The Corinthian Football Club, is probably the most famous amateur club in the world. The club has the distinction of holding Manchester United’s record defeat, being the reason that Real Madrid play in white and the inspiration behind the formation of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Brazil’s biggest club. The Corinthian Football Club took their name not from the Greek city-state, but from a word
meaning “a man of fashion and pleasure”. And right from the start pleasure was an integral part of the Corinthian ethos. The Corinthian Football was a football team based in London playing at various venues including Crystal Palace and Queen's Club. The team was founded in 1882 by N. Lane Jackson, assistant secretary of the Football Association, with the intention of developing a squad capable of challenging the supremacy of the Scotland football team. The Corinthian team of 1896–97The team originally determined to play only friendly matches and often played other amateur clubs, especially teams in the London area. They also supplied large numbers of players to the England football team. During the 1880s, the majority of England caps against Scotland were awarded to Corinthian players, and for two England matches against Wales in 1894 and 1895, the entire team consisted of members of the club, although most of the Corinthian players had another primary club affiliation - in many cases one of the university sides. Corinthian initially refused to join The Football League or to compete in the FA Cup due to one of their original rules forbidding the club to "compete for any challenge cup or prizes of any description", but they finally competed in a competition in 1900 when they beat Aston Villa, then League champions, in the Sheriff of London Shield. They might have won the FA Cup many times if they had competed - for instance, shortly after Blackburn Rovers beat Queen's Park in the 1884 final, Corinthian beat Blackburn 8–1. Similarly, Corinthian had a 10–3 win over ten of the Bury side that beat Derby County 6–0 in the 1903 final. After joining the Amateur Football Association and being banned from playing the top home opposition, all of whom were members of The Football Association, the team increased its touring of the world, popularising football. Real Madrid adopted Corinthian's white shirts and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista in Brazil adopted their name. After a visit to Sweden in 1904, a Swedish tournament called the Corinthian Bowl was set up to commemorate them. In 1904, Corinthian beat Manchester United 11–3, which remains United's biggest defeat. After World War I, the team began to compete in the FA Cup, but with limited success. They also played the 1927 Charity Shield, losing to Cardiff City 2–1. In 1923, Corinthian played in the F.A. Cup for the first time, having decided "to depart from their usual rules and to take part in a contest which did not have charity as its primary object". In 1939, Corinthian amalgamated with the Casuals to form Corinthian-Casuals Football Club. Five memorable tours and one of our main claims to fame have resulted from the connection. The claim to fame is obviously that Corinthians the World Champions take their name from us as a result of the 1910 visit, a connection many of the clubs members who were fortunate enough to visit Brazil will verify. The connection started in 1910 the Corinthians took a strong side to Brazil leaving Southampton on 5th August. They reached Rio on the 22nd August and played their first game two days later against Flumineuse. The score ended up 10-1 with Vidal scored four, Day three, Brisley two and Thew were the scorers. The next game was against a Rio XI and saw Corinthians score eight to their opponents one. Coleby hit six goals in this match. Interestingly the next day a Cricket match was played against an English Cricket Club and ended in a draw. The final match in Rio was against a picked Brazilian team and saw a much tougher game end in a 5-2 win for Corinth. The club then moved to Sao Paulo and although the conditions were not as good, mainly due to the small pitches, the Corinthians won all three games. The closest was against Palmeiras and ended 2-0. Paulistano were beaten 5-0 and todays visitors Sao Paulo AC were beaten 8-2. Charles Miller credited with taking football to Brazil, scored one of the S**C goals that day. Tour Members: M.Morgan-Owen, S.H. Braddell, V.G.Thew, R.Rogers, C.C.Page, F.N. Tuff, J.C.D. Tetley, I.E. Snell, C.E. Brisley, A.T. Coleby, L.A. Vidal, H.C. Howell-Jones, A.H.G. Kerry
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