1900 - Genoa without rivals - Part II ^

The Kind of Grifone

The third football tournament was organized by the FIF following the calendar first. A stage eliminatory and a final stage. The lack of one of the great protagonists (as said before the Turin International merged with FC Torinese), not pregiudicò the popularity of the tournament that despite this initial defection, rose in its extension phase eliminatory proposing a more substantial given that the number of participants had arrived to 5. This first phase was played again in Turin, in the Piazza d'Armi and ripropose the previous year's match between FC Torinese Gymnastics and Turin. The outcome was, however, completely opposite: it was in fact the Torinese of Bosio itself with the net result of 3-1. Wins the first race, Torinese reached the second league derby against neoiscritta Juventus. This match was a very pulled, in fact the freshman juventina surrendered only with a goal of measure that allowed the CF Torinese to play the last clash, before coming to the final, against a team Lombard also "new" tournament : Milan. In this game there was the show staff Andrea Bosio, the soul of the team and great connoisseur of football, which began to sign a historic three liquidando Milan of Kilpin and logging, (for Torinese and not for Bosio was the first time in history of this sport), in the final against holders of Genoa. The final decreed for the third year in a row the winner Genoa that the Velodrome Umberto I of Turin (in fact this year due to strong controversy the final was played in Piedmont) defeated FC Torinese with the result of 2-0.

Consignments

Eliminatorie (Turin, Piazza d'Armi)

4 / 3 FC Torinese - Gymnastics = Torino 3-1
11 / 3 FC Torinese - = Juventus 1-0
15 / 4 FC Torinese - = Milan 3-0 (triplet of Edward Bosio)

Final (Turin, Umberto I Velodrome)

22 / 4 Genoa CFC - FC Torinese 2-0 =

The team champion

In Genoa in the photos of Foundation

Spensley (Goalkeeper); Rossi P. (defender), Ghigliotti (defender), Paster I (half right); Paster II (median); Passadoro (median), Herman (median), Dapples (heart attack); Agar (attacker), Fawcus (attacker).

The Man of the

Among the pioneers of football could not miss a reference to English Herbert Kilpin man with a strong personality, co-founder of International Turin and Milan cricket and football club (now AC Milan). Born in Notthingam January 24, 1870, England did not have the opportunity to express to better its attitudes towards football and his charisma because of young age; began just 13 years. His appearances, told by reporters of the time, are very fragmentary and related exclusively to the minors leagues. In British land Kilpin put the meshes of Garibaldi (less than Notthingam team headed in honor of Joseph Gribaldi) of Notts Olympic and St. Andrews, those teams of the second division. It moved to Italy just twenties where, thanks to friendship with some work colleagues and countrymen with Alfred Edwards (former British soccer player and manager) founded the first International Turin and then Milan cricket and football club where his career ended racing to take the coach. On Kilpin circolarono many legends; one of these, the best known, wants Kilpin inventor of colors social Milan. Indeed, the red and black are born from a famous intuition of English who chose red as a symbol of the devil, "because we would be red devils in the field" and black, "why should we be afraid to adversaries", to quote his own words. Among other stories that are told, around this legendary figure of football pioneering, is of particular curiosity its habit of hiding near the gates of calcium a bottle of "Black and White", for sorseggiarne a little 'from time to time, great connoisseur of whisky which was. Genuine wildcard rectangle of green jersey rossonera Kilpin held various roles between the defence and midfield concluding his career with 17 and 7 downs this goal realized. With Milan Kilpin won three Scudetti (1901,1906,1907) and then hang the 'shoes to nail "in 1908. Year is particularly bitter for the player because the FIF decided to ban from championship teams in which militavano foreign players, accordingly with Milan not entered in the championship, played exclusively Kilpin some friendly and some unofficial tournament. Once the racing career Herbert Kilpin devoted himself all'allenamento driving boys dell'Enotria, a company less than Milan. The Kilpin the last match played in friendly against Narcisse Sports April 12, 1908. Kilpin died in 46 years because of a long illness on October 22, 1916. Even after his death his path was quite troubled: buried in a Protestant cemetery in Milan of detection more absolute, and only later, thanks all'interessamento society rossonera, his remains were transferred to the city's Monumental Cemetery Lombard.

Trivia

Participants in the tournament were the decree according to the results obtained during the friendly pre-championship.
The Medal of the King was permanently assigned to Milan who won 3 times the event.
After the protests resulted from decisions taken during the final of the 1899 arbitrator absorbed, also, the functions of court line, which actually disappeared from the fields of football and then subsequently evolve in the figure of guardalinee.
Until 1921 the largest number was called "First Class" only from 1930 onwards, with the reform of single group, was named with the current name: Serie A.
It was said that Kilpin apparently loved sip spirits during a match to forget a goal immediately from their team.

Historical Events

On the evening of 29 July 1900 was assassinated in Monza King Umberto I of Savoy. Three gun shots, fired dall'anarchico Gaetano Bresci, reached the mortally colpendolo a lung and heart. The King was in the park of Monza to take part in the festivities in honour of some sports. Case wanted the opportunity for the king not indossasse the bodice metal protection because of heat. Bresci vendicò with that gesture, in its view, the approval and Umberto I had granted the first few years for the slaughter occurred during the revolutionary movements of Milan, led by General Beccaris. For the death of King and was sentenced to one year later, precisely in May 1901, was found hanged dead in his cell.

Sources

• Encyclopedia of Sports - Treccani.
• Almanac illustrated football - Panini.
• Samples & 90/91 Championship - De Agostini.
• Football History 1898-2007 dello Sport that has made Italy - J. Foot - Ed. Historical Rizzoli.

Jerome Ferlito