Double Figure Scores in Internationals

 Sophus 'Krølben' Nielsen- 10 goals v France .

Gottfried Fuchs- 10 goals v Russia

 Poul 'Tist' Nielsen - featured in 2 double figure wins.

'Påsket' Bengtsson- conceded double figures on 2 occasions.  

18.02.82	Ireland	0	13	England
	Ireland’s first foray into international football and an inauspicious start.  Aston Villa’s Vaughton (5) and Digger Brown (4) did the bulk of the damage. James Hamilton was the goalkeeper to suffer.
03.03.88	Wales	11	0	Ireland
	This remains Wales’ record score. John Clugston on the receiving end.
24.03.88	Ireland	2	10	Scotland
	6 Scots players got on the scoresheet as a miserable month saw Ireland concede 21 goals in 2 matches. On this occasion Ralph Lawther was the unfortunate custodian.
18.02.99	England	13	2	Ireland
	The Times reported that ‘The play might well be described as one long series of attacks on the Irish goal…’ There were 4 goals from G.O Smith and a debut hattrick from Jimmy Settle, Steve Bloomer chipped in with 2. A debut to forget for James Lewis.
23.02.01	Scotland	11	0	Ireland
	4 apiece for Hamilton and McMahon. Irish goalkeeper Sam McAlpine’s only international appearance.
01.11.06	France	0	15	England Amateurs
	The 1900s saw the development of international football in mainland Europe and the establishment of FIFA. England’s full international team was becoming an almost exclusively professional set up. The introduction of the England Amateur XI led to a series of mismatches in which emerging continental teams were thrashed on a regular basis.   Zacharie Baton was the goalkeeper. Stanley Harris scored 7, Vivian Woodward 4.
21.12.07	England Amateurs	12	2	Netherlands
	West Ham's Harold Stapely got 5. Lo la Chapelle’s only experience of international football in Netherlands’ goal.
23.03.08	England Amateurs	12	0	France
	André Renaux never got a second call up.
08.06.08	Austria	1	11	England
	Rudolf Donhardt’s only international appearance.
12.07.08	Sweden	11	3	Norway
	Sweden were a goal down in the first minute of this match (a first international for both countries). Erik Bergström and Erik Börjesson scored 4 goals each. After this spectacular start Sweden then had the misfortune to face England Amateurs in their next 2 matches… Sverre Lie became another goalkeeper whose international career lasted only 90 minutes.
20.10.08	England Amateurs	12	1	Sweden
	The Olympic Games. Sweden’s record after this match: p 3 w1 d 0 l 2 f 13 a 21. Påsket Bengtsson on the receiving end of Woodward &Co.
22.10.08	Denmark	17	1	France
	TEN goals for Sophus Nielsen and the end of Maurice Tillette’s international career (2 matches, 21 goals conceded).
17.04.09	England Amateurs	11	2	Belgium
	Godefroid Van Melderen was the goalkeeper here as England Amateurs maintained their impressive goals to games ratio.
22.05.09	France	0	11	England Amateurs
	6 Englishmen got on the scoresheet here…
16.04.10	England Amateurs	10	1	France
	France goalkeeper Tessier conceded 36 goals in his 5-game international career, 21 of them in 2 games v England Amateurs.
01.07.12	Germany	16	0	Russia
	Gottfried Fuchs put TEN past Lev Favorskiy.
14.07.12	Russia	0	12	Hungary
	Russia’s first home game.  Schlosser-Lakatos Imre scored 5 goals. Dmitriy Matrin had a memorable day on his debut.
05.10.13	Sweden	0	10	Denmark
	Tist Nielsen scored 6 goals as Påsket Bengtsson conceded double figures for the second time in his international career.
10.05.17	Japan	2	15	Philippines
	The Japanese team was represented by a selection from the Tokyo Higher Normal School. Genya Tomita was Japan’s goalkeeper. Paulino Alcantara was among the Philippines’ scorers.
07.10.17	Denmark	12	0	Norway
	Tist Nielsen scored 5 goals, Ingolf Pedersen the unlucky goalkeeper.
11.08.22	Finland	10	2	Estonia
	Lali Öhman led the scoring with 6 goals, August Lass the ‘keeper.
27.05.24	Lithuania	0	10	Egypt
	Lithuania’s 3 first internationals saw them suffering progressively heavier defeats, 5-0, 9-0 and then this. A warm up match for the Olympics, played at the Pershing Stadium in Paris.  Valerijonas Balčiūnas was the ‘keeper.
29.05.27	Sweden	12	0	Latvia
	6 goals for Albin Hallbäck. Latvian goalie Arvīds Jurgens went off in the 79th with the score at 9-0. He was replaced for 6 minutes by Ādolfs Greble , who was beaten 3 times during this brief period of deputization.
12.06.27	Hungary	13	1	France
	Takács József scored 6.  The last of Maurice Cottenet’s 18 international games.
29.05.28	Argentina	11	2	USA
	First round match of the 1928 Olympic games at Amsterdam. Cooper in goal for the United Sates.
09.06.28	Italy	11	3	Egypt
	Abdel Hamid Hamdi was in goal. For Italy Schiavio, Banchero & Magnozzi got 3 apiece and Baloncieri scored twice.
28.07.29	Sweden	10	0	Latvia
	Harijs Lazdiņš’ international debut, 3 days after his 19th birthday. He represented Latvia 18 times in all.
10.04.32	Italy	12	0	Luxembourg
	The Italians did not consider this a full international. Robert Dupont kept goal for Luxembourg (the last of his 10 appearances). Giovanni, Serantoni & Bisigato all got hattricks.
21.05.33	Spain	13	0	Bulgaria
	Eduardo González Valiño (known as Chacho) 6 goals on debut. Todor Dermonski started the match in goal for Bulgaria but went off in the 30th minute with the score at 4-0. His place was taken by Radi Maznikov.
11.07.36	Australia	10	0	New Zealand
	George Smith got 5 goals, Alf Smith was the goalkeeper.
05.06.37	New Zealand	0	12	England Amateurs
26.06.37	New Zealand	1	12	England Amateurs
	Frank Cameron kept goal for New Zealand in both matches (and another which ended 6-0)

A Review of the 1897-98 Season

Any Wintry Afternoon in England

C. R. W. Nevinson was an English artist who was an associate of the Italian Futurists and an official War Artist in the 1914-18 conflict.
Any Wintry Afternoon in England was painted in 1930, and can be seen at the Manchester Art Gallery.

Zuzu

Cunha Bueno, the Paulistano goalkeeper, in action against Palestra Itália in 1917.
Zuzu, as he was known, was a goalkeeper of desperation, noted for unconventional last ditch saves executed with all parts of his anatomy.
With Zuzu in goal Paulistano won the Campeonato Paulista in 1916,1917, 1918 & 1919.
Away from football he was a coffee farmer and exporter. 
The ball in this photograph looks small. I have read that size 4 balls were used in Italy, I'm not sure if that was the case in South America too. 

Chirk AAA v Darwen

Cricket and Football Field 29.01.87

This article tells us so much about the state of football in 1880s. Professionalism was legal, organized competition in the form of the FA Cup and the county cups had firmly taken root in the public imagination. The provinces, particularly the north west and the midlands, had a thriving football culture and there was a railway network that facilitated affordable travel for teams and their supporters. 

Darwen travel to Chirk in north east Wales for an FA Cup tie.

Darwen feature the old English internationals Marsden and Rostron, while in goal they have Hugh Mcintyre, formerly of Blackburn Rovers and Glasgow Rangers.  A versatile player indeed, he had represented Scotland at centre half, moving back into goal as his age increased (he was 31).

GK	McIntyre
FB	Marsden
	Leach
HB	Hamilton
	Ashton
	Thornber
F	Haresnape
	Broughton
	Rostron
	Shorrock
	Slater

Chirk was a village but they boasted 4 internationals in their line up : William Owen,  Di Jones (later of Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City),  George Owen (later of Newton Heath) and  George Griffiths. In  April 1887 this same XI won the Welsh Cup for the first time, and  retained it the following season.

GK	E Povey
FB	T Wynne
	Di Jones
HB	H Owen
	J Owen
	J Jones
F	P Griffiths
	W Owen
	T Williams
	G Owen
	G Griffiths

That Ruabon people had travelled  the five miles south to support Darwen against their local rivals (an exclusively Welsh team) is a delightful detail.  

Bulgaria 1924

1924 was a big year in Bulgarian football. The first national championship competition was scheduled and the nation played its first international fixtures.
Regional leagues had been held since 1921, and in 1924 a unification tournament for the 6 regional champions was planned. Unfortunately this was  abandoned when Vladislav (Varna) refused to replay their semi final with Levski in Sofia, wanting a switch to Varna as the original tie had been played in Sofia. This was never resolved. 
 The following season's  championship was successfully concluded, with Vladislav beating Levski 2-0 in the final.

Bulgaria's first international came on 21.05.24 at Vienna's Simmeringer Sportplatz. 
The team featured 9 Levski players.

Petar Ivanov	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Aleksandar Hristov	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Simeon Yankov	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Gheno Mateev	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Boian Byanov	S.С. Ticha, (Varna)
Dimitr Manolov	S.C. Slavia, (Sofia)
Dimitr Mutafchiev	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Nikola Mutafchiev	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Tsvetan Genev	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Konstantin Maznikov	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Kiril Yovovich	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)

Austria (in their 87th international) were too strong for the Bulgarians, who held out until the 31st minute. The final score was Austria 6, Bulgaria 0.

Bulgaria made 2 changes for their next match, against The Irish Free State at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Petar Ivanov	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Aleksandar Hristov	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Simeon Yankov	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Ivan Radoev	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Boian Byanov	S.С. Ticha, (Varna)
Dimitr Manolov	S.C. Slavia, (Sofia)
Dimitr Mutafchiev	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Nikola Mutafchiev	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Todor Vladimirov	S.C. Slavia, (Sofia)
Konstantin Maznikov	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)
Kiril Yovovich	S.C. Levski, (Sofia)

They were beaten by Patrick Dunkan's 75th minute goal.
Bulgaria's first international win came in their 15th match, against Romania in 1930.

FA Cup Final, 1889

Here is a programme for the 1889 FA Cup Final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Preston North End's Invincibles (the Cup version, with Mills- Roberts in the place of Trainer).
Major Marindin would undoubtedly have been rooting for Wolves' English XI (including 7 internationals).  Wolves had finished 3rd in the League,  conceding 9 goals across the 2 meetings with Preston.
Dewhurst, Ross and Thomson were the scorers as Preston won 3-0 to secure the Double. 

Madelon

La Madelon was a French popular song of the 1914-18 war.
I do not know how it came to be the nickname of the Czech footballer Jan Knobloch , but he was, throughout his career, known as Madelon.

Madelon joined Sparta Prague in 1927 and won the Czech national championship in 1932. He also made 18 appearances for the Czech national team (1929-33). The image is from a cigarette card by the German company Richard Greiling Zigarettenfabrikan. 

Acknowledgements  to http://collectorscrack.blogspot.co.uk