May interest some of you.
22nd April 1901, Th Daily Graphic "pictorial" report on the FA Cup final.
22nd April 1901, Th Daily Graphic "pictorial" report on the FA Cup final.
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And some of the only footage of the game
More groundsport than skysport!Skysports weren't up to much back then.
Perhaps his weight also varied…Wikipedia said:reports on his weight vary.
That's brilliant stuff BB.
I love the quote 'Foulkes is marvellously agile for his twenty stone'.
That's huge now, but in those days when people were generally shorter and lighter that's massive.
Fascinating stuff as usual MFF, why did Chelsea pay to tease their keeper?Foulke (not Foulkes) played for Chelsea in their first Football League season and the club employed two lads to stand behind the goal and tease him.
They also used to retrieve the ball when it went out of play, so the tradition of having ball-boys at football matches was born.
Foulke had a tragic end to his life when beset by poverty, he was reduced to earning a pittance in a "beat the goalie" sideshow attraction in Blackpool where he caught pneumonia, from which he died.
Fascinating stuff as usual MFF, why did Chelsea pay to tease their keeper?
Loving the 2-3-5 formation.The programme
Loving the 2-3-5 formation.
we would have won by much more, but it was Defoes fault for having a stinker - due to his lack of movement and shoot on sight policySandy Brown scores for us.
However, he is hidden in the picture and I'm not sure of the ball! Perhaps it is bulging the top of the net (top left of the goal)?