Harry Chambers
b. 1835 - d. 1899 ( Age 64 )
The Sheffield Foot Ball Club
The greatest game’s original Goalie, Harry, in 1867 finds himself the very first President of the highly influential Sheffield Football Association, participating in the original encounter with the equally influential…
London F.A
…counterparts, a 1-0 beating down Battersea way…
Harold’s final appearance on the Footballing field comes in 1875, where he’ll be attempting keep the leather from his goal for the…
…Literally Legendary…
Wanderers F.C
…of old London Town, in a game he’d’ve, almost certainly soonernot’ve engaged in, enduring a most appalling mauling at the hands (…but mostly feet…) of Scotland’s top team, Glasgow’s All-Conquering…
Queen’s Park
5-0
…up at the very, very first…
Hampden Park
“…viewed as one of the most important fixtures in the Footballing calendar, the game attracted the largest-ever crowd for a match in Scotland, up to the time- 12,000spectators packed into the ground with thousands more watching from trees &buildings…”
“…Many of the onlookers, not content with cheering & waving their hats, tossed their head-gear into the air in the ecstacy of their admiration…”
Ecstacy, All…
Sheer…
bloody…
…Ecstacy!
