1920 First International Football Match - Moscow V British-American

Moscow V British-American Communist's


In 1920 the first football match after the 1917 Revolution was played between a British-American team and a Moscow team. Despite the British-American boasting John Reed (author of ten days that shock the world), Jack Tanner, Tom Quelch and Willie Gallacher in goal the Soviets ran out winners by 11-1.

Willie Gallacher who was in goal for the first half let in six, but scored his teams solitary goal in the second half



Gallacher (front row 3rd left)
Tom Quelch (back row, second from left)
Jack Tanner (back row third from left)
John Reed (back row fifth from left)

People's March for Jobs 1981 - Jack Charlton (Sheffield Wednesday FC)

POLITICS AND SPORT

Jack Charlton showing his support (and Sheffield Wednesday FC) for the TUC 1981 People's March for Jobs.

During this period a number of football clubs (mainly in the North) introduced unemployed or unwaged concessionary admission. A number of non league clubs still continue to offer unwaged concessionary admission to games

The First British Football Team To Play In Cuba

 

Grasmere Rovers were an English amateur team from Manchester (later playing in Glossop)  founded in  1961. Grasmere Rovers became "allegedly"  the first British football team to play a competitive football game in Cuba, in front of 25,000 spectators in June 1975

This was as part of the clubs 14 day extensive tour of the Caribbean in June 1975 which included games against the national Jamaican football team in Kingston, the Venezuelan national amateur team in Caracas a team called Violetti from Haiti

In the squad of eighteen was included Roy Huddleson from Great Harwood, Fred Eyre former manager of Stalybridge Celtic and Paul Fitzgerald former Hyde United and Grasmere player

The Grasemere Team circa March 1975 

Keith Jones (Goalkeper), David Charlton, Steve Mooney, Ian Halfpenny, John Dougherty,, John McArdle, Roy Jones, Brian Kellock, Danny Cooney, Eddie Green, Keith Greenhalgh, Norman Higginson

In 1983 Grasmere Rovers FC changed their name to Cheadle Town FC (but have now reverted to playing in Green & white the old Grasmere Rovers colours)