A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne (lost footage of football match; 1896)
Photo of the 1897 film Football, featuring Glentoran and Cliftonville practicing prior to a match
Status: Lost
A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne refers to a one-minute film recorded in October 1896 by English film pioneer Robert William Paul. According to several film and sports historians, it was the first known recording of a football match.
Background
Robert William Paul's voyage into filmmaking began in 1894, when he discovered that there was no UK patent for the Kinetoscope.[1] He therefore deconstructed one of Thomas Edison's Kinetoscopes, working with Birt Acres to establish the Paul-Acres Camera in March 1895.[1] After the two split their partnership and competed against one another, Paul would establish the Theatrograph in February 1896, which would be critical towards the development of modern projectors.[1] Paul is defined by Who's Who of Victorian Cinema as having "extraordinary versatility", due to how he excelled within the invention, manufacturing, production, exhibition, and cinematography sides of filmmaking.[1]
Paul had also begun filming various sporting events, including the Epsom Derby and the Boat Race.[2][3] In October 1896, Paul made a one-minute recording of a football match occurring in Newcastle.[4][5][6][2] Very little is known about the match itself, with information surrounding the teams, the pitch they played on, and result being lost to time.[5] However, it has been declared by various sports film historians that the recording, described as A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne, was the first known game of football to have been recorded.[4][2][5][6] The filmmaker's Animatograph Works company would later film the 1901 FA Cup Final Replay between Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur on 27th April, the film called The Football Final showing Spurs claiming its first Cup by winning the Replay 3-1.[4][6]
Availability
Ultimately, while the 1901 FA Cup Final footage survived, A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne was not so lucky.[4][2][5][6] No fragments nor images of the encounter are known to still exist.[4][5][2][6] The oldest surviving film about football was recorded by Alexandre Promio in 1897.[7][5][2][4][6] Titled Football, it featured two teams, confirmed to be Glentoran and Cliftonville, practicing prior to a game.[2][5][4][6] The oldest surviving footage of an actual football match was filmed on 24th September 1898 by Arthur Cheetham, which featuring a First Division clash between Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion.[4][5]
Gallery
Videos
See Also
- 1937 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1937)
- 1938 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1938)
- 1939 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1939)
- 1947 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1947)
- 1948 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1948)
- 1948 Summer Olympics (partially found television coverage of London Games; 1948)
- 1949 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1949)
- 1950 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1950)
- 1951 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1951)
- 1952 Coupe de France Final (partially found footage of football match; 1952)
- 1955 Scottish Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1955)
- 1956 Southern Junior Floodlight Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1956)
- 1966 FIFA World Cup Final (partially found original colour film of international football match; 1966)
- 1967 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1967)
- 1968 Football League Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1968)
- 1970 FA Cup Final Replay (partially found original ITV coverage of football match; 1970)
- 1971 WFA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1971)
- 1973 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1973)
- 1974 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1974)
- 1976 WFA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1976)
- 1977 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1977)
- 1978 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1978)
- 1979 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1979)
- 1980 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1980)
- 1981 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1981)
- 1982 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1982)
- 1985-1986 WFA Cup (lost list of entries for football tournament; 1985)
- Arsenal 1-1 Sheffield United (lost radio commentary of football match; 1927)
- Arsenal 7-1 Hibernian (lost footage of charity football match; 1952)
- Arsenal vs Arsenal Reserves (lost footage of early BBC televised football match; 1937)
- Atlético Madrid 1-1 Real Madrid (lost footage of El Derbi Madrileño La Liga football match; 1958)
- Barbados 4–2 Grenada (partially found soccer match footage; 1994)
- Barnet 3-2 Wealdstone (lost footage of Athenian League football match; 1946)
- Bedford Town 1-2 Arsenal (partially found footage of FA Cup match; 1956)
- Blackpool 0-1 Bolton Wanderers (lost footage of Football League First Division match; 1960)
- Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (lost DOS port of football management game; 1987)
- Carlisle United 2-1 Plymouth Argyle (partially found footage of Football League Third Division match; 1999)
- Charlton Athletic 1-0 Blackburn Rovers (lost footage of FA Cup match; 1947)
- Chelsea 1-1 Burnley (partially found footage of FA Cup match; 1956)
- Chelsea 2-0 Sparta Prague (lost footage of international football match; 1957)
- England 0-1 Scotland (partially found footage of international football match; 1938)
- England 1-0 Scotland (lost footage of Schools' International football match; 1952)
- England 1-1 Scotland (partially found footage of international football match; 1947)
- England 1-3 Scotland (partially found footage of international football match; 1949)
- England 2-0 Italy (partially found footage of international football match; 1949)
- England 3-0 France (partially found footage of international football match; 1947)
- England 3-0 Rest of Europe (partially found footage of international football match; 1938)
- England 6-0 Switzerland (partially found footage of international football match; 1948)
- Falkirk 3-2 Newcastle United (lost footage of football match; 1953)
- FIFA Soccer 2002 (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance port of football game; existence unconfirmed; 2001-2002)
- France 3-1 West Germany (partially found footage of international football match; 1952)
- France 6-3 Belgium (partially found footage of FIFA World Cup qualifying match; 1956)
- Hallo! Bundesliga (lost GolTV series; mid 2000s-mid 2010s)
- Hero to Zero (partially found BBC One children's football drama show; 2000)
- Juventus 1-7 A.C. Milan (partially found footage of Serie A football match; 1950)
- Lowestoft Town 3-0 AFC Hornchurch (partially found footage of Isthmian League Premier Division play-off final; 2014)
- Manchester United Championship Soccer (lost build of cancelled Sega Mega Drive port of football game; 1995)
- National Professional Soccer League (partially found footage of soccer matches; 1967)
- Netherlands 0-0 Sweden (lost footage of international football match; 1952)
- Premier League All Stars (partially found Sky One charity football tournament; 2007)
- PSV Eindhoven 2-1 E.V.V. Eindhoven (lost footage of Netherlands Football League Championship match; 1950)
- Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (partially found footage of El Clásico La Liga football match; 1959)
- Real Madrid 3-0 Racing Santander (lost footage of La Liga football match; 1954)
- San Lorenzo de Almagro 1-1 River Plate (lost footage of Argentine Primera División football match; 1951)
- Scottish Universities 1-1 English Universities (lost footage of international football match; 1952)
- Serbia vs Albania (found footage of abandoned UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match; 2014)
- Stade de Reims 2-1 FC Metz (partially found footage of French Division 1 football match; 1956)
- United! (lost British soap opera; 1965-1967)
- Walthamstow Avenue 0-2 Queen's Park (lost footage of friendly football match; 1951)
- West Ham United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur (partially found footage of FA Cup match; 1956)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Victorian Cinema detailing Paul's career in film. Retrieved 14th Nov '22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The British Football Film summarising the first and oldest surviving footage of football matches. Retrieved 14th Nov '22
- ↑ Robert Paul and the Origins of British Cinema listing some of the early sports films Paul produced. Retrieved 14th Nov '22
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Savage Enthusiasm detailing Paul's influence in early football films, including A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne and the 1901 FA Cup Final, while also detailing the earliest surviving football match footage. Retrieved 14th Nov '22
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 The Bioscope detailing A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne and the limited information surrounding it. Retrieved 14th Nov '22
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Gottfried Fuchs blog detailing some of the oldest films about football, including the missing 1896 Newcastle game, and the surviving 1901 FA Cup Final. Retrieved 14th Nov '22
- ↑ The Belfast Telegraph detailing Football and the 1897 footage being colourised. Retrieved 14th Nov '22