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John Hamilton (footballer, Born 1876)
John Hamilton (7 February 1876 – 10 April 1947) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper and defender for Spanish club FC Barcelona. Although little has been recorded of his life, he was one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of football in Catalonia, being noted for his prominent role in promoting football in the city and as the main driving force of Escocès FC, a team made up of Scottish workers from a Sant Andreu factory, which he served as its captain. He was a member of the side that won the first official title in Spanish football, the 1900–01 Copa Macaya with Hispania AC. And in addition to being a player, he was also a referee, overseeing at least one match in the 1900–01 Copa Macaya, tens of Catalan championship games, the 1912 Copa del Rey Final, and being the first president of the Catalan Referees' Association in 1902. Early life John Hamilton was born in Newmilns, East Ayrshire, on 7 February 1876. At some point in the early ...
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Newmilns
Newmilns is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people (2001 census) and lies on the A71 road, A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is situated in a valley through which the River Irvine runs and, with the neighbouring towns of Darvel and Galston, East Ayrshire, Galston, forms an area known as the Loudoun, Upper Irvine Valley (locally referred to as The Valley). As the name suggests, the burgh exists in two parts – Newmilns to the north of the river and Greenholm to the south. The river also divides the parishes of Loudoun and Galston parish, Galston, which is why the burgh, although generally referred to as ''Newmilns'', has retained both names. Etymology The name itself appears to have its origins in Old English, ''niwe'' (new) / ''mylen'' (mill), so it could be dated to the Old English period (c. mid-5th to mid-12th centuries). The earliest known recor ...
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Referee (association Football)
In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches during a match. At most levels of play, the referee is assisted by two assistant referee (association football), assistant referees (formerly known as linesmen), who advise the referee on whether the ball leaves the playing area and any infringements of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game occurring outside of the view of the referee. The final decision on any decision of fact rests with the referee, who has authority to overrule an assistant referee. At higher levels of play, the referee may also be assisted by a Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official, fou ...
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Joseph Black (footballer)
Joseph Black was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona. The dates of his birth and death are unknown. He and his brother, Alexander, were part of the infamous group of Scottish workers that formed Escocès FC at the start of 1900, and he was also one of the first Scottish players to ever play for Barcelona. Biography Joseph Black was one of many young workers at lace manufacturers Johnston, Shields & Co in Newmilns sent over to work in the company's newly opened factory at Sant Martí de Provençals, known in Catalonia as ''La Escocesa'', which started production back in 1893. At the start of 1900, whilst out in the Catalan capital, Mauchan and his fellow co-workers set up a football team to pass the time, calling it Escocès FC. In addition to Black, this team also had his brother and the likes of Peter Mauchan, George Girvan and team captain John Hamilton, with all of them, including him, going on to become the first Scottish players to w ...
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Alexander Black (footballer)
Alexander Black was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona. The dates of his birth and death are unknown. He and his brother, Joseph, were part of the infamous group of Scottish workers that formed Escocès FC, and he was also one of the first Scottish players to wear the Barcelona shirt. Biography The Black brothers were two of many young workers at lace manufacturers Johnston, Shields & Co in Newmilns sent over to work in the company's newly opened factory at Sant Martí de Provençals, known in Catalonia as ''La Escocesa'', which started production back in 1893. At the start of 1900, he and his brother, together with their co-workers, set up a football team to pass the time, calling it Escocès FC. In addition to him and his brother, this team also had the likes of Peter Mauchan, George Girvan and team captain John Hamilton, with all of them, including him, went on to play for FC Barcelona. The team had a very short life and was broken up ...
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Peter Mauchan
Peter Mauchan (1882 – 5 November 1943) was a Scottish footballer who played for Spanish club FC Barcelona at the turn of the century. He was part of the infamous group of Scottish workers that formed Escocès FC. Peter is often confused with his younger brother, David Mauchan, who is often wrongly credited with being the one who played for Escocès FC and FC Barcelona, which is not possible as David was only born in 1895. Early life Peter Mauchan was born in Glasgow in 1882, as the son of William Mauchan, a football referee, and Elizabeth Stewart. Due to his father's textile profession, the family moved to Nottingham between 1884 and 1887. His father was one of many workers at lace manufacturers Johnston, Shields & Co in Newmilns sent over to work in the company's newly opened factory in Sant Martí de Provençals (known as ''La Escocesa''), a neighborhood in Barcelona, and thus, the family had to move again, this time to Sant Martí. Escocès FC Thanks to his father, he beca ...
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Willie Gold
William Gold was a Scottish footballer. He is best known for being the receiver of the very first red card shown in Spanish football. Gold was also a member of the side that won the very first Spanish club to win an official title, the 1900–01 Copa Macaya with Hispania AC. Biography Willie Gold was born in Newmilns, where he was introduced to football and to his wife, providing for his family as a textile worker employee at lace manufacturers Johnston, Shields & Co. He was eventually promoted to be in charge of a production line, and the experience he gained as such served him to continue working as a manager. In 1893, John Shields, one of the founders of the company, rented the central warehouses of a factory in Sant Martí de Provençals to create a branch of his company in Catalonia, which become known as ''La Escocesa'', and Willie Gold, together with around 40 young Scottish workers, was sent over to work in the company's newly opened factory, and Gold was appointed as th ...
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Jim Dykes
Jim or JIM may refer to: Names * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy People and horses * Jim, the nickname of Yelkanum Seclamatan (died April 1911), Native American chief * Juan Ignacio Martínez (born 1964), Spanish footballer, commonly known as JIM * Jim (horse), milk wagon horse used to produce serum containing diphtheria antitoxin * Jim (Medal of Honor recipient) Media and publications * ''Jim'' (book), a book about Jim Brown written by James Toback * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * '' Jim!'', an album by rock and roll singer Jim Dale * ''Jim'' (album), by soul artist Jamie Lidell * Jim (''Huckleberry Finn''), a character in Mark Twain's novel * Jim (TV channel), in Finland * Jim (YRF Spy Universe), a fictional film character in the Indian YRF Spy Universe, portrayed by John Abraham * JIM (Flemish TV channel), a Flemish television channel * "Jim" (song), a 1941 son ...
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Sant Andreu De Palomar
Sant Andreu de Palomar is a neighbourhood of Barcelona. It's the oldest part of the Sant Andreu district. It was an independent old town with over 1,000 years of recorded history before being annexed to Barcelona on 20 April 1897. It has an area of 174 hectares and has a population of about 55,000 inhabitants. Its boundaries are: the street Rovira i Virgili, old Riera de Horta, Passeig de Santa Coloma, the Meridiana Avenue and the railroad tracks. History: Around the 8th century, in a document of towns near Barcelona, Sant Andreu de Palomar was mentioned. It is known that there have been three religious buildings in the history of the town (all Roman Catholic): the primitive "Ermita de San Andres", Hermitage of the Segadors (reapers in English, named after the revolt of the reapers of the Catalan peasants against the Hispanic monarchy) which is currently abandoned and the church of Sant Andreu which continues today. Siemore was a town of peasants, considered by the ancient ci ...
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English Colony Of Barcelona Football Team
The Sociedad de Foot-Ball de Barcelona () was a football scratch team that existed between 1892 and 1896, mainly consisting of players from the British colony of Barcelona, but also with Catalans and even Frenchmen. This entity was initially known as the Barcelona Football Club (1892–94), before being renamed as ''Sociedad de Foot-Ball de Barcelona'' following a restructuring in 1894. It was one of the first Catalan football clubs and is considered a predecessor of FC Barcelona founded in 1899. Some historians ascribe this entity as "a group of thirty friends, English workers, who played alternately and without a regular squad". This entity is best remembered for its pioneering role in the amateur beginnings of football in Catalonia, organizing the first known football match in Catalonia in 1892 and being the catalyst for many other historic landmarks such as the oldest photograph of a football team in Spain and the first proper chronicle of a football match in Spain, both rega ...
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Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four Provinces of Spain, provinces or eight Vegueries of Catalonia, ''vegueries'' (regions), which are in turn divided into 43 Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarques''. The capital and largest city, Barcelona, is the second-most populous Municipalities in Spain, municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous List of metropolitan areas in Europe, urban area in the European Union. > > > ''Catalonia'' theoretically derived. During the Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine chroniclers claimed that ''Catalania'' derives from the local medley of Goths with Alans, initially constituting a ''Goth-Alania''. Othe ...
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Sant Martí De Provençals
Sant Martí de Provençals is a neighborhood in the '' Sant Martí'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...). Sant Martí de Provençals was the center of the eponymous former municipality, which now more or less coincides with the current district of Sant Martí and which gave its name to the main core of the town. Until the 1950s the area was occupied by fields, country houses and the church of Sant Martí. The population of the district later increased due to the arrival of migratory waves. References Neighbourhoods of Barcelona Sant Martí (district) {{Barcelona-geo-stub ...
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