VIENNA (AFP) Vienna til I die! chanted the fans, in accented English, at a recent rainy match, testament to the British roots of Austrias oldest soccer club: the once-mighty First Vienna FC 1894.
But while the few hundred diehard supporters give it their all week in week out, the now dilapidated terraces of what was once continental Europes biggest stadium may soon fall silent for ever.
The club began with gardeners working for Nathaniel Anselm von Rothschild, grandson of the founder of the banking dynasty, who brought the game with them from Britain. To save his flowerbeds from their ball game, he gave the first players a nearby pasture, as well as the blue and yellow uniform, worn by players to …
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