Fussball Ohne Aufnehmen Des Balles (Assoziation-Fussball)

First published in 1909, this 90 page booklet was volume 18 in a series on sports and games. The title rather charmingly translates as Football Without Picking Up The Ball. Author Johannes Scharfe was a pioneer of football in Silesia , secretary of VfB Leipzig and director of the Leipzig Football Association. Herr Scharfe was also a referee. 

The cover photograph appears to show Slavia Prague in action. 

Gandhi

 When Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi became involved in Civil Rights and anti racism in South Africa he recognized the populist force of football. In 1913 he organized football  in Natal for the Indian community. In this photograph Gandhi is circled. 

FC St. Gallen

St Gallen FC, founded in April 1879,  claims to be the oldest club in continental Europe. The club was founded by young businessmen who had been exposed to football when they studied with English students. 

Although the members played almost daily, the early years saw only casual football and an idiosyncratic set of hybrid rules. It was in 1892 that St Gallen's first documented fixture took place- a visit from Grasshopper Club Zürich, who protested that the goals used in St Gallen were far smaller than the regulation size. The return match in Zurich saw Grasshopper win 6-0 (they had won 1-0 with the mini goals at St Gallen). Following this fixture St Gallen adopted the standard sized goals. 

The club first featured in Swiss Championship in 1899-1900 (the 3rd edition) under their temporary guise of United FC St. Gallen, but finished bottom of their group. They were champions in 1904, a feat they did not repeat for 96  years.

Combinado del Pacifico

Another ambitious intercontinental tour from the 1930s saw a squad made up from 3 leading Peruvian clubs, supplemented by 3 players from Colo-Colo in Chile, travel to Europe. Colo Colo had toured Europe in 1927, tragically losing  David Arellano.
The 1933 tourists, generally known as Combinado del Pacifico , played 40 matches across 12 countries. Their fortunes were very mixed. 

Curaçao
11.09.33	Curaçao	0	7	Combinado del Pacífico	Willemstad
Panamá
14.09.33	Colón Rangers	1	5	Combinado del Pacífico	Colón
	The voyage would have reached Panamá before Curaçao?
Ireland
01.10.33	Bohemian	1	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Dalymount Park 30,000
Northern Ireland
02.10.33	Glentoran	1	1	Combinado del Pacífico	The Oval
Scotland
04.10.33	Celtic	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Celtic Park 7000
09.10.33	Heart of Midlothian	3	0	Combinado del Pacífico	Tynecastle 6000
England
11.10.33	Newcastle United	6	1	Combinado del Pacífico	St James’Park 2000
16.10.33	West Ham United	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	The Boleyn Ground
Netherlands
25.10.33	Sparta Rotterdam	0	3	Combinado del Pacífico	Het Kasteel  6000
Czechoslovakia
28.10.33	Sparta Prague	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Stadion Letná 20000
29.10.33	Slavia Prague	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	Stadion Letná
Germany
01.11.33	Bayern Munich	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße
05.11.33	Dresden	?	?	Combinado del Pacífico
11.11.33	Berlin XI	3	1	Combinado del Pacífico
France
12.11.33	Club Français	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	Parc des Princes 20000
18.11.33	Entente	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	Stade Buffalo Montrouge 10000
	Entente was a combined Racing Club de Paris & Club Français team. Some sources give both the above games as being against Entente.
19.11.33	SO Montpellier	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico
24.11.33	OGC Nice	2	5	Combinado del Pacífico	Stade Municipal du Ray
30.11.33	OGC Nice	4	4	Combinado del Pacífico
04.12.33	Côte d'Azur XI	4	4	Combinado del Pacífico
Spain
08.12.33	Barcelona	4	1	Chile-Peru	Las Corts
08.12.33	Madrid XI	10	1	All-Pacific	Campo de Chamartín
	These 2 matches were played simultaneously.
France
17.12.33	Saint-Étienne	draw		Combinado del Pacífico	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Italy
26.12.33	Pro Vercelli	1	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Sanremo
Spain
06.01.34	Marino FC	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Las Palmas de G.C.
07.01.34	Real Victoria	3	1	Combinado del Pacífico
13.01.34	Real Victoria	2	3	Combinado del Pacífico
15.01.34	Marino FC	0	2	Combinado del Pacífico
18.01.34	CD Tenerife	3	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21.01.34	CD Tenerife	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico
25.01.34	UD Salamanca	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	Las Palmas de G.C.
03.02.34	Athletic Las Palmas	0	3	Combinado del Pacífico
09.02.34	CD Gran Canaria	0	1	Combinado del Pacífico
14.02.34	Real Victoria	1	1	Combinado del Pacífico
17.02.34	Marino FC	1	7	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	Sportivo	1	0	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	Real Victoria	1	2	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	Real Victoria	0	0	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	CD Tenerife	0	0	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	UD Salamanca	0	0	Combinado del Pacífico	Salamanca

P	W	D	L	NK	F	A
40	10	16	13	1	73	74

Squad:

GK	Juan Criado	Universitario, Peru
	Juan Humberto 'Mago' Valdivieso Padilla	Alianza, Peru
D	Arturo Fernández	Universitario, Peru
	Ricardo Del Río	Universitario, Peru
	Antonio Maquilón	Atlético Chalaco, Peru
	Alfonso Saldarriaga	Atlético Chalaco, Peru
HB	Eduardo Astengo	Universitario, Peru
	Vicente Arce	Universitario, Peru
	Alberto Denegri	Universitario, Peru
	Plácido Galindo	Universitario, Peru
	Enrique Landa	Universitario, Peru
	Juan Montero	Colo-Colo, Chile
F	Teodoro 'Lolo' Fernández Meyzán	Universitario, Peru
	Carlos Tovar	Universitario, Peru
	Pablo Pacheco	Universitario, Peru
	Luis Emilio de Souza Ferreyra	Universitario, Peru
	Alfredo Alegre	Universitario, Peru
	Carlos Alejandro 'Manguera' Villanueva Martínez	Alianza, Peru
	Roberto Luco	Colo-Colo, Chile
	Eduardo Schneberger	Colo-Colo, Chile

 Players of note: 

Juan 'Mago' Valdivieso- compared  by one journalist to a mechanical doll that catches the ball, and a master of saving penalties. 

Alejandro Villanueva - A spectacular striker and notorious playboy. in 1931 his club Alianza averaged 4.8 goals a game, in 1934 they bagged 115 goals in 27 games. Manguera was league top scorer in 1929 and 1931. He was noted for the dazzling array of stepovers, nutmegs and acrobatic shots that coloued his repertoire.

'Lolo' Fernández-A true legend of Peruvian football, El Cañonero topped the league scorers 7 times and captained the national team for 12 years. He scored 48 goals on the tour.