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

1908 The earliest known photograph of  Schalke 04  (above) dates from 1908, when the club was still known as Westfalia Schalke.  At ...

Passing and retaining possession are fetishes in the modern game. Possession statistics are revered as evidence of a teams worth. We pla...

Kampfbahn  Glückauf  Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V-  they romanticised themselves as a band of self governing outsiders, at ...

Schalke 04 - 1929 Blue and White I Love You Hans J. König  (1924) Blue and white I love you Blue and white forsake me not Blue and ...