1. Sevilla won the first-ever organised football match in Spain
For many years it was believed that the club was formed in 1905 but the discovery of a copy of the Dundee Courier in the British Library in 2012 traced the club back to 1890. The newspaper revealed that the club’s first president was, in fact, Edward Farquharson Johnston, then the British vice-consul in the city and owner of a shipping company which sold Andalusian oranges in the UK.
In that same year, the club challenged neighbours Huelva Recreation Club (today known as Recreativo Huelva) to a match at a horse-racing track near the city limits on the 8th March. Amid driving rain more typical of northern Europe, Sevilla won 2-0 with goals from Ritson and Yugles in front of a crowd of 150 spectators… and Spanish football was born.
