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The Football King by George Gray
Western Daily Press 24.11.96So, you're due to play in the FA Cup Final at The Oval when you're wrongly accused of murder and arrested whilst your girlfriend is abducted by Belgian anarchists in a hot...
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English Wanderers #1
Charles Craven There have been 2 teams that have gone by the name of English Wanderers. Here we will look at the first, an amateur touring side that made annual visits to the Netherlands at Easter...
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Bolivia
Paying tribute to the hosts, Bolivia before their opening game of the 1930 World Cup. Bolivia lost this match 4-0 to Yugoslavia.Here's how they lined up:GKJesús BermúdezOruro RoyalFBSegundo...
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Baltenverband
VfB Konigsberg 1907-08The Baltische Fußball Meisterschaft, initiated in 1908, was the newest of the 8 regional championships that fed the German National Championships. It featured teams from...
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Jimmy McGrory
Jimmy McGrory was Celtic's leading scorer for 12 seasons. McGrory scored 56 hat-tricks in the Scottish League and Scottish Cup.He scored a total of 550 goals in 547 appearances in all competitions for...
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The Muratti Vase
The Guernsey FA was formed in 1893, and a military league was established on the island in the same year. Northerners AC was founded in November 1892. In 1893 the newly formed Guernsey Rangers played...
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Jean Jacoby
Jean Jacoby (Luxembourg) was the Olympic gold medal winning artist in both 1924 and 1928. This painting , Corner, was one of his pieces from 1924.
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A Penalty Shootout
DaringWriting about football pre 1937 I didn't expect to find myself dealing with penalty shootouts. However, an Easter Tournament organized by ADO Den Haag in 1935 was indeed decided by a duel from 11...
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Two Points of View
Taken from a nice website about Luton Town in the 19th century: http://thestrawplaiters.com/
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Albert Craig
Albert Craig was a Bradford born postman and later insurance salesman who wrote verses about cricketers.He moved to London in 1886 and became something of a fixture at The Oval. The press often...
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Winter Break?
There won't be any new posts on Before The D for about 2 weeks. Enjoy your football...
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Corner Kicks
A corner kick, Falkirk vs Queen's Park 1914Most of the changes in the Laws of The Game in the 1860s and 70s concerned what happened when the ball went out of play.Here we will look at Law 7:1863In case...
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Samitier
It seems that the transition from club to international football is not always easy! Between 1919 and 1932 Josep Samitier scored 333 goals in 454 games for Barcelona (strike rate 0.73 goals per game)....
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Taça Brasil de Seleções 1907
Football can play a significant role in the development of a sense of national identity. In 1907 the president of Brazil, Snr Afonso Pena, donated a trophy to be awarded to ' National Champions'. The...
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Silvio Piola
16 year old Silvio Piola pictured in the colours of Pro Vercelli in 1929.In a career that lasted until 1954 Piola would go on to be the most prolific scorer in the history of Italian top flight...
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Knocker West
Enoch West signed for Sheffield United as a 17 year old, but he failed to break into the first team and returned to minor football.2 years later, in 1905, he joined Nottingham Forest. He scored 100...
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