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| Full name | Dresden English Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 14 March 1874; dissolved: 1 January 1898 | ||
| Ground | Güntzwiesen, Dresden | ||
| Capacity | 5000 | ||
| Chairman |  Revd. Bowden | ||
| Manager | Anglican Revd. Bowden | ||
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The Dresden English Football Club was in former times the first football club on the Eurasian continent, which was created by Englishmen working living in Dresden, in 1874.[1] In April 1874, a Leipzig newspaper reported about the establishment of a “society, which calls itself Dresden English Football club” has been played under the Cambridge Rules. "To hurl the balls away with their own legs." The club was established by English and US-American athletes which worked in Dresden and lived in the noble district Dresden Räcknitz and Dresden Seevorstadt.
The 24 glorious years
In the year of the foundation, over 70 members participated during the training sessions which included even children.
The report from 1874 describes the sight “from some twenty young men in costumes, for distinction in different colors. A kind of cotton or silken undervests, with and without sleeves, briefly fitted leg dresses, which let the naked knee see, long socks, very comfortable shoes or tying boot form the clothing.” First so far documented match against another crew can being reported by the later establishment vice-president of the DFB Philipp Heineken: “At the New Year's Day 1891, the Berlin football Club tried to measure its strength versus the Dresden English F.C and suffered a defeat of 7:0.”[2] In the sport magazines appearing since 1890 and the sport literature regularly also on the D.F.C one reported, so that itself to including 10. March of 1894 seven plays to reconstruct leave. The first six documented plays have the D.F.C as also possibly undocumented until 10th, March 1894 On March 10th, 1894 the D.E.F.C. won with 34:0 documented goals during a match. German football and Cricket federation was playing a match against this club in 1892. Around 300 spectators were at the Güntzwiesen to see the match which had won the Dresden English Football Club with 3:0 goals. A bitter defeat for the Prussian Secretary of Cultural Affairs and patriotic feelings and a common win for the English Ambassador. Journalist Andreas Wittner called it as first German national team which was defeated by an Dresden English soccer club, by simple workers. A report of the general sport newspaper from Vienna reported: “The Dresden English football club, which exists about twenty years, has to 10. March 1894 neither a Goal still another play lost.” The call of the unbeatable of the D.E.F.C. Players were in 1894: Tremble (Captain), Burchard, Crossley, Graham, Atkins, Spencer, Ravenscraft, Johnson, le Maistre, lux moorlands, Young. President was Rev. Bowden.[3]
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- "Als die Engländer noch dauernd siegten"
- "Von England über Dresden in alle Welt - DSC ältester Verein"
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