New Foot-Ball Club

The New Foot-Ball Club was a Spanish football club based in Madrid and active between 1897 and 1903. They participated in the 1902 Copa de la Coronación.[1]

New Foot-ball Club
Founded1897
Dissolved1903

Some of the New's best players withdrew from the team in January 1903 and founded Internacional FC.[2]

Their original name was Sky Football.

History

Early Years

New's origins go back to when football was introduced to Madrid by the academics and students of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, which included some Cambridge and Oxford University graduates. They created Sky Football in 1897, commonly known as La Sociedad (The Society) since the club was the only club in Madrid, playing on Sunday mornings at Moncloa. In 1900, conflict between members caused some of them to leave and create a new club, Nueva Sociedad de Football (New Society of Football), to distinguish themselves from Sky Football. Among the dissenters were Julián Palacios, recognized as the first Real Madrid president, Juan Padrós and Carlos Padrós, the latter two being brothers and future presidents of Real Madrid. In 1901 this new club was renamed as Madrid Football Club. Later, following a restructuring in 1902, Sky was renamed as "New Foot-Ball Club".[3][4][5] On 6 March 1902, after a new Board presided by Juan Padrós had been elected, Madrid FC was officially founded.

1902 Copa de la Coronación

In 1902, the club were invited to play in the 1902 Copa de la Coronación, unfortunately the team were eliminated in the quarter finals by Bizcaya 5 to 1, with Ponz scoring the only New goal [6]

References
  1. "Spain - Cup 1902". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. "Temporada 1902-03". www.leyendablanca.galeon.com. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  3. "In what century was Real Madrid founded?" (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. Rowley, Christopher (2015). The Shared Origins of Football, Rugby, and Soccer. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4618-8.
  5. Ball, Phil p. 117.
  6. "Official Athletic Club Website".
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