Reforma Athletic Club
The Reforma Athletic Club is a sports club that was founded on March 20, 1894 by three Englishmen living in Mexico as a tennis and cricket club. The club colors were blue and white. At the turn of the century, the club was expanded to include a football department .
history
The club, which was originally based in Mexico City , was named after the main shopping street, the Paseo de la Reforma , where the club's first premises were located. Since 1962 the RAC has resided in the suburb of Naucalpan de Juárez, northwest of the Mexican capital, on a 19 hectare property with 3 soccer fields, 20 tennis courts and other sports facilities. The English tradition of the club and its high standards are underpinned, among other things, by the fact that the English national team had their quarters here during the football world championships in 1970 and 1986 .
The Reforma AC was one of the five founding members of the first national soccer league in Mexico, which was first played as an amateur event under the name Liga Mayor or Primera Fuerza in the 1902/03 season. The club also made the most successful soccer team in Mexico before the First World War. From 1906 to 1912 the RAC won the Mexican football championship practically single-handedly. Only in 1908 the British FC managed to break through the former supremacy of Reforma AC. At the end of the 1914/15 season, the Reforma Athletic Club withdrew from the operation of this league in order to later only play one-year guest appearances at the extended special tournament of the 1921/22 season and the regular 1923/24 season.
The Liga Interclubes de Fútbol Soccer Amateur , one of the most important amateur soccer leagues in the metropolitan area of Mexico City , was established in 1948 under the main leadership of the RAC . His football teams are still involved in this and the Liga Española de Fútbol de México , founded in 1954 .
successes
Mexican champion : 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912
Mexican cup winner : 1909, 1910
Great personalities
- Robert J. Blackmore (brought the first proper balls and football rules to Mexico)
- Percy C. Clifford (Founder of the Football Division)
- Thomas R. Phillips (founding member and most successful coach in the club's history)
The master teams of the RAC
| No. | Playtime | Champions team | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1905/06 | MS Turner; Robert J. Blackmore , Charles Blackmore, Charles M. Butlin , Ebenezer Johnson, Ted Bourchier, PM Bennett, CD Gibson, Vicente Etchegaray, Julio Lacaud , Robert Lock, TR Phillips | TR Phillips |
| 2 | 1906/07 | MS Turner; Robert J. Blackmore , Charles Blackmore, Charles M. Butlin , Ebenezer Johnson, Ted Bourchier, PM Bennett, CD Gibson, Vicente Etchegaray, Julio Lacaud , Robert Lock, TR Phillips , Raymond Penny | TR Phillips |
| 3 | 1908/09 | MS Turner; Robert J. Blackmore , Ted Bourchier, Charles M. Butlin , Jack Ratkling, Joseph T. Bennett, Ebenezer Johnson, Vicente Etchegaray, Jorge Parada , Robert Lock, Julio Lacaud , TR Phillips , SJ Patton | TR Phillips |
| 4th | 1909/10 | Harold N. Branch; Albert P. Fox, Hillary Stevens, DM Sharp, Albert W. Woodrow, Robert J. Blackmore , Charles M. Butlin , Harold Payne, Herbert Sturt, H. Whitmore, Ernest Borret | TR Phillips |
| 5 | 1910/11 | Harold N. Branch; Albert P. Fox, Hillary Stevens, Albert W. Woodrow, Robert J. Blackmore , DM Sharp, Charles M. Butlin , Harold Payne, Herbert Sturt, H. Whitmore, Ernest Borret | TR Phillips |
| 6th | 1911/12 | Harold N. Branch; Albert P. Fox, Hillary Stevens, DM Sharp, Albert W. Woodrow, Robert J. Blackmore , Charles M. Butlin , Harold Payne, Herbert Sturt, H. Whitmore, Ernest Borret | TR Phillips |
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Web links
- Official website of the RAC (Spanish)