Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.

The Joan Gamper we usually see is the bespectacled, avuncular elder statesmen of Barcelona, but when he founded that eminent club he was ...

Glaswegian George Pattullo travelled to Catalunya due to his connections in the coal trade. He was a noted tennis player, who played cas...

Velódromo de la Bonanova  (1899) In their first ever match, (08.12.99) Barcelona played a scratch team of English expatriates (some of ...

Hans Kamper was instrumental in the foundation of FC Zurich in 1896. He was an all round sportsman, interested in athletics, cycling, ten...

FC Sant Andreu was formed in 1899 by Scottish textile workers living in Barcelona. The following year the team was known as FC Escocès. ...

Hans Kamper was a keen all round sportsman who had captained FC Basle and helped to found FC Zurich in his native Switzerland.  As a 21 yea...