Metadata
WORK ID: NEFA 12617 (Master Record)
Title | Year | Date |
NEWCASTLE V SUNDERLAND 1913 | 1913 | 1913-03-17 |
Details
Original Format: 35mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 4 mins 14 secs Credits: The North of England Film Bureau, Henderson's North of England Film Bureau Genre: Local Topical Subject: Sport |
Summary Local topical film made by The North of England Film Bureau showing highlights from a packed Tyne and Wear football derby F.A. Cup Fourth Round replay at St James Park, Newcastle, on 17 March, 1913. |
Description
Local topical film made by The North of England Film Bureau showing highlights from a packed Tyne and Wear football derby F.A. Cup Fourth Round replay at St James Park, Newcastle, on 17 March, 1913.
Title: The Fourth Round Cup Tie. Newcastle United versus Sunderland. Replay at Newcastle, 17th March 1913.
Both teams enter the field from separate tunnels; two children accompany the Sunderland team. In the centre circle both captains meet and shake hands. A coin toss is made by the referee; he...
Local topical film made by The North of England Film Bureau showing highlights from a packed Tyne and Wear football derby F.A. Cup Fourth Round replay at St James Park, Newcastle, on 17 March, 1913.
Title: The Fourth Round Cup Tie. Newcastle United versus Sunderland. Replay at Newcastle, 17th March 1913.
Both teams enter the field from separate tunnels; two children accompany the Sunderland team. In the centre circle both captains meet and shake hands. A coin toss is made by the referee; he then shakes hands with both captains.
Sunderland are on the attack in the Newcastle half. The ball goes out of play for a throw in. View of large stands filled with fans behind the goal.
View of the goal with the ball hitting the net twice. The goal keeper picks up the ball twice from the back of the net.
Various shots of the game in progress follow.
Edgy moment for Sunderland players who slide into the goal to stop the ball. Huge amount of fans in attendance. Fans are waving their caps in the air.
Newcastle clears the ball after a Sunderland attack, and the ball then goes out for a goal kick. Corner kick for Sunderland where the ball is kicked into play and is headed clear. The ball is played back into the goal area and Newcastle clears again. Another corner kick to Sunderland which is cleared by a Newcastle player.
The referee speaks to two players and one is seen hobbling away.
Various shots of Sunderland attacking in the Newcastle half. A man with an umbrella speaks to the goalkeeper. Sunderland throw in.
Newcastle throw in and are intercepted by Sunderland.
Sunderland corner kick, which is cleared. The ball is headed back in and a shot is made on goal.
Sunderland corner kick knocked wide.
Corner kick, camera by the near post. The keeper punches the ball away. Crowd in the stands.
Player and keeper on the ground by goal. The referee comes over to check on both players.
[One of the earliest films in our collection, this match footage features a packed Tyne and Wear derby game. Newcastle United (nicknamed The Magpies) played Sunderland (The Black Cats) in the Fourth Round FA Cup tie replay at St James’ Park, Newcastle, on 17th March 1913. On this occasion Sunderland triumphed 3-0, going on to a first appearance in the English Cup Final.
This ‘local topical’ newsreel boasts quite sophisticated shooting and editing compared with typical sports films from the period, and was filmed for cinema pioneer and showman George Henderson and the North of England Film Bureau, operating in Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 1910 and 1942.]
Context
In 1863 Ebenezer Cobb Morley, a solicitor from Hull, proposed a governing body for football, which led to the creation of the Football Association (FA), and over a series of meetings in The Freemasons’ Tavern on Great Queen Street, London, the original ‘Laws of the Game’ were drawn up. The first ever match played according to the new FA rules took place on 19th December 1863. After the match a toast was given: “Success to football, irrespective of class or creed.”
Modern football and the...
In 1863 Ebenezer Cobb Morley, a solicitor from Hull, proposed a governing body for football, which led to the creation of the Football Association (FA), and over a series of meetings in The Freemasons’ Tavern on Great Queen Street, London, the original ‘Laws of the Game’ were drawn up. The first ever match played according to the new FA rules took place on 19th December 1863. After the match a toast was given: “Success to football, irrespective of class or creed.”
Modern football and the media have grown up together, from black and white newsreels in the cinema to colour television, and on into the internet age. Was the moving image a game changer for football? Well, it’s a long road from the earliest silent celluloid soccer to today’s hi-tech sports coverage, but some sports media clichés were there from the start, along with the filmmaker’s drive to capture the game’s spills, thrills, and passionate fans. This is one of the earliest films in the NEFA collection, and features rare action footage from a packed Tyne and Wear derby game. Newcastle United (nicknamed The Magpies) played Sunderland (The Black Cats) in the Fourth Round FA Cup tie replay at St James’ Park, Newcastle, on 17th March 1913. On this occasion Sunderland triumphed 3-0, going on to a first appearance in the English Cup Final. But the cameras were not always there to capture the goals. The Times newspaper reported the next day that 'The official return of the gate receipts is £2,075, the attendance being 49,354.' On 19 April Sunderland met Aston Villa at the Crystal Palace in the final, which a Times reporter noted were a more 'artistic team'. The same writer also commented: 'Even those who are not interested in professional football, a game which smells of the lamp as well as of the counting house, often visit the Palace on these occasions [the FA Cup] in order to watch the crowd, which, seeing that all the northern types of the sport-loving Englishman are invariably represented in it, is even more inclusive than the Derby Day gathering.' Sadly, Sunderland lost 1-0 that day. This ‘local topical’ newsreel boasts quite sophisticated shooting and editing compared with typical sports films from the period. Note that the players file onto the pitch one after the other, a theatrical gesture to please the cinematographer, which survives to this day in football matches. It was filmed for cinema pioneer and showman George Henderson and the North of England Film Bureau, operating in Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 1910 and 1942. References: The Times, March 18, 1913; pg.13; Issue 40162; col C Sports in Brief The Times, April 19, 1913; pg.13; Issue 40190; col G Association Football. The Football Association Cup. To-Day's Match At The Crystal Palace |