Dresden English Football Club
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| Full name | Dresden English Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 18 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 mainland, 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 problem is: this Leipzig newspaper page is lost, since 2006. The next controversy is that the grounding date is associated with the Leipzig newspaper report and it could be possible that this soccer club is is existing a lot years more and was established before 1874. After the publishing of this story the Westgerman soccer federation was creating a campain that Dresden had none first soccer club here on the European mainland. The picture of the Englishmen is showing cups in 1874 and must be a clue that they theoretical established earlier than 1874.
The 24 gloriously 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] 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.[3]
Logo
The logo is the Cross pattée, a symbol of the St. George, totally war and worn by Prussian-Imperial Germany, Knights Templars, Christopher Columbus who discovered Northern America. In Dresden it was the symbol of the Freemasons which built up the stadium there. But it is still a main symbol of St. George (a English patron). So the logo was a connection of the German Freemasons, Christopher Columbus who has discovered America and St. George, who is the patron of England. That must be the reason that they did choose this logo for the soccer club.
External links
- "Als die Engländer noch dauernd siegten"
- "Von England über Dresden in alle Welt - DSC ältester Verein"
Further reading
See also
References
- ^ "The Football History Boys: Football By Decade: 1900s". Thefootballhistoryboys.blogspot.de. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
- ^ Online-Team. "dresdner-sc.de :: Von England όber Dresden in alle Welt - DSC δltester Verein - DSC - Dresdner Sportclub 1898 e.V". Dsc-fussball98.de. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
- ^ "Als die Engländer noch dauernd siegten - Nachrichten DIE WELT - DIE WELT". Welt.de. 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
