Defeat of a soccer fan 1919 - a photo on Flickriver

Defeat of a soccer fan 1919

In the summer of 1919 the public forced general manager John Coucke of the Amsterdam Stadium to allow a competition of paced races in 'his' stadium.
Cartoon by Dutch artist Jan Lutz

Coucke was a soccer fan. Yes, he did organize cycling-races; but only because they were (very) profitable. He did not like motor-paced races at all.

More about John Coucke
John Coucke was the third Dutch sports journalist, who begon to work, in 1902, at a mainstream, daily newspaper. He and his two predecessors were journalists of 'The Telegraaf'.

John Coucke was member of the 'Gedelegeerde Raad van Bestuur' (Daily Counsel) of the 'maatschappij tot Exploitatie van het Nederlandsch Sportpark te Amsterdam' (the "Sport-Maatschappij"). In 1916 he became general manager of that Nederlandsch Sportpark: the Amsterdam Stadion. This stadion had opened in 1914.

The Amsterdam Stadion had been an initiative of two different committees of sports lovers: footballers and cyclists; both in strong need of new facilities:
- There where no football fields within the borders of the town of Amsterdam at that time, and
- The Zeeburger cycling track was a wreck and would be demollisted after the 1915 season.

Curiously the Amsterdam Stadion had no cycling track when it opened. What was built was a horseracing track! The only trouble with that track was its fundament: a peat track on a peat foundation. It did not work at all. Never started any horse on that track.

So, in 1918 this peat track was transfered in an flat racing track. And that track was such an success that the next year it was replaced by a wooden track.

More about racing tracks in the Amsterdam Stadion.

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Taken in: Nederland / Noord-Holland / Amsterdam (show map)

Taken on: April 7, 2008

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Sets appears in: • Wielerbaan het Nederlandsche Sportpark, Amsterdam • Disappeared velodromes in The Netherlands more » • Pacing • Frits 1908 - 1928 • Dutch Bicycle History • Drawings, Cartoons & Caricatures • Wooden track / houten baan « less

Groups appears in: • Amsterdam en Amsterdammers uit vervlogen tijden

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