The Gentleman's Games: An alternate History of Rugby and Football

[Neoteros]

The new kids on the block​

Road to 1934

As soon as the 1930 World Cup was over, the road to the 1934 World Cup in Sweden [1] began; while South Africa won their second consecutive African Cup in 1932, the Asian Cup was won by China, who beat the previous champions Australia 2-1 in Beijing; the 1934 editions of the American and European cups saw, for the first time, the participation of 16 teams with, respectively, 5 and 7 qualification spots available.

In the American Cup, the teams that made it to the quarterfinals were Argentina and Uruguay, Brazil and Costa Rica, the United States and Paraguay, Cuba and Canada; Argentina beat Costa Rica 3-0, Uruguay beat Cuba 6-0, the United States beat Paraguay 3-1 and Canada beat Brazil 1-0; in the semifinals, Argentina beat Uruguay 2-1, while the United States beat Canada 5-2, going on to win their second American Cup by defeating Argentina 1-0, with Brazil winning their qualification playoff match.

In the European Cup, the teams that made it to the quarterfinals and the World Cup were Italy and Austria, England and Spain, Scotland and Bohemia, Hungary and Wales, the teams faced themselves in this order, with Italy, England, Scotland and Hungary going to the semifinals, where England beat Italy 3-0 and Scotland beat Hungary 3-2. The all-British final saw the English finally prevail over the Scots, 4-2, winning their first ever international trophy.

[1] They made a bid in OTL.

 

[kinnikuniverse]

the 1931 rugby world cup is coming. sorry for the delay, I've been busy writing my combat sports TL.

 

[Neoteros]

the 1931 rugby world cup is coming. sorry for the delay, I've been busy writing my combat sports TL.

Don't worry, I've been busy too - mostly because everyone here's freaking out about the virus.

 

[kinnikuniverse]

Don't worry, I've been busy too - mostly because everyone here's freaking out about the virus.

yeah, let's hope juventus gets infected so Lazio can win serie a this year! hope atalanta won't be too affected either. I want them to go far in the champions league!

 

[Rattigan]

The all-British final saw the English finally prevail over the Scots, 4-2, winning their first ever international trophy.

Good to see the anti-English bias of your dice finally being beaten...

 

[kinnikuniverse]

Percival Molson stadium, in Montreal, Quebec, host of the knockout stages.
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amidst a global economic recession, the 1931 rugby world cup took place in canada after bids from France, argentina and wales were withdrawn due to the recession. many of the usual suspects qualified for the tournament, though two new nations made their debut: one was the Serbian team, who qualified by overcoming a 6 point deficit against spain in the last two matches of the nations league, as well as Chile, who stunned Uruguay in the Americas cup to qualify. also of note is the return of Romania in the competition. can Romania run wild again?


GROUP A at Varsity Stadium, toronto

GROUP A

wales 12 - 3 France
Canada 12 - 20 south africa
Wales 14 - 6 Canada
France 20 - 17 south africa
Canada 17-9 france
Wales 9 - 12 south africa
Wales 17 - 17 france
Canada 12 - 24 south africa
Wales 12 - 9 canada
south Africa 6 vs 12 france
Canada 9 vs 9 france
Wales 7 vs 14 south africa

south Africa 8
Wales 7
France 6
canada 3

the host nation disappointed massively, while France almost pulled out an upset, but a draw against Canada allowed defending world champions Wales to qualify.

GROUP B At lansdowne park, Ottawa, Ontario
Australia 24 - 6 argentina
England 9 - 12 Romania
Australia 23 - 3Romania
England 19 vs 6 argentina
England 9 vs 9 Australia
Romania 12 vs 12argentina
Australia win vs Argentina
England win vs romania
Australia win vs romania
England vs win argentina
Australia win vs England
Argentina win vs romania

Australia 11
England 5
Argentina 5
Romania 3

elimination match
England vs win argentina

in a massive upset, Argentina rallies in the second half to win the tiebreaker against finalists England!


GROUP C at civic stadium, Hamilton, Ontario

new zealand win - Ireland
Chile win - Italy
new zealand win vs chile
Ireland draw italy
new zealand win vs italy
Ireland win vs chile
new zealand draw ireland
Italy win vs chile
new zealand win vs chile
Italy draw ireland
new zealand draw italy
Ireland vs win chile

new zealand 10
Ireland 5
Italy 5
Chile 4

elimination match

Ireland vs win italy

an up-and-down group stage proved to be the downfall for the Irish, and the competitive upset loss against Italy was an all-time low for them.


GROUP D At Rosedale field, toronto
Scotland - win Tonga
Serbia win- United states
Scotland win vs serbia
United states draw tonga
Scotland win vs united states
Serbia vs win tonga
Scotland win vs tonga
United states win vs Serbia
Scotland win vs serbia
United states win vs tonga
Scotland vs win united states
Serbia vs win Tonga

Scotland 8
United states 7
Tonga 7
Serbia 2

elimination match
United States win vs tonga

while Scotland recovered form their shocking defeat of Tonga, the US, who is in a rebuilding period following the retirements of many of its world cup-winning players, saw themselves losing to both Serbia and Tonga, forced to compete in an elimination match against the latter, where they thrashed them.

KNOCKOUT STAGES AT Percival Molson stadium, Montreal, Quebec.

United states vs win Wales
Argentina vs win south Africa
new zealand win vs Scotland
Italy vs win australia

the Welsh once again beats the Americans, woth him Sullivan scoring all field goals, while south Africa ate Argentina whole. the all-blacks would win a very competitive affair against the Scots, while Australia would stop a rally from the azzura.

Wales win vs south Africa (Double extra time)
new zealand vs win australia

in a double extra time thriller, jim Sullivan would score a crucial try at the last minute to send Wales to its second world cup final! and in a highly-spirited, very offensive affair, the wallabies outscored their fierce rivals to punch their ticket to their first finals!

Wales win vs australia

a true masterclass from the Welsh defense, as the dragons prevented australia from scoring any points, while jim Sullivan scored all 4 wales filed goals. the Welsh wins their second consecutive rugby world cup, and Sullivan once again is named player of the tournament. it seems nothing is gonna stop big jim and the Welsh anytime soon...

Jim Sullivan. Chicago Lions star, Wales star, and now, the best player in the world.
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1931 RUGBY WORLD CUP WINNERS: WALES

 

[Neoteros]

He's probably still a school teacher, here.​

The 1934 FIFA World Cup in Sweden was severely impacted by the Great Depression - the Habsburg representatives had to call it quits due to trouble at home, as the monarchy ripped apart at the seams due to the nationalist tendencies of several of its constituent regions (Serbia's entry in the Rugby World Cup having been a small taste of things to come), and even South Africa had to withdraw from the tournament, as the brief British flirtation with their plan to turn the Empire into a collection of dominions had proven to be too little, too late - with unrest finding its way into Mittelafrika as well, and Canada having to part with its four Caribbean provinces after one too many race riots at home.

The tournament was therefore disputed with a format not unlike that of the first World Cups, with 4 groups of 3 - except, two teams were to qualify to the knockout stage instead of just one. Group A saw hosts Sweden barely get into the knockout stage after a disappointing draw with the debuting Chinese representative, with Italy giving a similarly underwhelming performance in Group B.

Group A - China, Sweden, Uruguay - Landskrona IP

Sweden 2-5 Uruguay
China 2-2 Sweden
China 0-6 Uruguay

4 Uruguay
1 Sweden
1 China

Group B - Brazil, Italy, Wales - Arosvallen

Brazil 1-0 Italy
Brazil 3-1 Wales
Brazil 1-1 Wales

4 Brazil
1 Italy
1 Wales

It was a tournament to forget for the North American teams, especially the United States - whose political climate back at home, due to the Great Depression, was not exactly an ideal one. Group C and Group D saw, respectively, Scotland and Spain, Argentina and England qualify to the knockout stage.

Group C - Canada, Scotland, Spain - Stockholms Stadion

Canada 0-5 Scotland
Canada 3-3 Spain
Scotland 0-0 Spain

2 Scotland
1 Spain
1 Canada

Group D - Argentina, England, United States - Derbybanan Jägersro

Argentina 5-2 England
Argentina 2-0 United States
England 2-1 United States

4 Argentina
2 England
0 United States

Sweden, after knocking Brazil out of the competition, had to yield to a far superior Spanish team, while Angelo Schiavio and Giuseppe Meazza finally woke up, obliterating the competition and taking Italy to the final.

Quarterfinals

Argentina 0-2 Spain
Brazil 1-2 Sweden
England 1-3 Scotland
Italy 4-2 Uruguay

Semifinals

Italy 2-0 Scotland
Spain 4-0 Sweden

Two goals each by Martì Ventolrà and Guillermo Gorostiza gave Spain their first World Cup, possibly because the bald guy in the above picture was not there to influence the match's referee.

3rd place match and final

Scotland 3-0 Sweden

Italy 3-4 Spain

 

[kinnikuniverse]

holy crap, for a moment, I thought it was nosferatu, not Mussolini!

 

[Neoteros]

holy crap, for a moment, I thought it was nosferatu, not Mussolini!

Same thing, really.

 

[kinnikuniverse]

Berlin's olympiastadion, built for the upcoming Olympics, but opened in time to host both the 1935 rugby world cup and 1938 FIFA world cup knockout stages​

despite being by far the world's leading superpower, Germany hasn't made any bids to host big time sporting events since the end of the great war. all of that would change in the 1930s, as they successfully bidded to host the 1936 summer olympics as well as hosting both the 1935 rugby world cup and, following the withdrawal of France's bid due to lack of financial resources, the 1938 FIFA world cup. while the Germans have a long way to go to even crack the top 10 european nations in both sports, the kaiserreich hopes that those events would be the first step in a massive plan to improve Germany's fortunes in sports.

GROUP A at Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, hannover
Germany vs win England
Canada win vs Samoa
Germany draw canada
England win vs samoa
England draw canada
Germany vs win Samoa
England draw Germany
Canada draw samoa
Canada vs win germany
England win vs samoa
England win vs canada
Germany vs win samoa

England 10
Canada 5
Samoa 5
Germany 4

Elimination match
Canada win vs samoa

England had an easy group stage campaign, while a surprise loss to the host nation forced Canada to play an elimination match against a surprisingly good Samoan team, eith the maple leaves thrashing them.

GROUP B at Grünwalder Stadion, munich
New Zealand win vs Scotland
Uruguay win vs France
new zealand win vs france
Scotland win vs uruguay
new zealand win vs uruguay
Scotland vs win france
new zealand win vs scotland
France vs win uruguay
new zealand vs win france
Scotland win vs uruguay
new zealand draw Uruguay
Scotland vs win france

new zealand 9
France 6
Uruguay 5
Scotland 4

in a group where seemingly nobody wanted to qualify, two wins against the disappointing Scots and a huge upset against the all-blacks allows France to qualify!

GROUP C at Waldstadion, frankfurt
Wales draw Australia
Belgium draw Argentina
Wales win vs argentina
Australia win vs belgium
Wales vs win belgium
Australia win vs argentina
Wales draw australia
Argentina draw belgium
Wales vs win argentina
Australia draw belgium
Wales vs win belgium
Australia draw Argentina

australia 8
Belgium 7
Argentina 5
Wales 4

in one of the biggest shocks of the decade, Belgium wins both games against the reigning champions Wales and draw against Australia to punch their tickets to the quarters!

GROUP D at Sportplatz am Rothenbaum, Hamburg
United States vs win Ireland
Italy vs win South Africa
United States vs win south africa
Italy draw Ireland
United states win vs Italy
Ireland draw south africa
United states win vs Ireland
Italy vs win south africa
United states vs win south africa
Ireland win vs italy
United states vs win italy
Ireland vs win south africa

South Africa 11
Ireland 6
United States 4
Italy 3

finally, after years of disappointment on the biggest stage, Ireland qualifies for the knockout stages at the expense of a still rebuilding US team.


knockout stages at Olympiastadion, berlin

Canada vs win south Africa
New Zealand win vs Belgium
Australia win vs Ireland
England vs win france

while the springboks would beat the canucks in a surprisingly competitive matchup, the all-blacks would thrash the Belgians, while Australia would comfortably win against the Irish and the French stuns England in a physical battle!

south Africa vs win new zealand
Australia vs win france (triple extra time)

in perhaps the most competitive matchup of the whole tournament, new zealand stops south Africa from rallying in the second half to punch their ticket to their second world cup final,while France would beat a battered and bruised Australian side with a last gap try in triple extra time! after the match, the IRB announced that, from now on, a penalty shootout will take place after 2 periods of extra time.

new zealand vs win france

in one of the most dramatic and shocking upset in rugby history, France took advantage of a controversial red card from the all blacks to score two tries en route to a miracle world cup victory in front of the same country that screwed them over in the great war! now ain't that a huge middle finger!

pretty much every single German in attendance at the olympiastadion after the final
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1935 RUGBY WORLD CUP WINNER: FRANCE

 

[Neoteros]

This didn't last.​

The 1936 continental cups, just like the previous World Cup, were played under the shadow of the Great Depression, with many teams declining to take part in them for some reason or another; the colonial troubles of the United Kingdom resulted in the creation of a three-tiered British Empire, with the United Kingdom of Great Britain at the center, the white dominions (Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand) as members of the Imperial Federation [1], and all the other colonies as members of the Imperial Commonwealth [2]; Egypt joined the organization in 1938, the same year in which the very short-lived United States of Greater Austria (one could compare the 1936 reform of the Habsburg realm to the ill-fated Polish-Lithuanian constitution that preceded the Partitions of Poland) dissolved into their constituent states - becoming part of the Kaiserreich-led Mitteleuropa.

The African Cup saw South Africa qualify for the World Cup yet again - a World Cup that was to take place in Argentina for the second time [3] - while the Asian Cup saw yet another triumph by China; the eight European teams to qualify for the World Cup directly were Italy, Spain, England and Scotland (who headed their respective groups) as well as Wales, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands. The Habsburg teams were not able to take part in the tournament at all, due to the aforementioned internal and external (the fallout of the restoration of the Montenegrin and Serbian kingdoms under their old dynasties) issues.

Quarterfinals - European Cup

Italy 4-0 Netherlands
Norway 2-8 Spain
England 1-0 Germany [4]
Scotland 2-0 Wales

Semifinals - European Cup

England 3-1 Italy
Scotland 0-2 Spain

3rd Place Match and Final - European Cup

Italy 2-4 Scotland

England 1-3 Spain

The American Cup, on the other hand, was won by Canada, that beat South American titans Argentina through a penalty shoot-out; the United States and Uruguay made it to the semifinals, with Brazil and the formerly Canadian Windward Islands also qualifying, with a team in which players of the American and Canadian leagues made up the entirety of the squad.

[1] Far less centralized than the OTL Imperial Federation proposal, and more along the lines of a proto-European Union.
[2] Basically the Commonwealth of Nations, only the name is different.
[3] In OTL, France was chosen over Argentina, leading to many South American teams boycotting the tournament.
[4] Match suspended after 20 minutes due to a riot in the stands.

 

[Neoteros]

England's 1938 run, colorized.​

1938 was the year of the Anschluss of the provinces of German Austria, German Bohemia and German Moravia into the Kaiserreich as the Kingdom of Austria, the House of Habsburg finally managing to obtain the royal title they'd been chasing for the last few centuries, except not in the way they'd hoped. [1] The rest of the short-lived United States of Greater Austria was either annexed by neighbouring countries aligned with Mitteleuropa (Italy got Trieste and coastal Istria, Hohenzollern-led Romania got Transylvania, Poland got West Galicia, Ukraine got East Galicia) or granted independence as Habsburg-led kingdoms (Carniola, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia). [2]

The hosts, Argentina, were drawn into Group A alongside Germany, Norway and the Netherlands; the defending champions, Spain, were drawn into Group B alongside Brazil, Wales and China. Group C included Italy, England, Canada and the Windward Islands, while Group D included Scotland, Uruguay, the United States and South Africa.

Group A - Argentina, Germany, Netherlands, Norway

Argentina 4-3 Germany
Netherlands 2-0 Norway

Argentina 6-0 Norway
Germany 2-2 Netherlands

Argentina 5-2 Netherlands
Germany 0-1 Norway

6 Argentina
3 Netherlands
2 Norway
1 Germany

The inclusion of a few Austrian players did not do the Kaiser's team any favours. [3]

Group B - Brazil, China, Spain, Wales

Brazil 7-1 China
Spain 3-0 Wales

Brazil 2-0 Wales
Spain 5-0 China

Brazil 1-3 Spain
China 0-4 Wales

6 Spain
4 Brazil
2 Wales
0 China

No surprises in Group B.

Group C - Canada, England, Italy, Windward Islands

Canada 1-0 England
Italy 2-3 Windward Islands

Canada 3-0 Windward Islands
Italy 0-0 England

Canada 2-5 Italy
England 2-0 Windward Islands

4 Canada
3 Italy
3 England
2 Windward Islands

Neither Canada's victory over England and the Windward Islands' victory over Italy were expected, but England bowing out of the World Cup at the group stage became a national humiliation of the highest order, with coach Winterbottom losing his life at the hands of a drunken pub customer only a month later.

Group D - Scotland, South Africa, United States, Uruguay

Scotland 10-2 South Africa
United States 3-1 Uruguay

United States 2-2 South Africa
Scotland 6-3 Uruguay

South Africa 0-0 Uruguay
Scotland 2-1 United States

6 Scotland
3 United States
2 South Africa
1 Uruguay

England, at least, did better than Uruguay.

Quarterfinals

Netherlands 3-1 Spain
Argentina 2-0 Brazil
Canada 1-0 United States
Italy 3-5 Scotland

The quarterfinals' surprise was Spain's exit from the World Cup at the hands of the Netherlands, who hadn't been featured in the tournament in quite a while.

Semifinals

Argentina 2-4 Netherlands
Canada 1-0 Scotland

The upsets just kept coming, as the Netherlands eliminated the host team, and the American champions beat Scotland.

3rd Place Match and Final

Argentina 6-3 Scotland

Canada 2-4 Netherlands

At the Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, the Dutch team coached by Bob Glendenning dashed Canada's hopes of repeating Spain's streak of two international titles in a row. Soon afterwards, Germany's bid to host the 1942 World Cup went forward. [4]

[1] Some AH irony here.
[2] Borders not exactly as in OTL, mostly in favour of Austria, who's got Brunn and Pressburg, for example, and Hungary, that's got Szeklerland and Vojvodina.
[3] Some things never change. U_U
[4] No war will happen to ruin the party this time.

 

[kinnikuniverse]

Sydney's cricket ground, host of the 1939 rugby world cup knockout stages. brace yourselves, mates, cause the wallabies will make you cry.
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after spending much of the decade going through the great depression and a period of social unrest, Australia thankfully recovered both on the financial and social front and, by the end of the 30s, they were back to being healthy enough to host the 1939 version of the rugby world cup. with the host nation, new zealand and a promising Samoa side, there are plenty of teams that the australasian rugby fans could cheer for. the wallabies and the all blacks, especially,had all the pressure in the world. the first for obvious reasons, the second because the kiwis don't wanna be labeled as chokers after losing two world cup finals.


GROUP A AT north Sydney oval
Australia vs win France
Romania vs win russia
Australia draw russia
France win vs romania
Australia win vs Romania
France vs win russia
Australia vs win France
Romania vs win russia
Australia win vs russia
France win vs romania
Australia vs win romania
France win vs russia

France 10
Russia 7
australia 6
Romania 2

the entire nation was shocked by the poor play of their wallabies, and a loss to the Romaniacs running wild allowed Russia to qualify for the quarters, beating reigning world champions France in the process!

GROUP B At Melbourne cricket ground
new zealand win vs Canada
Wales vs win south africa
New Zealand vs win south Africa
Wales win vs canada
New Zealand win vs Wales
Canada win vs south africa
New Zealand win vs canada
Wales vs win south Africa
New Zealand vs win south africa
Canada draw wales
Canada vs win south africa
Wales vs win new zealand

deep in the heartland of Aussie rules football, there was no surprises in this group, as both Canada and Wales are going through a rebuilding phase.

GROUP C at Lang park, Brisbane, Queensland
United States draw Spain
Samoa vs win ireland
United states draw ireland
Spain vs win samoa
United states vs win samoa
Ireland win vs spain
United states vs win spain
Ireland win vs samoa
United states draw ireland
Spain vs win samoa
United states win vs samoa
Ireland vs win spain

Ireland 8
Samoa 6
Spain 5
United states 5

in the tightest group of the tournament, Ireland barely topped the group, while the damp and would stun the Americans and the Basque-Catalan all-star team that composed the returning Spain to qualify! to this day, this unexpected qualification is still celebrated in all of Samoa.

GROUP D at Perth oval
Italy vs win England
Argentina vs win scotland
Italy draw scotland
England vs win argentina
England vs win scotland
Italy win vs argentina
England win vs italy
Scotland win vs argentina
England win vs argentina
Scotland win vs italy
Italy vs win argentina
England vs win scotland

Scotland 11
England 6
Argentina 4
Italy 3

Scotland looked like a team that could go all the way, while England managed to recover from a poor start to qualify.

KNOCKOUT STAGES AT Sydney cricket ground

England vs win south Africa
Russia vs win Scotland
Samoa vs win France
Ireland vs win new zealand

the springboks beat England with a last minute drop goal in a very tight affair, while the other games were complete blowouts, the Irish being choked by the all Blake's incessant pressing.

south Africa win vs Scotland
New Zealand win vs france

in two very physical, defensive games, the springboks scores one try and two field goals to beat the Scotsmen while new zealand avenged their loss against the French 4 years ago to reach another final.

GRAND FINAL

south Africa vs win new zealand (Double extra time)

in a thriller, the springboks and the all-blacks delivered an offensive showcase that went into double extra time, where tiredness and conceding stupid penalties allowed the all blacks to score a try and a drop goal to finally win their first world cup in front of thousands of Maoris and kiwi fans who traveled to sydney by boat to cheer their team!

1939 RUGBY WORLD CUP WINNERS: NEW ZEALAND

WARNING: since @Neoteros most likely won't be available due to the current situation in Italy, I plan on temporarily take over the soccer parts of this TL. don't worry, I will plan the soccer parts with his advices.

 

[kinnikuniverse]

QUICK FOOTBALL LEAGUES UPDATE BEFORE THE 1940 AND 1941 CONTINENTAL CUPS

without a doubt THE face of calcio in the 1930s
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Part 1: Italian Serie A

1930-1931: juventus (4)
1931-1932: bologna (4)
1932-1933: juventus (5)
1933-1934: Juventus (6)
1934-1935: inter (5)
1935-1936: torino (1)
1936-1937: Lazio (3)
1937-1938: AC Milan (5)
1938-1939: bologna (5)
1939-1940: inter (6)
1940-1941: bologna (6)
1941-1942: AS Roma (1)

Serie a in the 1930s belonged to three teams: juventus, bologna and inter Milan. apart from a three year stretch where surprising sides torino and Silvia piola's Lazio won close title fights and AC Milan ending their two decade long drought thanks in part to aldo boffi's goalscoring heroics, all three clubs had won the remaining titles, each carried by their own distinct styles and identity: while juventus had the likes of raimundo orsi and former Boston Minutemen star Luis monti delivering deadly counter attacks, bologna had a solid defensive wall, while inter had an attractive, offensive style that was tailor made for calcio's biggest star: the genius Giuseppe meazza.

the triumvirate would finally be broken by AS Roma in 1942. the club, born out of relegated FC Roma merging with other Roman teams in 1930, clawed their way back into the top flight two years later, fighting hard to stay at the mid-table before finally having their fortunes turned around in 1939 thanks to the signing of triple French champions Olympique De Marseille's biggest stars: larbi Ben barek and Mario zatelli.

thanks to zatelli's italian origins and citizenship, he didn't count as a foreign player, which greatly helped Roma field Ben barek alongside the club's other two foreigners: Albanian right winger naim krieziu and argentine midfielder Miguel Angel panto, formerly of FC st. leo of the ASL. zatelli and Ben Barek would form a deadly attacking quartet with krieziu and youngster amedeo amadei, which would lead Roma to the 1942 scudetto as well as the coppa Italia in 1941. zatelli would return to Marseille in 1943, but ben Barak would stay for two more years before also returning to Marseille in 1945 and then leave for a second time to atletico Madrid in 1948, finishing his career with the colchoneros.


COPPA ITALIA RESULTS

1935-1936: torino (1)
1936-1937:Genoa (1)
1937-1938: juventus (1)
1938-1939: Inter (1)
1939-1940: Fiorentina (1)
1940-1941: Roma (1)
1941-1942: AC Milan (1)

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2: The English football leagues!

 

[kinnikuniverse]

English football league

1930-1931: arsenal
1931-1932: Everton
1932-1933: arsenal
1933-1934: Huddersfield town
1934-1935: arsenal
1935-1936: Sunderland
1936-1937: Charlton athletic
1937-1938: arsenal
1938-1939: Everton
1939-1940: wolverhampton

FA Cup

1930-1931: west brom
1931-1932: arsenal
1932-1933: Everton
1933-1934: Portsmouth
1934-1935: Sheffield Wednesday
1935-1936: Sheffield United
1936-1937: Sunderland
1937-1938: Preston North end
1938-1939: Portsmouth
1939-1940: arsenal

while it was a wide open decade, especially concerning the FA Cup, the 1930s still had the revolutionary coach Herbert Chapman's arsenal still won more league titles than everybody else. his W-M formation became the most copied tactic in the world, and arsenal were known as the bank of England football club, due to attracting many stars of the English game to play for them. while Chapman's tactics looked invincible at first, it was badly exposed during the famous 1936 FA Cup final, where a spirited Sheffield United side upset the powerhouse by completely shutting down the W-M using the famed metodo of Italy coach vittorio pozzo, with a sensational free kick proving the difference as sheff utd won 1-0.

despite this setback, arsenal would end the decade as FA cup champion, making Chapman the club's most successful coach ever.

PART 3: FRANCE

Ligue 1

1932-1933: marseille 4-3 AS Cannes
1933-1934: FC Sète (1)
1934-1935: FC Sochaux (1)
1935-1936: Olympique lillois (1)
1936-1937: Marseille (2)
1937-1938: Marseille (3)
1938-1939: Marseille (4)
1939-1940: FC Sète (2)

COUPE DE FRANCE
1929-1930: FC Sète
1930-1931: club francais
1931-1932: RC roubaix
1932-1933: EAC roubaix
1933-1934: FC Sète (2)
1934-1935: Marseille
1935-1936: FCO Charleville
1936-1937: strasbourg
1937-1938: Marseille
1938-1939: RC Paris
1939-1940: Marseille

while France plunged into financial darkness for much of the post-war years, the 1930s would see the hexagon slowly but surely recover and pay it's massive debt to the German empire, and the 1935 Rugby world cup win and the birth of the first national football league in 1932 showed that hope and optimism is coming back among the French.

and that new France is represented by one football club: Olympique De marseille. originally a rugby club, L'OM would become the first ever French national champions following a 4-3 win against AS Canne in the playoffs thanks to a hat trick by a young striker that represents the new generation of frenchmen: Mario zatelli, born in Algeria from an Italian family. (the first season of ligue 1 followed the format introduced by the ASL, with the league split into two conferences, where the teams that finished first in their conferences would face off in a championship game. while playoffs are a staple of American and canadian sports, the French quickly abandoned it and used a more traditional league format the following year.)

the next three years would see Marseille build its roster around zatelli and a black wonderkid from Morocco named larbi ben Barek, while the likes of FC Sète, Olympique lillois (the future LOSC) and FC sochaux win their first titles. marseille would finally add the final piece of their puzzle with the january 1935 signing of Brazilian goalkeeper Jaguare, formerly of Barcelona and sporting CP.

with jaguare's imposing présence in goal and the zatelli-ben barek duo running wild, Marseille would win the 1935 French cup before winning three straight ligue 1 titles from 1937 to 1939, quickly becoming the ethnically diverse young french population's favorite club and a national icon. unfortunately, the French economy's bad state forced many French clubs to sell their biggest stars to either American clubs or the richer Spanish, german and Italian ones. marseille was no exception, as zatelli and Ben Barek would both leave for AS Roma in summer 1939. the absence of the two was profound, as Marseille would concede the league title to sète in 1940. however, a surprise French cup win, with the team carried by its defense and its goalie Jaguare playing out of his mind, made sure that L'OM ended the decade with a trophy.

SPAIN

PART 4: LA LIGA

1928-1929: Barcelona
1929-1930: athletic bilbao
1930-1931: racing santander
1931-1932: Real Madrid
1932-1933: athletic bilbao (2)
1933-1934: athletic bilbao (3)
1934-1935: Real betis
1935-1936: Real Oviedo
1936-1937: athletic bilbao (4)
1937-1938: Real Madrid (2)
1938-1939: Barcelona (2)
1939-1940: Atletico Madrid

1930-1931: athletic bilbao
1931-1932: Barcelona
1932-1933: athletic bilbao
1933-1934: Valencia
1934-1935: sevilla
1935- 1936: Barcelona
1936-1937: Real Madrid
1937-1938: Real Madrid
1938-1939: sevilla
1939-1940: espanyol

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 5: NORTH AMERICA

 

[kinnikuniverse]

PART 5: THE NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUES

AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE

1921-1922: New York city FC
1922-1923: Bethlehem steel FC
1923-1924: Fall river marksmen
1924-1925: Chicago sparta
1925-1926: FC St. leo's
1926-1927: Bethlehem steel FC
1927-1928: Boston minutemen
1928-1929: Boston minutemen
1929-1930: Fall river marksmen
1930-1931: Chicago Sparta

CONFERENCE/PLAYOFFS ERA
1931-1932: Hakoah FC
1932-1933: Pawtucket rangers
1933-1934: Chicago Sparta
1934-1935: Pawtucket rangers
1935-1936: Bethlehem steel FC
1936-1937: Saint Louis shamrocks
1937-1938: Brooklyn wanderers
1938-1939: New York city FC
1939-1940: Boston minutemen

NATIONAL CHALLENGE CUP
1921-1922: Chicago sparta (1)
1922-1923: Chicago sparta (2)
1923-1924: Fall river marksmen (1)
1924-1925: Boston minutemen
1925-1926: Bethlehem steel
1926-1927: Fall river marksmen (2)
1927-1928: New York city FC
1928-1929: hakoah FC (1)
1929-1930: Ben miller's
1930-1931: Fall river marksmen (3)
1931-1932: New bedford whalers
1932-1933: St. leo's (1)
1933-1934: St. leo's (2)
1934-1935: Pawtucket rangers
1935-1936: Bethlehem steel
1936-1937: Saint Louis shamrocks
1937-1938: Chicago Sparta (3)
1938-1939: New York city FC
1939-1940: Baltimore SC (1)

CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
contested between the champions of the Canadian FA and the western Canada FA

1930-1931: Ottawa south shore 2-0 FC Edmonton
1931-1932: FC Edmonton 4-1 ottawa south shore FC
1932-1933: Galt FC 2-3 Victoria seagulls
1933-1934: Galt FC 2-1 Cavalry FC
1934-1935: Ottawa south shore FC 5-2 Regina royal F
1935-1936: Ottawa south shore 3-1 Cavalry FC
1936-1937: Saint john's FC 2-0 FC Edmonton
1937-1938: Ottawa south shore 1-0 Vancouver Racing club
1938-1939: Ottawa south shore 2-1 FC Edmonton
1939-1940: Cavalry FC 3-1 toronto FC

the 30s saw a big shift in structure for the American soccer league. faced with the ever increasing number of clubs entering administration due to the great depression, the US soccer federation drastically changed the ASL's format. gone is the traditional league play that was used from the beginning, replaced by a two conference system inspired by Major league baseball. the ASL was divided between the American and national conferences, with the 16 top flight teams split evenly and the schedules arranged so as to have the least amount of distance traveled between the northeast and the great lakes, further helping the clubs's finances. at the end of the seasons, the champions of both conferences will play a championship game to decide the ASL's champion, while the bottom two of each 8-team conferences will be relegated to division 2, with the top 4 of division 2 being promoted in their place and placed in a conference according to geographical location.

aside from that, the majority of the decade saw new names such as brooklyn clubs hakoah FC and wanderers as well as saint Louis shamrock and those island's Pawtucket rangers put their names on the winners list, while traditional powerhouses Chicago Sparta, Bethlehem steel and Boston minutemen continue winning titles, while new York city FC finally ended their long drought by a achieving the double in 1938-1939.

meanwhile, in Canada, the dominant club was Ottawa south shore, winning 6 eastern provinces league titles and 5 Canadian championships. the end of the decade, however, would witness the debut of two young men who would become cornerstones of the Canadian national team in the 40s and 50s: Toronto fc's attacking midfielder Herb carnegie and FC montreal right winger Maurice Richard.

The future is here for canada
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UP NEXT: the 1940 and 1941 continental cups.

 

[kinnikuniverse]

Heroes of their respective nations
​

The continental cup seasons saw some of the most shocking and exciting upsets the sport of football has seen, clearly following along the high standards established by the Netherlands and Canada's improbable runs to the 1938 world cup finals.

speaking of Canada, they, along with 14 other American nations, including promising new debutants Mexico, were heading to Brazil to compete in the copa america. the knockout stages wpuld take place at the brand new pacaembu stadium in Sao paulo, which also hosts Group A, featuring the host nation, who comes in with a very talented team led by star forward leonidas, centre back domingos da guia and marseille goalkeeper Jaguare, who aged like a fine wine and is arguably even better than when he was younger. Canada also had their own player of note: Herb Carnegie, making his international tournament debut.

GROUP A
Brazil 3-0 curacao
Canada 2-1 chile
Brazil 2-0 canada
Chile 4-2 curacao
Brazil 6-2 chile
Canada 0-1 curacao
Brazil 2-1 curacao
Canada 1-0 chile
Brazil 1-0 canada
Chile 3-1 curacao
Brazil 1-1 chile
Canada 4-0 curacao

Brazil 11 pts
Canada 6 pts
Chile 5 pts
curacao 2 pts

Carnegie would reveal himself in front of the sao paulo crowd, scoring a hat trick against curacao to qualify Canada, while Brazil easily topped their group.

GROUP B
argentina 0-1 windward islands
Mexico 5-0 leeward islands
argentina 3-3 mexico
windward islands 0-2 leeward islands
argentina 2-0 leeward
Mexico 2-2 windward
argentina 3-0 windward
Mexico 2-0 leeward
Argentina 0-2 Mexico
leeward 2-1 windward
Argentina 2-1 windward
Mexico 3-1 leeward

Mexico 10 pts
Argentina 7 pts
leeward islands 4 pts
windward islands 3 pts

New boys Mexico Showed the couto Pereira stadium in curitiba that they are here to make a statement, and a highly competitive draw and a very convincing win over Argentina did exactly that as they unexpectedly topped their group!

GROUP C
Uruguay 1-1 el salvador
Costa Rica 2-1 cuba
uruguay 3-2 Costa rica
el salvador 2-0 cuba
Uruguay 2-1 cuba
Costa rica 2-0 el salvador
Uruguay 2-2 el salvador
Costa Rica 1-1 cuba
Uruguay 4-1 Costa rica
el salvador 3-3 cuba
Uruguay 2-0 cuba
el salvador 1-0 Costa rica

uruguay 10 pts
el salvador 7 pts
Costa Rica 5 pts
Cuba 2 pts

meanwhile, at ilha do reciro stadium in recife, el salvador shocked Costa Rica by winning their final matchday encounter to qualify for the first time!

GROUP D
United states 2-1 suriname
Peru 0-0 paraguay
United states 3-1 peru
Paraguay 4-1 suriname
United states 1-0 paraguay
Peru 3-0 suriname
United states 1-1 suriname
Paraguay 2-2 peru
United states 0-0 peru
Paraguay 2-2 suriname
United States 1-2 paraguay
Peru 1-0 suriname

United States 8 pts
Paraguay 7 pts +3 goal difference
Peru 7 pts +2 goals
Suriname 2 pts

in an extremely competitive group held in Rio De janeiro, paraguay's two goals against group toppers United states proved enough to qualify over Peru on goal difference.

QUARTER-FINALS

Argentina 2-1 el salvador
uruguay 2-3 Brazil
Mexico 0-1 United states
Canada 2-0 Paraguay

argentina managed to stop an el salvador rally to qualify for the world cup,while Jaguare held firm in front of goal to stop uruguay's merciless onslaught. Nicky gonsalves delivered a beautiful through ball to nilsen, who punches the USA's ticket to the world cup in a heated game against their Mexican teammates and rivals from the ASL, while herb Carnegie scored from a beautiful free kick while also assisting winger toe Blake on the second goal as Canada goes through and qualify for the world cup.

SEMI-FINALS

Argentina 1-2 Brazil
United states 0-1 canada

in the two most competitive games of te whole tournament, Brazil made Sao Paulo dance in joy as leonidas delivered the sword of sparta into the argentina's heart to close an incredible comeback win, while Canada shocks their neighbors using Herbert Chapman's W-M tactics, with towering striker Elmer Lach scoring a header from a herb Carnegie corner.

BRONZE MEDAL GAME

Argentina 0-2 United states
two goals by fall river marksman Nicky gonsalves allows the USA to shock Argentina and win the bronze medal.

FINAL QUALIFICATION SPOT MINI-TOURNAMENT

Uruguay 1-0 el salvador
Mexico 2-3 Paraguay (Extra time)


Uruguay 1-2 paraguay

Paraguay stuns both Mexico and the Uruguayans to punch an improbable world cup qualification!

FINALS

Brazil 2-0 canada (Extra time)

the Canadians parked the bus brilliantly against the Brazilians to force extra time, but despite their best efforts, they couldn't find a way past jaguare and domingos da guia, while leonidas scored two goals to have Brazil won their first ever Americas cup!

1940 AMERICAS CUP WINNER:

 

[kinnikuniverse]

The consecration of an icon into a legend
​

1940 symbolised the beginning of a new era of prosperity in France. new president Charles De gaule's economic policies permitted the hexagon to thrive once more, and finally, after years of trying and failing, France was finally chosen to host a major soccer event. the 1940 European cup, to be exact.

reigning world champions Netherlands, unfortunately, had a terrible campaign in the qualifying tournament, and won't be able to compete in both the world cup and the European cup. in their stead will be two new nations in the recently independent croatia and slovakia, who looks to have really promising teams, while vittorio pozzo and his Italy squad is now under fire for their past failures to win a tournament. it is now or never for the Italians and giuseppe meazza.

meanwhile, clearly impressed by Herbert Chapman's achievements at arsenal, the English FA hired the revolutionary coach as manager of England, with hopes that his W-M tactics will finally bring the world cup to the birthplace of the game. Chapman elected to build the England side with many players from his successful arsenal side.

GROUP A
France 3-2 croatia
england 3-1 hungary
France 1-0 hungary
england 4-2 croatia
France 2-1 england
Hungary 2-2 croatia
France 2-1 croatia
england 1-0 Hungary
France 1-1 hungary
england 0-0 croatia
France 1-4 engand
Hungary 1-0 croatia

France 9 pts
England 9 pts
Hungary 4 pts
croatia 2 pts

carried by their home crowd at marseille's stade velodrome, Mario zatelli and larbi Ben barek (the latter chose to play for France,his adopted country) lightened up the scoresheets and carried France to impressive wins against England and Hungary, the first game against England in particular being a very memorable one. the second England game, however, was memorable for all the wrong reasons, as Herbert Chapman's W-M Badly exposed France's average defense.

GROUP B
Scotland 6-2 germany
Austria 2-0 Sweden
Scotland 2-2 austria
germany 0-1 sweden
Scotland 3-0 sweden
austria 2-2 germany
Scotland 1-1 germany
Austria 2-1 sweden
Scotland 3-3 austria
germany 2-0 sweden
Scotland 2-0 sweden
Austria 3-2 germany

Scotland 9 pts
Austria 9 pts
Germany 4 pts
Sweden 2 pts

at the geoffroy-guichard stadium in saint-etienne, Scotland and Austria easily qualified, though Germany showed many signs of improvement with heated draws against the aforementioned nations. this can only be good for the world cup hosts.

GROUP C
Switzerland 0-2 italy
Wales 3-1 slovakia
Switzerland 1-2 Wales
Italy 2-0 slovakia
Italy 2-3 wales
Switzerland 2-2 slovakia
Switzerland 1-1 italy
Wales 1-2 slovakia
Italy 0-1 wales
Switzerland 1-0 slovakia

Wales 8 pts
Italy 5 pts
Switzerland 4 pts
slovakia 3 pts

in a very competitive group at bollaert-delelis stadium in lens, Italy was extremely lucky to qualify, a miracle goal by meazza against Switzerland and Slovakia's victory against group toppers Wales saved their campaign.

GROUP D

Spain 2-2 bohemia
ireland 2-4 denmark
Spain 0-1 ireland
bohemia 1-1 denmark
Spain 2-1 denmark
ireland 0-1 bohemia
Spain 2-0 bohemia
ireland 0-1 denmark
Spain 2-2 ireland
bohemia 4-0 denmark
Spain 2-3 denmark
bohemia 1-2 ireland

Denmark 7 pts
bohemia 6 pts +2 goals
Spain 6 pts +1 goal
Ireland 5 pts

in a wildly unpredictable group held at chaban-delams stadium in Bordeaux, bohemia's 2 goal difference against spain's 1 goal allows them to go through,and they almost qualified for the world cup, if not for Denmark's shock win and qualification against la furia roja!

KNOCKOUT STAGES AT PARC DES PRINCES

QUARTER FINALS

Austria 2-1 France
Denmark 2-4 Italy
Wales 2-0 Scotland
England 4-2 bohemia (Extra time)

in the heat of the Paris night, a goal from Ben Barek gave France hope, but the Austrian wubderteam exposed their shoddy defending with their brilliant attacking style, while Italy outclassed Denmark thanks to meazza and the duo of aldo boffi and piola. Wales shocked Scotland using the Italian metodo, while a very competitive game saw England and bohemia go through extra time, with arsenal strikers cliff bastin and ted drake in extra time proving the difference.

SEMI FINALS

Austria 1-2 Italy
England 1-0 wales

pozzo's defensive system shut down the wunderteam, as piola and meazza completes the comeback, while bastin gave Herbert Chapman and the rest of the English team a sigh of relief as England goes through another European cup final! it's the W-M versus il metodo! which decade-defining tactic will prevail?

BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
Austria 1-2 wales (Extra time)

FINALS

England 1-2 italy

in another incredible comeback, silvio piola scored on a rebound, while a controversial foul agaisnt the English allowed Giuseppe meazza to score from the edge of the box at the last minute to give Italy its second international trophy!

1940 ERUOPEAN CUP WINNER: ITALY!

in the following year 1941, south Africa wpuld once again win the African cup, thrashing a surprising Kenya side 10-1, while Australia would win a memorable game against china 2-1 on Aussie turf to win the Asian cup, with their neighbors new zealand winning the bronze medal, beating the Philippines 2-1. the little kiwis almost equaling the exploits of their big brothers at the 1939 rugby world cup.

 

[kinnikuniverse]

England and Germany's world cup in a nutshell.​

finally, after many years of anticipation, the German Empire is hit with football fever as the 1942 world cup has arrived. with the Kaiser getting the best seat in the house, all eyes were on the German national team, to see if they made further improvements following their competitive showing against the Scots and their austrian neighbors.

another team to watch for is Italy. the European champions are now even more motivated to finally win that damn cup, while England is in all sorts of trouble. following increasingly heated arguments withthe English FA over the selection of players, Herbert Chapman would be fired in January 1942, just as the English was about to head to training camp for the world cup. not only that, but Chapman would be replaced by Graham Clark [1], who had no previous professional experience, and was nothing more than a puppet for the FA. in the meantime, Chapman was immediately hired by the Canadian FA to become coach of team Canada, clearly a move to prove that the maple leaf's recent run of success was no fluke.

GROUP A AT Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Germany 1-3 England
Canada 0-2 bohemia
Germany 0-2 canada
england 1-5 bohemia
Germany 2-2 bohemia
england 1-4 Canada
Germany 1-1 England
bohemia 2-3 canada
Germany 0-1 canada
england 1-2 bohemia
Germany 1-3 bohemia
england 0-1 canada

Canada 10 pts
bohemia 9 pts
england 3 pts
Germany 2 pts

Chapman would immediately make the FA pay for their misdeeds, with herb carnegie and the punch line of toe Blake, Elmer Lach and Maurice Richard running wild on the disorganised English side, which looked like lost chicks looking for their mothers. it only got worse for England, a thrashing from second place bohemia being particularly humiliating. as bad as the English were, the Germans were even worse, humiliating themselves in front of their public by not winning a single game.

GROUP B at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Austria 1-2 brazil
Denmark 1-0 paraguay
Austria 4-1 Denmark
Brazil 3-1 paraguay
Austria 5-1 paraguay
Brazil 5-0 denmark
Austria 3-1 brazil
Denmark 1-1 paraguay
Austria 2-0 denmark
Brazil 0-1 paraguay
Austria 2-3 paraguay
Brazil 1-1 Denmark

Austria 8 pts
Brazil 7 pts
Paraguay 5 pts
Denmark 4 pts

in an extremely competitive group, Austria and Brazil survived and went through, though not without some damage done.

GROUP C AT Städtisches Stadion
France 3-4 argentina
australia 1-0 south africa
France 2-4 south africa
argentina 0-1 Australia
France 2-0 Australia
Argentina 4-2 south africa
argentina 3-1 france
Australia 0-4 south africa
France 2-0 south africa
argentina 2-0 ausralia
France 1-1 australia
argentina 3-1 south Africa

argentina 10 pts
France 5 pts -1 goal
Australia 5 pts -6 goals
south Africa 4 pts

the French continued being French, following their very good euro campaign with a n abysmal performance all things considered, only going through on goal difference.

GROUP D AT Müngersdorfer Stadion, cologne
United states 0-2 italy
Wales 2-1 china
United states 2-1 wales
Italy 2-0 china
United states 1-1 china
Italy 4-1 wales
United states 0-3 italy
Wales 0-1 China
United states 3-4 wales
italy 1-2 china
United states 1-1 china
Italy 4-1 wales

Italy 10 pts
China 6 pts
Wales 4 pts
united states 4 pts

the bronze medalists of last copa America disappointed massively, while a shock win against Italy allows china to become the first Asian nation to qualify for the knockout stages.

KNOCKOUT STAGES AT OLYMPIASTADION, BERLIN

QUARTER FINALS

Brazil 0-0 Italy (Italy wins penalty shootout 4-3)
bohemia 1-0 China
Canada 3-2 France extra time
Argentina 6-4 austria extra time

in wild and competitive games, leonidas and newcomer zizinho were shutdown by vittorio pozzo's metodo, while Jaguare and domingos da guia stopped meazza and piola from scoring as the game went to penalties for the first time in world cup history. the Italians would move on after meazza scored following a miss from young zizinho. bohemia would steal china's parked bus, while Maurice Richard would make himself famous worldwide by beating 5 defenders and rounding the french keeper to score the game-winning goal for Canada in extra time. finally,in the highest-scoring game of the whole tournament, the argentines and the wunderteam fired from all directions, with Miguel Angel panto and Jose Manuel Moreno proving the difference for the albiceleste.

SEMI FINALS

Italy 2-1 bohemia extra time
Argentina 2-0 canada

bohemia would be the first team to beat pozzo's metodo by scoring the equaliser at the last minute, but Giuseppe meazza saves Italy's campaign in extra time with his famed dead leaf free kick (sounds like some captain tsubasa shit lol), while Herbert chapman's Canada just couldn't beat the #1 ranked team in the world, with Maurice Richard getting himself red carded for punching Jose Manuel Moreno in retaliation following a shove, which led to a bench-clearing brawl between both sides.

BRONZE MEDAL GAME

Canada 2-0 bohemia

despite rocket Richard being suspended for his altercation, the Canadian team would execute Chapman's W-M tactics perfectly against the bohemians, with herb carnegie and toe Blake's goals bringing the bronze medal to the maple leaf.

FINALS

Argentina 1-2 italy

speaking of perfect game, vittorio pozzo's men delivered an absolute masterclass of counter-attacking football, with Giuseppe meazza and amadei amadei scoring goals on the fast break and the rock solid Italian defense containing Moreno and Herminio Masantonio, the latter scoring the consolation goal for Argentina at the 90th minute as Italy completes the remarkable euro-world cup double! the party in Rome was legendary, with pozzo and meazza welcomed like heroes. shortly after, Giuseppe meazza would announce his retirement from international football.

1942 WORLD CUP WINNERS: ITALY

 

[kinnikuniverse]

RUGBY LEAGUES UPDATES BEDORE THE 1943 RUGBY WORLD CUP
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PART 1: ENGLAND

1930-1931: Harlequins
1931-1932: St. Helens
1932-1933: Salford
1933-1934: Salford
1934-1935: Harlequins
1935-1936: Bath Rugby
1936-1937: Warrington wolves
1937-1938: Leeds carnegie
1938-1939: Salford
1939-1940: harlequins
1940-1941: harlequins
1941-1942: Harlequins
1942-1943: Wigan



PART 2: FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS
1930-1931: Lyon OU (1)
1931-1932: Lyon OU (2)
1932-1933: Lyon OU (3)
1933-1934: Toulouse
1934-1935: toulon
1935-1936: narbonne
1936-1937: vienne
1937-1938: stade bordelais
1938-1939: agen
1939-1940: Toulon
1940-1941: Montferrand (1)
1941-1942: Montferrand (2)
1942-1943: montferrand (3)


PART 3: SPANISH LEAGUE
1930-1931: el salvador
1931-1932: perpinya
1932-1933: perpinya
1933-1934: Biarritz
1934-1935: biarritz
1935-1936: baiona
1936-1937: bizkaia
1937-1938: perpinya
1938-1939: biarritz
1939-1940: Arquiteqtura
1940-1941: atletico San Sebastian
1941-1942: Biarritz
1942-1943: Baiona

PART 4: ITALIAN lega nazionale Eccellenza
1923-1924: Bagnolese (4)
1924-1925: Fortitudo Roma (2)
1925-1926: S.C Italia (2)
1926-1927: S.C Italia (3)
1927-1928: Bagnolese (5)
1928-1929: Audace Roma (1)
1929-1930: Emilia (1)
1930-1931: Emilia (2)
1931-1932: U.S Milanese (4)
1932-1933: petrarca (3)
1933-1934: Vigor (1)
1934-1935: Bagnolese (6)
1935-1936: Bagnolese (7)
1936-1937: petrarca (4)
1936-1937: U.S Milanese (5)
1937-1938: Fortitudo Roma (3)
1938-1939: U.S Catanese (1)
1939-1940: U.S Catanese (2)
1940-1941: Bagnolese (8)
1941-1942: U.S Milanese (6)
1942-1943: S.C Italia (3)

Up next: The north American and australian rugby scene, then the 1943 rugby world cup!