Denmark, Athens, and the Final That Ended at Half-Time

OTD E0175 — 24 Apr 1906: A Danish XI won the football final at the Athens Intercalated Games after the hosts refused to return for the second half, trailing 9-0. This episode traces the strange status of the 1906 Olympics, the pre-national-team era of Olympic football, Carl Andersen’s privately assembled Copenhagen-based Danish side, the tiny four-team tournament, and why this odd final helped point the game toward the far more formal Olympic tournament of 1908.Ideas: [email protected]