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Die Pfarrwiese


Simply adore this panoramic postcard of Rapid Vienna's Pfarrwiese ground. Football in La Belle Époque. 


There is an air of gentility about the scene. People in their Sunday best attending the game.


An assortment of headwear and plenty of walking-canes...

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... and this lady has really made an effort!



Note the high fences to prevent the ball being booted out of the ground- this was before Jimmy Hogan taught the Austrians to play it on the carpet.























Rapid moved to this ground  in the Hütteldorf area of Vienna in 1911. The initial capacity was 4,000,


This site has some pictures of the ground as it is today. 



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