FOOTBALL IN GERMANY
HALF-A-MILLION MATCHES BERLIN, Oct. 2. Fresh evidence of the astounding development of sport in Germany is afforded by the annual report of the German Football League. Since 1920 the number of clubs included in this federation has risen from 3087 to 7117. (During last season 23,892 teams played altogether more than 500,000 matches. Of the clubs 2163 have their own grounds and 306 their own train, crs. When one remembers the meagre handfuls of spectators who used to watch even the best German football before the war, it is astonishing to read that more than £4,100 was taken at tho gates' for the international match against Sweden, played at Cologne.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 291, 7 December 1929, Page 6
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