Dresden English Football Club

Dresden English FC

Full name	Dresden English Football Club
Founded	18 March 1874 (1874-03-18); dissolved: 1 January 1898 (1898-01-01)
Ground	Güntzwiesen, Dresden
Capacity	5000
Chairman	Revd. Bowden
Manager	Anglican Revd. Bowden
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Dresden English Football Club was the first Association football club outside Britain, founded by Englishmen working and living in Dresden, Germany in 1874. In April 1874, a Leipzig newspaper reported about the establishment of a society, which calls itself “Dresden English Football club” to hurl balls with the legs.

The 24 glorious years

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In the year of the foundation, over 70 members participated during the training sessions.

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.” Since 1890, in the sport magazines appearing and the sport literature regularly had reported about the D.E.F.C. On March 10, 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 has about twenty years, has neither a Goal still another play lost, until the 10. March 1894.” The fame of the unbeatable 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. Soccer matches were: May 1892 - Deutscher Fußball- und Cricketbund vs. Dresden English Football Club 0:3; 1883 - Dresden English Football Club vs. Viktoria Berlin 5:0; November 1883 - Dresden English Football Club vs. Prager FC Regatta ?:?; March 7, 1894 - Prager FC Regatta (DFC Prag) vs. Dresden English Football Club 0:9; March 10, 1894 - Viktoria Berlin vs. Dresden English Football Club 2:0

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1900 postcard of the club ground at the Güntzwiesen, near the site of today's Glücksgas Stadium

External links

• "Als die Engländer noch dauernd siegten"
• "Von England über Dresden in alle Welt - DSC ältester Verein"

Further reading

• "Dresden - die Wiege des Fußballs: Fußball in Bildern 1874-1945" by Jens Genschmar, Edition Sächsische Zeitung, 1. published December 3rd, 2012

See also

• Cambridge rules
• RB Leipzig