Corinthian F.C.

For other uses, see Corinthian F.C. (disambiguation).

Corinthian
Full nameCorinthian Football Club
Founded1882
Dissolved1939; 85 years ago (1939) (merged with Casuals F.C. to form Corinthian-Casuals F.C.)
GroundQueen's Club
Crystal Palace
The Oval
League(None)

Corinthian Football Club was an English amateur football club based in London between 1882 and 1939.[1] Above all, the club is credited with having popularised football around the world,[2] having promoted sportsmanship and fair play, and having championed the ideals of amateurism.[3]

The club was famed for its ethos of "sportsmanship, fair play, [and] playing for the love of the game".[4] Corinthian Spirit, still understood as the highest standard of sportsmanship, is often associated with the side. This spirit was famously summed up in their attitude to penalties; "As far as they were concerned, a gentleman would never commit a deliberate foul on an opponent. So, if a penalty was awarded against the Corinthians, their goalkeeper would stand aside, lean languidly on the goalpost and watch the ball being kicked into his own net. If the Corinthians themselves won a penalty, their captain took a short run-up and gave the ball a jolly good whack, chipping it over the crossbar."[5] Among others, Real Madrid were inspired to adopt Corinthian's white strip, while Sport Club Corinthians Paulista in Brazil and Zejtun Corinthians in Malta adopted their name.

  1. ^ Cavallini, Rob (2007). Play Up Corinth: A History of the Corinthian Football Club. Tempus Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7524-4479-6.
  2. ^ Cavallini, R. (2007). Play up Corinth. Stroud: Stadia, p.7.
  3. ^ Taylor, D.J. (2006). On the Corinthian Spirit. Yellow Jersey Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780224075855.
  4. ^ Minto, Peter (2013). The Flying Sportsman: A Biography of FNS Creek. Memoirs Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-86151-030-3.
  5. ^ Lacey, Josh (2005). God is Brazilian. Charles Miller: The Man Who Brought Football to Brazil. Tempus Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 0 7524 3414 4.