The Maley Brothers

Thomas Maley was an Irishman who served in the Royal Highland Fusiliers for 22 years. He was a veteran of the Crimea and had traveled the world. He had 4 sons. One,Charles,became a priest, the other 3 were involved in football.

Tom (1864 –1935)

Tom was born in Portsmouth. He was an all round athlete, particularly successful at the 100 yards. Unsurprisingly he played on the wing, as outside left. Known as Handsome Tom, he played football as an amateur, being a qualified school master. 

Tom played in Celtic's first ever match , and when his playing days were over he became a director of the club (1897).

In 1902 Tom took over as manager of Manchester City. Maley's time at City got off to a tragic start. Welsh star Di Jones died as the result of an injury sustained in an exhibition match. Tom Maley was influential though in creating a strong bond between his players. They won promotion back to the First Division  in his first season in charge, and the following season (1903–04) they won the FA Cup and finished 2nd in the League. 1904–05 saw City finishing in 3rd place and 1905-06 5th. Maley was transforming City into a major force.

Manchester City's record under Maley:

P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %
150	89	22	39	322	178	59.33

However in the summer of 1906 an FA investigation into the payment of bonuses had a catastrophic impact on the club. 17 players were fined and suspended from football until January 1907 . City had to sell many players and Maley received a life ban from the game.

He returned to Glasgow and worked as a teacher, When his life ban was revoked in 1910 he returned to football management. 

As a player:
1881	Cathcart
1882	London Caledonian
1883	Partick Thistle
1884	Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers
1885	Hibernian
1886	Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers
1887	Clydesdale Harriers
1888- 1891	Celtic
1891	St Mirren  (loan)
1892-93	Preston North End
As manager:
1902	Manchester City
1911	Bradford Park Avenue
1925	Southport
1931	Celtic (assistant)

Willie (1868 –1958)

 Willie was born in Newry in Ireland. Like Tom, he developed into an all round athlete. His incredible association with Celtic began by chance. Brother Walfrid and Mr Glass were calling on Tom Maley in Cathcart to ask him to join the club they were forming. Tom was out, Willie was at home. They suggested that if Tom decided to take up the offer that Willie should come along as well. 

Consequently Willie played alongside Tom in Celtic's first ever fixture. 

Playing at half-back Willie was at Celtic for 9 seasons as a player, winning 3 Scottish League Championships (1892-93, 1893-94, 1895-96) and the Scottish FA Cup (1892). He made 2 international appearances for Scotland in 1893.

Maley had his first taste of football administration when he took on the role of Player-Secretary in May 1894. Maley became full-time manager of Celtic at the end of the 1897 season. He remained in post for 43 years, during which time he led the club to 30  trophy wins.

As a player:
1886	Cathcart Hazlebank
1887	Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers
1888-97	Celtic
1889	Ardwick  (loan)
1893	Scotland (2 internationals)
1895-96	Manchester City  (loan)
1896-97	Everton  (loan)
As manager:
1897- 1940	Celtic

	League	Cup
1897–98	Champions
1898–99		Winners
1899–1900		Winners
1900-01
1901-02
1902-03
1903–04		Winners
1904–05	Champions
1905–06	Champions
1906–07	Champions	Winners
1907–08	Champions	Winners
1908–09	Champions
1909–10	Champions
1910–11		Winners
1911–12		Winners
1912-13
1913–14	Champions	Winners
1914–15	Champions
1915–16	Champions
1916–17	Champions
1917-18
1918–19	Champions
1919-20
1920-21
1921–22	Champions
1922–23		Winners
1923-24
1924-25		Winners
1925-26	Champions
1926-27		Winners
1927-28
1928-29
1929-30
1930-31		Winners
1931-32
1932-33		Winners
1933-34
1934-35
1935-36	Champions
1936-37		Winners
1937–38	Champions

Celtic's record under Maley:

P	W	D	L	Win %
1,611	1,039	314	258	64.49

One of the only pics I've seen of Willie Maley sans hat- in a hat advertisement.

Alex (1874 – 1949)

Youngest brother Alex never played at a high level, but followed his brothers into management. He was, incidentally, the only one born in Scotland. He also worked as a journalist. 

He led teams to the Scottish FA Cup final on 4 occasions, but was on the losing side every time (1910 and 1912 with Clyde, 1923 and 1924 with Hibernian).

As manager:

1909–1912	Clyde
????–1921	Clydebank
1921–1925	Hibernian
1925–1927	Crystal Palace

Fergie Suter

Following James Reddie Lang's spell with The Wednesday in 1876 the next examples of Scottish players moving to England in order to play football for money are Fergus Suter and James Love, who joined Darwen in 1878.
Glaswegian full-back Suter had played for Partick and Glasgow Rangers. 
Over the New Year holiday in 1878 Partick visited Lancashire and played both Darwen (losing 3-2) and Blackburn Rovers (losing 2-1).
Suter was a stonemason, although it was noted that he didn't continue his trade when he was living in Lancashire. Darwen alays denied he was a professional, but Suter later commented  I would interview the treasurer as occasion arose.
Suter's play drew positive comments in the press- he was an active proponent of combination play, linking with his half backs and forwards and launching attacks himself rather than just seeing his role as being to clear his lines with long kicks. The way in which he lofted free kicks for the centre forward to head also seems to have been an innovation. Suter featured in Darwen's legendary cup run of 1879, but in 1880 he shocked the town by transferring to their neighbours and rivals Blackburn Rovers.

The acrimony wasn't helped when Suter and Darwen's Thomas  Marshall grappled in a cup tie  in November 1880 at Alexandra Meadows. The match was abandoned, the return match was cancelled, and the two sides declined to meet other than in cup ties in the future. 
The local press featured some interesting correspondence in the wake of this match:

 Here is another interesting letter. Transfer gossip and speculation are nothing new:

Whilst with Rovers Suter  appeared in four FA Cup Finals, picking up 3 winner's medals. He was still around when the Football League came into being, but only played in one League match, appearing in goal against West Bromwich Albion on 22nd December 1888.

Burma

Siam

Up until 1939 Thailand was known as Siam.
The  Siam national football team played its first match on December 20th 1915. The opponents were a team of mixed European residents. Rather imaginatively this team was called  The Europeans. The match was held at Bangkok's Royal Sport Club. I do not know what the result was. 
On April 25, 1916, King Rama VI (Vajiravudh) established the Football Association of Siam and instituted The Yai Cup.  King Rama VI appears to have been an interested and active patron of the game. 
Siam joined FIFA in 1925, the first Asian country to do so.
The team played its first international match in 1930 against an Indochina team made up of Vietnamese and French players.

1915 : Siam team with the King

The  players who faced The Europeans in 1915

1916: Department of Performing Arts pictured with the Yai Cup (donated by The King).

 Yai Cup Winners 

1916	Department of Performing Arts
1917	Vajiravudh College
1918	Vajiravudh College
1919	Vajiravudh College
1920	Chulalongkorn University
1921	Royal Military Academy
1922	Royal Military Academy
1923	Royal Thai Naval Academy
1924	Royal Thai Naval Academy
1925	No competition
1926	Kong Dem Rot
1927	Kong Dem Rot
1928	Suankularb Wittayalai School
1929	Suankularb Wittayalai School
1930	Assumption Academy
1931	Thailand Post

Katwijkse Voetbal Vereniging Quick Boys

 In these 2 photographs of Katwijk's splendidly named Quick Boys the goalkeepers seem to be wearing neckties. 
Up until 1954 all football in the Netherlands was amateur. Quick Boys, founded in 1920, are among the clubs who have remained amateur. 

Hull City

Hull City supporters at The Boulevard, 1904

Hull City A.F.C. were founded on 28 June 1904. Kingston upon Hull was a  Northern Union (Rugby League) stronghold, and previous attempts to establish Association in the city had failed.

The club was formed too late in the year to apply for membership of the Football League, so in their first season they played only friendly matches.  The early matches were played at The Boulevard, home of rugby side Hull FC. This groundsharing scheme (costing the football club £100 a year) soon ended . They began their League career playing at The Circle, a cricket ground, and in 1906 established a stadium at  Anlaby Road. 

There were 6,000 at The Boulevard to see City's first match, a 2-2 draw with Notts County on 1st September 1904.

The white jerseys were soon abandoned in favour of black and amber stripes

Hull's prompt elevation to The Football League reflects the way in which the League actively promoted clubs in Yorkshire in order to challenge the dominance of Rugby League and get a share of a lucrative market.

City played their first League match on September 2nd 1905, beating Barnsley 4-1 at The Circle.

Here's the Hull line up: 

GK	Martin Spendiff
	From North Shields, Spendiff joined City from Grimsby Town.
FB	Ambrose Langley
	This was Langley’s last season in the Football League- he joined Hull from The Wednesday, where he had spent 11 seasons. He featured in the League Championship winning sides of 1903 and 1904. He was player manager and was in charge of City until 1913. He later managed Huddersfield Town.
FB	Tom Jones
	This was Shropshire born Jones’ only season of League football.
HB	Bill Martin
	Just 4 League appearances for Londoner Martin in 1905-06. He joined from Millwall Athletic and moved back south to join Clapton Orient for the following season.
HB	William Robinson
	Robinson joined Hull having made just 1 League appearance for Manchester City. He played 119 League matches for Hull before moving on to Bolton Wanderers in 1908.
HB	Davy Gordon
	10 seasons at Hull having joined from Leith Athletic. Played 270 games for Hull and later managed Hibernian and Hartlepools United.
OR	George Rushton
	Previous League experience with Burslem Port Vale.
IR	George Spence
	The second Scotsman in the team, Spence started off at St Mirren. He played League football for Gainsborough Trinity and Preston North End, punctuated with spells with a variety of Southern League clubs.  Returned to Scotland (Clyde) after one season at Hull, Scored Hull’s first ever league goal.
CF	David 'Soldier' Wilson
	Boer War veteran Wilson began his professional career in Scotland (he was an Englishman), Transferred to Leeds City in December 1905. Died of a heart attack he suffered when playing during the Leeds City v Burnley match on 27.10.06.
IL	Peter Howe
	15 goals in 32 League matches- later joined Leeds City.
OL	Andrew Raisbeck
	Scotsman- was at Liverpool along with his legendary brother, Alec, but never made the first team.  Emigrated to Canada after 2 season at Hull.

Strange days- El gol de la valija

May 27th , 1934,Centenario Stadium, Nacional v Peñarol in the league championship play off . 21 minutes into the second half. The score is 0-0.  Bahía, Peñarol's Brazilian winger, shoots at goal, (at the Colombes end of the ground if you're a stickler for detail). 
Eduardo García in the Nacional goal is beaten but the ball passes his right hand upright. 
The ball then strikes a case belonging to the Nacional physio, and bounces back into play. 
Anselmo passes to Braulio Castro who rolls the ball into the net. Referee Telésforo Rodríguez  signals a goal.
 Nacional's Juan Miguel Labraga and José Nasazzi protest vigorously- to the point of assaulting the referee. After the furore abates Snr.Rodríguez required medical tresatment- he is replaced by Luis Scandroglio. Nasazzi,Labraga and Chifflet are dismissed. Darkness falls and the match is suspended.
64 days later(!) the League passed judgement.Castro's goal was expunged. The match was to be resumed as 0-0 after 70 minutes, but Nasazzi and Labraga remained sent off. Chifflet was reprieved. 
So, on 25.08.34 the remaining 20 minutes was  played behind closed doors at the Centenario. The 9 of Nacional held on for a 0-0 draw , even though 2 half hour periods of extra time were also played.

Braulio Castro

The 9 of Nacional

September 2nd's replay saw a further 150 goalless minutes between the 2 sides (11 against 11 this time).
The matter wasn't decided until November 18th- Centenario was again the venue.
Braulio Castro put Peñarol ahead in the 42nd minute, Hector Castro equalising 8 minutes after the break. 5 minutes later Arremon restored Peñarol's lead but in less than 20 minutes Hector Castro completed his hattrick to seal the championship for Nacional

The ball and the bag.