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156:, had seen the new football game. The brothers placed an advertisement in the 12 November 1893 edition of the Basler national newspaper, requesting that a football team be formed and that anyone who wished to join should meet up the following Wednesday at 8:15 in the restaurant Schuhmachern-Zunft. Eleven men attended the meeting, generally from the academic community, founding Football Club Basel on 15 November 1893.
203:"They really deserve credit for daring to travel so far, despite their short existence. Our colleagues in Basel have the same principles as we do. They believe that one can only learn the game properly by playing many matches and possibly suffering defeats. Therefore, we express our highest appreciation for the young club, who have to make significant sacrifices in order to achieve this aim."
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Geldner trained with the team and the club's first football match was held on 10 December against the football team of the club RTV/RealschĂĽler-Turnverein, a secondary school student gymnastics club. Geldner and both his brothers played in this match, which FCB won two goals to nil. Teammate
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