Simply adore this panoramic postcard of Rapid Vienna's Pfarrwiese ground. Football in La Belle Époque.
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There is an air of gentility about the scene. People in their Sunday best attending the game.
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An assortment of headwear and plenty of walking-canes...
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... and this lady has really made an effort!.jpg)
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.
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Rapid moved to this ground in the Hütteldorf area of Vienna in 1911. The initial capacity was 4,000,