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Albert Eloy (footballer, Born 1892)
Albert Eloy (17 April 1892 – 7 January 1947) was a French footballer who played as a forward for Olympique Lillois and the French national team in the 1910s. Playing career Club career Albert Eloy was born in Carnin, Nord, on 17 April 1892, and due to his great size of 1.81 meters, he quickly stood out as a great center-forward, becoming a French school champion with the Faidherbe high school. He then joined the ranks of Olympique Lillois in 1908, aged 16. On 19 February 1911, Eloy scored the opening goal in an eventual 3–0 win over RC Roubaix, thus contributing decisively in helping the club clinch the 1911 USFSA Northern Championship, which was the very first title in the club's history. Together with Paul Voyeux, Paul Chandelier, and Alphonse Six, Eloy helped OL win back-to-back USFSA Northern Championships in 1913 and 1914, winning the former with a record of 13 wins and only one defeat. On 5 April 1914, he started in the final of the 1914 USFSA Football Championship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnin
Carnin () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Nord (French department) French Flanders {{LilleArrondissement-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Trophée De France
The 1914 Trophée de France was the 8th and last edition of the Trophée de France, a football competition organized by the French Interfederal Committee (CFI) and which pits the champions of each federation that makes up the CFI against each other at the end of the season. The competition was held on the road between 19 and 26 April, and it was won by Olympique Lillois, the USFSA champions, after claiming a 4–1 victory over VGA Médoc, the FCAF champions, in the final at Stade de Charentonneau. Participants Olympique Lillois (OL) had been on the rise ever since Henri Jooris became the club's de facto leader in 1911, as he recruited talented players from outside the USFSA, such as Alphonse Six, Belgian champion with Brugeois, and Jean Ducret of Étoile des Deux Lacs, a Parisian club affiliated with the FGSPF, as well as professional English coaches, such as Charlie Williams and Maurice Bunyan. These actions undertaken by Jooris paid off as it allowed OL to win two USFSA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. Website The RSSSF website contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors. It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has virtually every piece of historical information. This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Big 8 (Usenet)#Hierarchies, Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemia And Moravia National Football Team
The Bohemia and Moravia football team was the selection of the best Bohemian and Moravian players representing this region of Austria-Hungary in men's Association football matches. It was established in 1903 and disbanded in 1911. It was temporarily revived in 1939, under the name of the Bohemian-Moravian team during the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia by the Nazis. Created following the popularization of association football in Central Europe, the Bohemian-Moravian team played its first match in 1903 against Hungary national football team, Hungary. The Bohemian federation joined FIFA in 1906, and the national team increased its matches, notably against its Hungarian neighbor. The team also faced England national football team, England in 1908. Rejected from FIFA, the team was a founding member of the UIAFA,a competing association of which it won the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament, 1911 European Tournament, but did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roubaix
Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century from its textile industries, with most of the same characteristic features as those of English and American Boomtown, boom towns. This former new town has faced many challenges linked to deindustrialisation such as urban decay, with their related economic and social implications, since its major industries fell into decline by the middle of the 1970s. Located to the northeast of Lille, adjacent to Tourcoing, Roubaix is the of two Cantons of France, cantons and the third largest city in the French Regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with nearly 99,000 inhabitants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament
The 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament () was an unofficial European Championship organized by UIAFA (''Union Internationale Amateur de Football Association''), which was competing with FIFA at the time. The tournament was held within the framework of the in Roubaix, France, between 25 and 29 May. It was won by the Czechoslovakia national football team#Bohemia, Bohemia national team (Football Association of the Czech Republic, ČSF). Several European national teams participated, which caused some historians, quite preposterously, to term this cup as the first European international championship in the history of football, although that title can also be attributed to the Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympic Games, which was open to all countries. It was held nearly half a century before the first UEFA European Championship, official European Football Championship in 1960 European Nations' Cup, 1960, coincidentally also held in France, and over a decade before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parc De Princes
The Parc des Princes (, ) is an all-seater football stadium in Paris, France. It is located in the south-west of the French capital, inside the 16th arrondissement, near the Stade Jean-Bouin and Stade Roland Garros. The stadium, with a seating capacity of 47,929 spectators, has been the home of football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) since 1974. Before the opening of the Stade de France in 1998, it was the home stadium of France's national football team and national rugby union team. The Parc des Princes pitch is surrounded by four covered all-seater stands, officially known as Tribune Borelli, Tribune Auteuil, Tribune Paris, and Tribune Boulogne. Conceived by architect Roger Taillibert and Siavash Teimouri, the current version of the Parc des Princes officially opened on 25 May 1972, at a cost of 80–150 million francs. The stadium is the third to have been built on the site, the first opening its doors in 1897 and the second in 1932. PSG registered its record home att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur Football Alliance
The Amateur FA (Football Alliance) is a county football association in England. It is unusual among county FAs in not serving a particular geographical area. It was founded in 1906 as the Amateur Football Defence Council, was briefly known as the Amateur Football Defence Federation, and was reformed as the Amateur Football Association in 1907, when The FA required all county associations to admit professional clubs. Its aim was, as the decline of amateurism at the highest levels of football set in, to protect and preserve the original amateur spirit. It prides itself on the skill and competitiveness of its leagues, and on its traditions of fair play and respect for opponents and match officials. Many leagues still maintain rules that require clubs to provide food and drink to their opponents and match officials after the match in a clubhouse or public house. History With tension between amateur clubs and the Football Association mounting due to the rise of professionalism, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UIAFA
The ''Union Internationale Amateur de Football Association'' (UIAFA; French for International Amateur Association Football Union) was an international governing body of association football which competed with FIFA for a short time between 1909 and 1912. History In 1907 there was a split in English football between the Amateur Football Association (AFA) and the Football Association (FA) during the conflict between amateurism and professionalism. The AFA tried to join FIFA, but was not admitted. In solidarity, the ''Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques'' (USFSA), which in that moment was the French FIFA member, left the organization, being replaced by the ''Comité français interfédéral'' (CFI). On the other hand, in Bohemia there was the '' Český svaz footballový'' (ČSF; Czech Football Federation), which had joined FIFA in 1906, but was later expelled from the international organization on 8 June 1908 during the congress held in Vienna due to objecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Des Sociétés Françaises De Sports Athlétiques
The Union of French Athletic Sports Societies () was a sports governing body in France. During the 1890s and early 1900s it organised numerous sports including athletics, cycling, field hockey, fencing, croquet, and swimming. However it is perhaps best known for being the principal governing body of both football and rugby union until it was effectively replaced by the French Football Federation and the French Rugby Federation. The USFSA rejected any form of professionalism and were strong advocates of amateur sport. As well as contributing to the growth of sport in France, the USFSA also helped pioneer the development of international sport. Among its founding members were Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games. In 1900, together with the ''Union Vélocipédique de France'', it was also one of two federations that represented France at the inaugural meeting of the . Then in 1904 Robert Guérin, secretary of the USFSA football committee, was one of the prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Équipe
''L'Équipe'' (, French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of association football, rugby, motorsport, and cycling. Its predecessor, ''L'Auto'', was founded by wealthy conservative industrialists to undermine '' Le Vélo'', which they found too progressive. It was a general sports paper that also covered the auto racing which was gaining popularity at the turn of the twentieth century. ''L'Auto'' launched the Tour de France road cycling stage race in 1903 as a circulation booster. The race leader's yellow jersey () was instituted in 1919, reflecting the distinctive yellow newsprint on which ''L'Auto'' was published. The European Champion Clubs' Cup, the competition that would later be rebranded as the UEFA Champions League, was also the brainchild of a ''L'Équipe'' journalist, Gabriel Hanot. The participating clubs in the first season were selected by ''L'Équipe' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
