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Hard times

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 Theo Frey (1908-1997) is ranked as one of the greats of Swiss photo reportage. His meticulous and unpretentious pictures document daily life during the 1930s to 1950s. An exhibtion of his full body of work was on show at the Swiss Foundation of Photography in 2008. (All photos: Swiss Foundation of Photography)

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‘Tsu chu’, as old as the Shang dynasty

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 The first mention of a game of football in history dates back to the Chinese empire of Shang in about 2000BC. The Shang dynasty extended from about 1800-1100BC. The story was discovered during archaeological digs from 1927-1950 that found numerous royal tombs and important inscriptions … Legend attributes the invention of a ball game to…

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Gentlemen or louts?

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 The rules of modern football were codified in England in 1863 by adopting rules from Cambridge University and formed the basis of the first Football Association. But how did football and rugby become different? It was down to the quality of the pitch, the Frenchman Philippe Villemus wrote in Le Dieu football (The Football God)…

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The Miracle of Bern

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 A football match that leads to a feature film doesn’t happen often. But that is the result of the 1954 World Cup final at the Wankdorf stadium (later renamed Stade de Suisse) in Bern. While the German team was beaten in the first round by Hungary 3-8, fortunes were turned around for the final. Germany…

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The 1954 World Cup in Switzerland: records and new ideas

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 The 1954 World Cup in Switzerland will go down in the annals of football history for one figure: 140 goals scored during 26 matches in the final stage! That’s an average of 5.38 goals per game, a figure never matched and never likely to be. The Hungary team were largely responsible for the record, racking…

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Player numbers

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 We are so used to it that we don’t even notice it anymore: footballers – and various other sportsmen and women – are numbered like ping-pong balls in a lottery. But it hasn’t always been the case. The wearing of numbered jerseys started in 1912 for a match between two teams in Sydney, Australia. It…

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Football widows

This content was published on Mar 18, 2008 “Soon your man is going to openly start cheating on you again … Don’t panic … He is not going to abandon you for a blonde ten years your junior. He is going to forget you for 11 hairy men dripping in testosterone. You know, those ridiculous types with shiny shorts and hairy calves who…

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Vienna

This content was published on Mar 17, 2008 Landing in Vienna offers a suggestion that the city is all about modernity: giant windmills dominate the landscape, the result of Austria’s decision to drop nuclear power. Vienna’s western railway station however comes across as cold, dirty and sad. “Vienna’s stations are ugly,” admits Christina Zurbrügg, a Swiss singer, actor and director who has lived…

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A football war

This content was published on Mar 17, 2008 In 1969 El Salvador and Honduras were fighting for a place in the 1970 World Cup within their qualifying zone. The political climate had been strained since the early 1960s. A Salvadorian supporter had committed suicide, Honduran supporters had died and there were riots, fires and incidents at the border … and a final victory…

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Hard times

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‘Tsu chu’, as old as the Shang dynasty

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Gentlemen or louts?

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The Miracle of Bern

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The 1954 World Cup in Switzerland: records and new ideas

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Player numbers

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Football widows

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Vienna

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