Football match
1894 Bilbao students v British workers
football match| Event | Pioneering football in Spain |
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| Bilbao students |
British workers |
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| 0 |
5 |
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| Date | 3 May 1894 |
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| Venue | Hippodrome of Lamiako, Bilbao |
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| Referee | M. R. Hendry |
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| Attendance | 100 |
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The 1894 Bilbao students v British workers was a football match that took place at the Hippodrome of Lamiako, Leioa, on 3 May 1894.[2] The match was contested by a group of Bilbainos who challenged the British residents in Bilbao to a football match, which at the time was a relatively unknown sport in Spain. The game was won comfortably by the British 5–0, but more important than the result was its historical significance, as it was probably one of the first ‘international’ matches in the history of the sport.[3][4]
