Game of three halves
 The game took place at Sunderland's Newcastle Road ground, depicted in this painting from 1895. | |||||||
| Event | 1894–95 Football League | ||||||
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| Date | 1 September 1894 | ||||||
| Referee | John Conqueror, Tom Kirkham | ||||||
| Attendance | 9,000 | ||||||
The "Game of three halves" was a football match played between Sunderland and Derby County on the opening day of the 1894–95 English football season.
Derby had travelled to Sunderland on 1 September for their first round fixture in the new First Division season, but as the nominated referee, Tom Kirkham, was running late, the game started with a replacement referee, John Conqueror, in charge.
After 45 minutes play, with Sunderland leading 3–0, Kirkham arrived and, "to the surprise of everyone", ordered that the game be restarted from scratch.[1][2]
Two more halves followed, thus allowing three halves to be played, but the decision to start the match again did not help Derby. They conceded three further goals in the "second half" and five goals in the "third half" to officially lose the match 8–0.[3]
Details
[edit | edit source]1st half
[edit | edit source]| Sunderland | 3–0 | Derby County |
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| Millar Campbell File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Hannah File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Hyslop File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' |
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2nd half and 3rd half
[edit | edit source]| Sunderland | 8–0 | Derby County |
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| Hannah File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Millar Campbell File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', 30', ?', ?' Hyslop File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?' Gillespie File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' |
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References
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