France 3-1 West Germany (partially found footage of international football match; 1952)
France's captain Roger Marche shakes hands with West German captain Fritz Walter prior to kick-off.
Status: Partially Found
On 5th October 1952, France hosted West Germany for an international football match. Occurring in front of 56,021 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir, the encounter would see Les Bleus win 3-1, in what became the first international football match to be televised live in France.
Background
Heading into the match, France had competed in three friendlies earlier that year, losing 1-0 to Sweden, and beating Portugal and Belgium 3-0 and 2-1 respectively.[1] Meanwhile, West Germany had beaten both Luxembourg and Republic of Ireland 3-0.[2] The France-Germany rivalry is one of the biggest in football history, with both boasting significant World Cup and European Championship success.[3] France have also won more matches between the two, although Germany has been more successful in competitive games.[3] Notably, France's semi-final win in EURO 2016 was its first competitive victory against Germany in 58 years.[3]
Earlier that year, RTF aired the 1952 Coupe de France Final, which marked the first live coverage of a football match in France.[4][5][6] The success of that broadcast convinced the French Football Federation that televised coverage of an international match featuring Les Bleus would assist in growing the sport.[6] Likely in response to a, 1,000 television sets were sold in France, with this increase in sales resulting in around 40,000 televisions belonging to French households.[6] The match was not the first time the French national football team competed in a televised match, however; the team had faced England on 3rd May 1947, which was televised live by the BBC.[7]
The Match
The game itself occurred on 5th October 1952, in front of 56,021 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir.[8] The home side gained the lead after Joseph Ujlaki capitalised on a pass from André Strappe into the German box, winning a scrap between a few German defenders to make it 1-0.[8] 12 minutes later, West Germany equalised when Ottmar Walter received a pass that enabled him to score directly from the French goal.[8] In the second-half, both sides made numerous attempts on target, but it was France that secured the next goal, Thadée Cisowski receiving the ball from a German deflection that allowed him to score in the German box after 81 minutes.[8] Nine minutes later, France sealed the victory following a cross by Cisowski, which André Strappe used to fire a shot through a defender's legs into the goal to double his side's lead.[8]
Availability
Ultimately, the match was televised live in an era where telerecordings were rare until videotape was perfected in the late-1950s.[9] The broadcast and the uncut tape of the match have yet to resurface, although some newsreel footage and photos can be found online.[10]
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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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Hallo! Bundesliga (lost GolTV series; mid 2000s-mid 2010s)
- 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 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)
- 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
- ↑ RSSSF detailing the results of France's matches. Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ RSSSF detailing the results of West Germany's matches. Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Football Benchmark summarising the France-Germany football rivalry. Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ So Foot summarising the 1952 Coupe de France Final and its television coverage (article in French). Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ Football in France: A Cultural History noting the television significance of the match ("The first live pictures were of the final of the French Cup in 1952 at Colombes, Nice vs. Bordeaux, followed in the same year by France vs. Germany.") Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 French Football Federation summarising the coverage of the France-West Germany game. Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ England Football Online detailing the England-France match on 3rd May 1947, which was televised live by the BBC. Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Football Database detailing the result and providing match statistics. Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ Web Archive article discussing how most early television is missing due to a lack of directly recording television. Retrieved 8th Sep '22
- ↑ Germany's/Deutschlands Nationalmannschaft providing photos of the match. Retrieved 8th Sep '22