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Sunderland v Catalan 1935

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Very good. Just before the civil war there where Catalan nationalism and identity was suppressed after the republican defeat.
 
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SAFCMark said:
My friend came across this earlier today:

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I also found the game on Stat Cat here:
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Does anyone know anywhere which does produce prints of this? I found a post from twitter back in 2015 but no joy finding the link anymore
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F*cking Hell, 4pts., if you wanted to sit down, that would have been almost thruppence, ffs.
 
Oli Wagkz said:
Would love that print for the house like
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Same here! Hence the post :lol:

Hopefully someone on here can sort it
Cú Chulainn said:
Very good. Just before the civil war there where Catalan nationalism and identity was suppressed after the republican defeat.
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Whilst he had left the club a year earlier, it wouldn't surprise me if it was organised with their previous manager Jack Greenwell. He was actually from Crook - interesting read
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Perhaps some of the historians on here will know a little bit more about it.
 
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SAFCMark said:
Same here! Hence the post :lol:

Hopefully someone on here can sort it


Whilst he had left the club a year earlier, it wouldn't surprise me if it was organised with their previous manager Jack Greenwell. He was actually from Crook - interesting read
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Perhaps some of the historians on here will know a little bit more about it.
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🤣 Here’s hoping mate
Notice we played a team from Madrid as well, checked a few of the players out most played for the two Madrid sides and Spain
 
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Espanyol played at that stadium after the Olympics but moved again after it cost a fortune to rent.
 
SAFCMark said:
My friend came across this earlier today:

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I also found the game on Stat Cat here:
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Does anyone know anywhere which does produce prints of this? I found a post from twitter back in 2015 but no joy finding the link anymore
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I love this kind of stuff.

If it helps, @joedurham (who apparently lives near Barcelona) mentioned this a few years ago, ( see his post below) he may be able to help you.

"In fact, I have a poster from 1935 when Sunderland played against the Catalan national side in Montjuic - where the Olympic stadium is now. When I have time I'll post it up".


I found a match report with photos on "Revista oficial de CIHEFE (Catalan football magazine)".. Might help.
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PS I know it is in Spanish, I can translate most of it, but basically it says Sunderland were fantastic amazing brilliant etc.
 
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SAFCMark said:
Same here! Hence the post :lol:

Hopefully someone on here can sort it


Whilst he had left the club a year earlier, it wouldn't surprise me if it was organised with their previous manager Jack Greenwell. He was actually from Crook - interesting read
You must be logged on to see external links


Perhaps some of the historians on here will know a little bit more about it.
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Crook played Barcelona a few times as well as Durham and I think Hartlepools
 
QUOTES TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH ARTICLE (thanks to Google translate) about SAFC's thrashing of CATALONIA and SPAIN

Sunderland was one of the leading teams in England in the first half of the 20th century. They were one of the most sought-after clubs from England to play exhibitions and friendly matches. Spain was one of the places where they left their mark, although their trips to the Iberian peninsula left a bad impression in the British press who showed Spain as an ordinary and vulgar country where minimum safety and health conditions for athletes were not respected.

The Sunday Sun reported the following when the team got back to England:

"Exhausted, malnourished, dehydrated and deeply affected by what they had experienced in Spain. This is what the Sunderland players said about their second tour of the Iberian Peninsula".

"The footballing skills of Spanish teams are the least of the obstacles to overcome, with there being a great loss of physical capacity when training in exhausting heat".

"Matches are played against teams solely interested in bringing down the prestige of Great Britain."

"The stadiums have hospitals for referees due to the behaviour of the fans, who normally cause injuries with stones or kicks - fortunately we had no problems with the referee, who allowed a goal by Gallacher even though the rival goalkeeper disputed the ball had crossed the goal line."

It must have been quite an experience for the the likes of our Raich and our Bobby. Sounds a bit "tasty" as they were very critical of Spanish food, weather and customs, but I bet it was all down to too much San Miguel!! (Mind you some Brits still moan that this is still the case over in Spain :)).
PS the photo in the article is definitely the old Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, recognise the tower thing in the background.

The article also mentions the first tour the previous season, to help the Spain national team prepare for the 1934 world cup. Checking Statcat, we played the Spanish XI 3 times, winning one and drawing two, Jimmy Connor scoring 4 goals over the 3 games.
.....And Raich Carter didn't play in any of those games, otherwise we'd have thrashed them.

STATCAT reports further info eg games were played at Valencia Madrid and Bilbao - which may explain some of the rumoured connections between SAFC and Atletico Bilbao
 
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gluepot said:
QUOTES TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH ARTICLE (thanks to Google translate) about SAFC's thrashing of CATALONIA and SPAIN

Sunderland was one of the leading teams in England in the first half of the 20th century. They were one of the most sought-after clubs from England to play exhibitions and friendly matches. Spain was one of the places where they left their mark, although their trips to the Iberian peninsula left a bad impression in the British press who showed Spain as an ordinary and vulgar country where minimum safety and health conditions for athletes were not respected.

The Sunday Sun reported the following when the team got back to England:

"Exhausted, malnourished, dehydrated and deeply affected by what they had experienced in Spain. This is what the Sunderland players said about their second tour of the Iberian Peninsula".

"The footballing skills of Spanish teams are the least of the obstacles to overcome, with there being a great loss of physical capacity when training in exhausting heat".

"Matches are played against teams solely interested in bringing down the prestige of Great Britain."

"The stadiums have hospitals for referees due to the behaviour of the fans, who normally cause injuries with stones or kicks - fortunately we had no problems with the referee, who allowed a goal by Gallacher even though the rival goalkeeper disputed the ball had crossed the goal line."

It must have been quite an experience for the the likes of our Raich and our Bobby. Sounds a bit "tasty" as they were very critical of Spanish food, weather and customs, but I bet it was all down to too much San Miguel!! (Mind you some Brits still moan that this is still the case over in Spain :)).
PS the photo in the article is definitely the old Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, recognise the tower thing in the background.

The article also mentions the first tour the previous season, to help the Spain national team prepare for the 1934 world cup. Checking Statcat, we played the Spanish XI 3 times, winning one and drawing two, Jimmy Connor scoring 4 goals over the 3 games.
.....And Raich Carter didn't play in any of those games, otherwise we'd have thrashed them.

STATCAT reports further info eg games were played at Valencia Madrid and Bilbao - which may explain some of the rumoured connections between SAFC and Atletico Bilbao
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Good work mate 👍🏻
 
SAFCMark said:
Whilst he had left the club a year earlier, it wouldn't surprise me if it was organised with their previous manager Jack Greenwell. He was actually from Crook - interesting read
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Very interesting. I never knew about Jack Greenwell from Crook, that's amazing really. He won two championships with Barca as a player, then managed them to 5 championships plus 2 copa del Reys, then one of each at Espanyol, then won the championship with a team in Peru, then led that team to South American championship, then died in Colombia (heart attack) after taking Santa Fe to the national cup final.
SAFCMark said:
Whilst he had left the club a year earlier, it wouldn't surprise me if it was organised with their previous manager Jack Greenwell. He was actually from Crook - interesting read
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Very interesting. I never knew about Jack Greenwell from Crook, that's amazing really. He won two championships with Barca as a player, then managed them to 5 championships plus 2 copa del Reys, then one of each at Espanyol, then won the championship with a team in Peru, then led that team to South American championship, then died in Colombia (heart attack) after taking Santa Fe to the national cup final.

Oli Wagkz said:
Good work mate 👍🏻
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Thanks Oli
 
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My mate - MLF - is moving to Barcelona with his Catalan wife (pro-independence, FC Barcelona ultra) and I would absolutely love to source a print (or high resolution image to commission with) that poster for him to take with him and make some friends.

If there's any leads...
 
Bump…since this has appeared on Twitter…on this day in Sunderland’s history.

Don’t suppose anyone ever managed to find a way of getting reproduction prints of the poster?
 
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