Harold Walden and Chelsea's Vivian Woodward.
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Some of the English members played with professional clubs, most notably Derby County's Ivan Sharpe, Bradford City F.C. The National Olympic Committee for Great Britain and Ireland asked the Football Association to send an English national amateur team.
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All players were amateurs, in accordance with the Olympic rules, which meant that countries could not send their full senior national teams. Many of these early matches were unbalanced, as evidenced by high scoring games two players, Sophus Nielsen in 1908 and Gottfried Fuchs in 1912, each scored ten goals in a single match. The number of teams rose to eleven in 1912, when the competition was organised by the Swedish Football Association. In the London Games of 1908 a proper international tournament was organised by the Football Association, featuring just six teams. Denmark won the final against Athens 9–0. In 1906 teams from Great Britain, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and France withdrew from an unofficial competition and left Denmark, Smyrna (one Armenian, two Frenchmen and eight Britons), Athens and Thessaloniki to compete. Although the IOC considers the 19 tournaments to be official Olympic events, they are not recognised by FIFA, and neither recognises the Intercalated Games today. Tournaments were played at the 19 games and the Intercalated Games of 1906, but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams. According to Bill Mallon's research, this is an error which has been perpetuated in multiple texts. However, sources claim that an unofficial football tournament was organised during the first competition, with participating teams including Athens and Smyrna ( Izmir), then part of the Ottoman Empire. History Pre-World Cup era Beginnings įootball was not included in the program at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, as international football was in its infancy at the time. 1.6.7 Notable Olympic Football Tournament hat-tricksįootball tournament Men's Olympic Football Tournament Founded.
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