played for Argentina
01.10.16	Uruguay	0	1	Argentina	Campo del Parque Belvedere Montevideo
	Uruguayan Honour Cup 17 year old Atilio Badalini scored in the 3rd minute and Carlos Isola (El Hombre de Goma) saved a penalty from Carlos Scarone.
	Argentina	7	2	Uruguay	Avellaneda
	Press Circle Cup Marius "Eduardo" Hiller scored a hat trick and Emilio Fernández saved a penalty from Juan Harley. Hiller played international football for Germany (3 appearances and 1 goal) before moving to Argentina (2 appearances, 4 goals). José Benincasa became the first player to represent Uruguay whilst playing club football abroad (with Boca Juniors).
19.11.22	Uruguay	2	1	Argentina	Montevideo
	Argentina	4	4	Uruguay	La Plata
	Both these matches were arranged by dissident associations and are not considered official.
25.05.24	Uruguay	2	0	Argentina	Montevideo
	Copa Newton
	Argentina	4	0	Uruguay	Buenos Aires
	Copa Newton
	If both these matches were for the Copa Newton to whom did the trophy go?
16.06.29	Uruguay	1	1	Argentina	Montevideo
	Copa Centro Automovilístico Uruguayo
	Argentina	2	0	Uruguay	Buenos Aires
	Copa Cámara de Diputados Argentina
	Simultaneous fund raisers for the victims of an earthquake in Argentina.

Juan Harley- captain/coach of Uruguay, Avellaneda, 15.08.16

Uruguay born Zoilo Canavery played for Argentina, Avellaneda, 15.08.16

 Carlos Isola (El Hombre de Goma)- saved a penalty from  Carlos Scarone, Montevideo, 01.10.16

Eduardo Hiller scored a hattrick at Avellaneda, 01.10.16

Football Oats...

A newspaper advertisement from 1895...
I can't help thinking that Football Oats were just porridge, but with advertisement copy like that you'd be a fool not to try them. 

England's Home Grounds 1900-1937

As we have seen, England played their home matches at 21 different grounds between 1873 and 1900. During the 1900-1937 period 10 of these grounds saw further national service (Bramall Lane (Sheffield), The Victoria Ground (Stoke), Anfield (Liverpool), Molineux (Wolverhampton), Ewood Park (Blackburn), Goodison Park  (Liverpool), Crystal Palace (London), Roker Park (Sunderland), Ashton Gate (Bristol), Villa Park (Birmingham)). Additionally England played internationals at a  further 19 grounds: 

22. The Dell, Southampton

 A 3 - 0 win over Ireland on  9th March 1901 was England's only appearance at The Dell. 

A cute little ground.

23. St James' Park, Newcastle 
St James' Park has hosted 6 internationals liberally scattered over 104 years. Wales were beaten 6 - 0 on 18th March 1901 in the ground's international debut.  

24. Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Portsmouth's ground hosted it's only international as Wales were beaten 2 - 1  on 2nd March 1903. 

25. Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
Boro's old home hosted 3 internationals in a 32 year period, statrting with a match v Irreland on 25.02.05 which Ireland did well to draw 1-1.  

26. Craven Cottage, London 
Fulham's one and only taste of international football came on 18.03.07 as England and Wales drew 1-1. The Cottage was the 5th London ground to stage an England match.

27. Park Avenue, Bradford

In their first season of league football Bradford  FC (commonly known as Park Avenue)  also saw their ground drafted into international service, hosting a 4-0 victory over Ireland on 13th February 1909. This was the only international played at the venue. 

28. The City Ground, Nottingham.
 The great footballing city of Nottingham has only ever hosted 2 international matches- this was the second-Wales the visitors beaten 2-0 on 15th Mar 1909.

29.  The Baseball Ground, Derby
The only international played at Derby County's former home- a 2-1 win over Ireland, 11th  February 1911.

30.The Den, London 
Vivian Woodward scored twice as Wales were beaten  3 - 0 on 13.03.11- The only international played at the home of The Southern Leagues' Millwall.

31. Stamford Bridge, London 
Stamford Bridge had originally been developed as a potential national stadium/ cup final venue. The FA Cup Final was played there on 3 occasions from 1920-1922. The ground was only used 3 times for England matches, the first being a 1-0 win over Scotland on 5.4.13.

32. Highbury, London 
The Arsenal Stadium hosted it's first international on the resumption of the British Home Championship after the 1914-18 War. Wales ran out 2-1 winners on 15th March 1920.

33. Hillsborough, Sheffield 
Scotland, 10th Apr 1920, 5 - 4 at 

The Wednesday had been playing at Hillsborough (then known as the Owlerton Stadium) since 1899. In 1914 the ground was redeveloped and re named. Remarkably only 2 England matches have been played there, the first being the visit of Scotland (10.4.20) which  England won 5-4. 

34. The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Home to 2 internationals, the first being a 2-0 win over Ireland on  21.10.22.

35. The Empire Stadium aka Wembley Stadium, London 
The Empire Stadium was considered the spiritual home of football.  And yet, in the 16 years between its opening and the outbreak of the Second World War Wembley only hosted 7 internationals, all between England and Scotland, The first, on 12th April 1924, ended in a 1-1 draw. 

36.  Selhurst Park, London 

Crystal Palace's ground is another 'one cap wonder'. It was an unlucky venue for England. Wales celebrated a St David's Day win there in 1926, 2 goals from Swansea Town's Jack Fowler setting up a 3-1 win. 

37.Old Trafford, Manchester

A frequent home venue for England in the early 21st century , the ground only hosted 2 internationals before the 1990s.
The first international played at Old Trafford was on April 17th 1926, Alex Jackson giving the visitors a 1-0 win. 

38. Turf Moor, Burnley 

An eventful only international for Burnley on 28th Nov 1927, Wales winning 2-1. Wales' goalkeeper Albert Gray saved a penalty and England's Louis Page scored an Olympic Goal.

39.  Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Only one international at the seaside-  Ireland beaten 1-0 (17.10.32) 

40. White Hart Lane, London 

Tottenham's Arthur Rowe made his debut in a 4-1 win over France at the Lane on 6.12.33

Pohár Dobročinnosti

The Charity Cup was a competition for teams from the Bohemia (Czech) region of the Hapsburg Monarchy that ran from 1906- 1916.

CFK Smíchov 

Initially the tournament was a league format, the knock out system being introduced in 1909. Prague's strongest and most popular team at the time, Slavia , entered a reserve team during the first 3 seasons. This didn't stop them winning in 1908. 

From what I understand the main beneficiaries of the Charity were hospitals for respiratory diseases.

1906 SK Smíchov

1907 SK Smíchov

1908 SK Slavia Prague B

• 1909 AC Sparta Prague 

1910 SK Slavia Prague 
1911 SK Slavia Prague
1912 SK Slavia Prague 
1913 SK Viktoria Žižkov

1914 SK Viktoria Žižkov
1915 AC Sparta Prague 
1916 SK Viktoria Žižkov

The Alcock Internationals- game 3.

The third meeting of the two selections resulted in a 1-1 draw. 

The Oval  25.02.71
‘England’		‘Scotland’
Morten Betts	West Kent	James  Kirkpatrick [c]	Civil Service
Scorer of the first ever Cup Final goal
Charles  Stephenson	Westminster School	Robert Smith	Queen’s Park
Edgar Lubbock	West Kent	William Gladstone	Old Etonians
Charles Alcock [c],	Harrow Pilgrims	Quentin Hogg	Wanderers
Alfred J. Baker	Wanderers	Arthur Kinnaird	Wanderers
William Butler	Civil Service	F. McClean	Oxford University
		McClean was a pseudonym - he later appeared for England in the first official international as Frederick Chappell. He changed his name legally in 1873 and won FA Cups as Frederick Brunning Maddison (Oxford University 1874, Wanderers 1876)
John  Cockerell	Brixton	John  Inglis	Charterhouse
William P. Crake	Barnes	William Lindsay	Old Wykehamists
Thomas  Hooman	Wanderers	Arnold  Smith	Oxford University
Robert W. Vidal	Westminster School	Charles Nepean	Oxford University
Robert Walker	Clapham Rovers	Gilbert Primrose	Civil Service

Sporting Club Bel-Abbès

Sidi Bel Abbès is situated to the south of the port of Oran in Algeria. It was in Oran that football was first played in north Africa, with  Club Athlétique Oranais (later Club Athlétique Liberté Oranais ) being founded in 1897.
Clubs from different regions of North Africa played each other as early as 1904.
 SC Bel-Abbès was founded in 1906.
Football in Algeria came under the auspices of L'Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques (USFSA). In 1910 the  USFSA  instituted an African Championship for clubs from various parts of Algeria and Tunisia. The results  of these early 'African' championships are largely unknown.

In 1920 the  Ligue d'Oran was formed. 
Sporting Club Bel-Abbès dominated the Ligue d'Oran , winning 7 seasons in a row (1921-1922, 1922-1923, 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1925-1926, 1926-1927,1927-1928). 
 Championnat d'Afrique du Nord de football (the Steeg Cup) began in 1920. SC Bel-Abbès were winners in 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927.

Suggestions To Young Players- R.E Foster 1903

The cricket sensation of the early 1900s, R.E Foster made his test debut in 1903, scoring a then World record  287 on debut. 

Before he had appeared in international cricket Foster's international football career was over. 5 appearances, 1 as captain (the only man to captain England at football and cricket) and 3 goals.

The following appeared in 1903. 

São Paulo Athletic Club -three times Paulista champions

Given their role in establishing the game in São Paulo , with The Father of Brazilian Football as their player coach it was unsurprising that São Paulo Athletic Club featured so prominently in the earliest  Paulista  championships. They won the first three championships. They won again in 1911 but withdrew from serious competition in 1912, the main focus of the club shifting to Rugby Football. 

1902

P	W	D	L	F	A
8	5	2	1	21	6

Play off: São Paulo AC 2-1 Paulistano 

Squad:

Andrews *

Walter Jeffery*

Unwin *

Heyecock

Oswald L. Wucherer

Norman Biddel *

Blackock *

Brough *

Charles William Miller

P. Montandon

Herbert John Singleton Boyes*

George Kenworthy*
Albert Kenworthy*
Sparkes
Guerra
C. P. Tomkins *

Trainers: Boyes & Miller

Top Goal Scorer: Miller 10

1903

P	W	D	L	F	A
8	6	1	1	21	5

Play off: São Paulo AC 2-1 Paulistano 

Squad:
William Holland*
Walter Jeffery *
H. W. Jeans*
Francisco Robinson
Oswald L.Wucherer
Norman Biddel*
G. Pool *
Frank H. Hodgkiss*
Charles William Miller
P. Montandon
Herbert John Singleton Boyes*
R.Duff*
King*
G. H. Ford *
Heyecock
Marsland,
Normanton
Northman *
C. P. Tomkins* 
Trail *

Trainers: Boyes & Miller

Top Goal Scorer: Boyes 5

1904

P	W	D	L	F	A
11	9	2	0	29	4

Play off: São Paulo AC 1-0 Paulistano

Squad:
William Holland *
Walter Jeffery *
Frank H.Hodgkiss *
R. Duff *
Francisco Robinson
Norman Biddel *
H. W. Wright*
P. Montandon
Charles William Miller
Frank Roberton *
Herbert John Singleton Boyes *
F.MacEwan
Robottom*
Sadler*
C. Holland *   
G. H. Ford * 
Corbet 
J. T. W. Sadler *

Trainers: Boyes & Miller


Top Goal Scorers:  Boyes & Miller 9

* English players, several others were sons of British immigrants. MacEwan was a Scot.

Unitas Helsinki

Finland was part of the Russian Empire and achieved independence after the October Revolution of 1917. The events we look at here therefore took place in The Grand Duchy of Finland, which was ruled by the Tsar of Russia.
Unsurprisingly football was introduced to the region by the English, sailors playing in Turku in the 1890s. British workers such as George Wylie Easton (Scotland) also helped to develop the club game. 
Unitas (Helsinki) was founded in 1905. They played in the first-ever public football match in Finland, against Amateur-Sportverein  (aka Sport) from Saint Petersburg, Russia on September 9th 1906.

Sport won 3-0.  The above picture reputedly shows the return match in St Petersburg 
The following month Unitas arranged a tournament for Finnish clubs.
In 1908 a national championship was held, Five teams entered, four of them from Helsinki, Unitas beating Polytechnics Sports Club (PUS) 4-1 in the final.