FC St. Pauli 3-4 Hamborn 07 (lost footage of DFB-Pokal football match; 1952)
On Boxing Day 1952, FC St. Pauli hosted Hamborn 07 for a DFB-Pokal last 16 replay match. Occurring at St. Pauli's ground within Heiligengeistfeld, the visitors would progress after winning 4-3. Aside from being the first known DFB-Pokal game to be televised live, the encounter is also historic for being the first football match to be broadcast live in Germany following the official public re-launch of television in the country.
Background
Heading into their original last 16 tie, FC St. Pauli had defeated 1. FC Saarbrücken 2-1, while Hamborn 07 overcame I. SC Göttingen 05 4-1.[1] Hamborn originally hosted St. Pauli on 9th November 1952.[2] The hosts took the lead after 12 minutes courtesy of a Helmut Sadlowski goal, but Alfons Heitmann levelled proceedings 36 minutes into the encounter.[2] Neither side broke the deadlock despite extra time being played, forcing a replay to be held on Boxing Day at St. Pauli's ground the Millerntor-Stadion.[2][1]
Meanwhile, the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR) had been conducting test broadcasts in West Germany since 1948.[3] On 24th August 1952, the NWDR had broken new ground when it televised an Oberliga Nord game between Hamburger SV and Altona 93.[4][5] On Christmas Day that same year, it had officially re-launched public television in Germany following the Second World War, and was now seeking to publicly broadcast a football match for the first time since the War occurred.[6][4] The St. Pauli-Hamborn encounter was selected, most likely for geographical purposes as both the NWDR and St. Pauli's original ground were based in Hamburg.[7][4][3] It is unknown who provided commentary for the match.[4]
The encounter itself occurred on Boxing Day in front of about 6,000 in-attendance.[8][4] Sadlowski took the lead for the visitors after seven minutes, but Alfred Boller equalised a minute later.[8] Sadlowski put Hamborn ahead again after 35 minutes, with Pluskwik doubling the club's lead 69 minutes in.[8] St. Pauli fought back during the late stages, with a second goal from Boller and an 84th minute strike by Alfred Beck levelling proceedings.[8] However, Sadlowski again came to Hamborn's rescue, scoring in the 88th minute to achieve a hat-trick.[8] 07 held on to claim victory, progressing to the quarter-finals.[8][1] Ultimately, the club would be knocked out at this stage on 1st March 1953, after losing 3-1 to eventual runners-up Alemannia Aachen.[1] Following the broadcast, Oberliga and regional matches would be regularly aired in 1953, with about 24 known to have been broadcast by March 1954.[6][5]
Availability
Ultimately, the match was televised privately in an era where recordings were rare until videotape was perfected in the late-1950s.[9] Because of this, as well as considering the low viewership considering the expense of television sets in the country back then,[5] the broadcast has not resurfaced, and no footage the encounter itself is known to have survived.[4]
See Also
- 1899 FA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1899)
- 1903 FA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1903)
- 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)
- A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne (lost footage of football match; 1896)
- Arsenal 1-1 Sheffield United (lost radio commentary of football match; 1927)
- Arsenal 3-2 Everton (partially found footage of Football League First Division match; 1936)
- 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)
- Brazil 2-0 Italy (lost footage of international football match; 1956)
- 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 1-2 Scotland (lost footage of international football match; 1903)
- 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)
- Hamburger SV 4-3 Altona 93 (lost footage of Oberliga Nord football match; 1952)
- 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)
- The Kaiser Conspiracy (lost unfinished Dermot Morgan novel; 1990s)
- Liverpool vs Sheffield United (lost footage of FA Cup Semi-Final matches; 1899)
- 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)
- Miracle of the Magyars (lost Dermot Morgan screenplay of unmade football drama film; 1990s)
- 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)
- Quiz Ball (partially found BBC One football-based quiz show; 1966-1972)
- Re-united (lost Dermot Morgan script of unmade football sitcom; 1990s)
- 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)
- Turkey 1-2 Soviet Union (lost footage of 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifying match; 1961)
- 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 Playmaker detailing the road to the 1953 DFB Pokal Final. Retrieved 29th Nov '22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Be Soccer detailing the result of the original encounter. Retrieved 29th Nov '22
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Transnational Television History: A Comparative Approach detailing the NWDR's influence in re-launching West German television. Retrieved 29th Nov '22
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 ESPN detailing NWDR's televising games in Germany, and its launch on Christmas Day 1952. Retrieved 29th Nov '22
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sportmanagement detailing NWDR televising the match in full and 24 further matches by March 1954 (book in German). Retrieved 29th Nov '22
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Impact of Digitalization on Sports Broadcasting detailing NWDR broadcasting the match and the expansion of televised German football from 1953 onwards. Retrieved 29th Nov '22
- ↑ Place and See detailing St. Pauli's original ground (not the Millerntor Stadion). Retrieved 29th Nov '22
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Be Soccer detailing the result of the match and other statistics. Retrieved 29th Nov '22
- ↑ Web Archive article discussing how most early television is missing due to a lack of directly recording television. Retrieved 29th Nov '22