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New Football Club
The New Foot-Ball Club, especially known by its original name of (Society) Foot-ball Sky, was a Spanish football club based in Madrid that was founded in 1897 by Cambridge and Oxford University graduates, and dissolved in 1903 due to internal differences and numerous splits in its 6-year history. In 1900, a conflict between Sky Football members caused some of them to leave and found a new club that would later become Real Madrid, and in 1901, a new split within the club led to the creation of Club Español de Madrid, and finally, in January 1903, a new and definitive split led to the disappearance of the club, with New's best players founding Internacional Foot-ball Club. ''Sky Football'' is best known for being the first-ever football club in the capital with the sole purpose of practicing this sport, and it was until the year 1900, the only existing club legalized for its exclusive practice in Madrid. Their original name was ''Sky Football'', but following a restructuring in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiro Del Pichón
Tiro del Pichón (), also known as Campo del Retiro ( Retiro), or Campo de la Rana (), was the first football pitch of Real Madrid between 1901 and 1902. They were not an official club at that time, playing friendly games on this field. Meetings were held there until 1903, the date the entity moved to the Campo de Jorge Juan. The main team at this stadium was Atlético Madrid. They used this field between 1902 and 1913 before moving to Campo de O'Donnell from 1913 to 1923. Atlético Madrid's Campo de O'Donnell had the same name as Real Madrid's Campo de O'Donnell for 10 years because their locations were very close to each other, less than 200 meters on the main boulevard called Calle de O'Donnell. Tiro del Pichón hosted three Spanish Cup finals: 1904, 1905, and 1910. Madrid FC The field was a piece of land behind the walls of the ''Parque del Buen Retiro'' in Madrid between the Frontón del Retiro and the now-extinct Pigeon Shooting Range, in which players who had left Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |