‘The 1900s’ Archives
Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa (1904)
April, 1904 and Blackburn Rovers are hosting Aston Villa, looking for the points that would help them in the relegation dogfight. Blackburn would successfully avoid the drop, by 2 points (at the expense of Liverpool), while Villa would finish 5th in a season when the league was won by 'The Wednesday'.
Ye olde Merseyside derby: Everton v Liverpool (1902)
In anticipation of this weekend's surefire letdown, here is the earliest recorded Scouse derby in history. Here's how the reds and blues duked it out way back in 1902...
Sunderland v Leicester Fosse (1907)
Leicester who? That's right, Leicester Fosse was Leicester City's name from 1884 to 1919: The name "Fosse" comes from the Roman Fosse Way that runs through Leicester. When the club started, they played near the Fosse Way. In 1919, Leicester Fosse went bankrupt, were taken over but a new group and renamed "City" to celebrate Leicester earning City [...]
Notts County v Middlesbrough (1902)
More old school footage from Mitchell and Kenyon collection. Little did they know down Nottingham way that in little over a century a greedy, sleazy Swede would be dumped upon them. Interesting to note that at least the fans waved at the camera in those days, these days they seem to somewhat bizarrely wave at themselves on the screen.
Newcastle United v Liverpool (1901)
It is 23rd November, 1901 and a healthy crowd of 18,000 watch Newcastle United take on reigning champions Liverpool at St. James' Park. Evident are early signs of what were to come. Advertising hoardings surround the pitch, which is full of Scotsmen come south to earn their footballing fortune. Newcastle's 1-0 victory would help them on the way [...]
Burnley 0 – 2 Manchester United (1902)
Some things never bloody change, well I shouldn't tempt fate as Burnley could pull off a shock tomorrow night. Man Utd, playing in their first season after changing their name from Newton Heath, overcome local rivals Burnley on December 6th, 1902, in front of a crowd of somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000, depending on which source of info you [...]
