this government team The Alicante City Council, consisting of the Partido Popular and Ciudadanos, on Monday announced that the rest of the municipal political groups “unanimous support” and with it, “I pay my respects to Hercules Football Club and its professionals to celebrate its centennial, representing your city and becoming a flag and pride for all Alicante”.
this corporate statement There are two agreements for the public to attend the commemoration of the entire general assembly unconditional In the club’s 100-year history, the blue-and-white team “It is the legacy of the city where he was born.” At the same time “all people and professionals who, for some reason, was connected with him”.
in the article defended by luis barcalaMayor reminds me founding success reminding that the enthusiasm and determination of some children from Alicante led by Chaplain of Llosa Alfosea Vicente (1902–39), better known ‘Anchor’, football fan, played this sport with a rag ball for the old Alicante. Specifically, many of these early matches took place around the Plaza de Calvo Sotelo today”.
Although the Hercules Club de Fútbol was made regular in 1922, there is evidence of its existence since at least 1919When he participated in the Excelsior Cup organized by the Sports Association of the same name.
A group of friends, led by Vicente Pastor, trained in the Montañeta area and the open spaces of the current Plaza de Los Luceros and decided to start a company.
In the late 1910s, the text was “a group of friends”. directed by Vicente Pastor, received training in the field. Montaneta and in the openings of the existing plaza de Luceros and decided to form a partnership. The name chosen to name him was ‘Hercules’, as he was a strong and invincible man and features Vicente Pastor would like to see again in their team. Initially, the club’s uniform was a red and white t-shirt, black trousers and socks of the same color, colors also found in the founding emblem. was in 1928 when the club’s jersey changed to blue-white stripes and black trousers”, colors preserved today.
► People and professionals
The description highlights the “great work” of the first Hercules heads: angel perez (1921-1922), Jose Masia Enebra (1922-1923), Alberto Miso Ferrandiz (1923-1925), Jose Olmos (1925), Juan Carratala (1925-1926), Enrique Arlandiz (1926-1928), Heliodoro Garcia (1928-1929), Eduardo Campos from Spain (1929-1930), etc. “There is no doubt that without their hard work and dedication in their early years, Hercules wouldn’t be the team we know today. We offer our deepest gratitude and congratulations to all of them,” he says.
According to the document the mayor defended in his early years, “Hercules was a modest club that didn’t have its own court., but the quality of its players went unnoticed by the big Alicante sports companies. Thus, in detail, “The main football players of Herculaneum in November 1920 Fine Arts Circle Sports Group, next to Swimming Club They were the two strongest clubs of that time. However, those of Vicente Pastor reshaped themselves and decided to regularize as a society as a first step towards federation. On September 18, 1922, a commission headed by José Masiá prepared the statutes, which were approved by the civil governor on October 20 of the same year.
► Bardin Stadium
From those early dawns, sporting achievements did not take long to come, and therefore, 1930Conquered the Spanish amateur football championship. His strength and achievements Construction permitted in 1932, the magnificent Bardín stadium, which has placed the city at the forefront of the national sport. It was an architectural landmark in its time and an exemplary facility admired by all Spanish sport.
In it, Hercules received his first promotion to the highest category of the year 1935already in the next season, which is nothing less than the sixth qualifying position in the League and the semi-final of the Spanish Cup, hosting the blue and white club until this year 1954.
► A Primera and Rico Pérez
Since then, they 20 seasons in which the blue and white club played in the highest category national, the best and longest stage in the First Division, achieving in the 70s. It was precisely the splendor of those years that allowed the construction of the stadium. José Rico PerezIt was opened on 3 August 1974 with a friendly match between Hércules Club de Fútbol and FC Barcelona. The stadium was named after the head of the team from 1971 to 1984, as he was the organizer of its construction.
► World Cup center
Owning this huge stadium made it possible for Alicante to be chosen in Spain as the venue for the World Cup held in Spain. 1982Thus, during the event in question, it presented a magnificent international showcase to our city and welcomed the Argentine Selection. MaradonaWorld Champion in 1978.
► Sports milestones
If we talk about sporting achievements, the Herculaneum team 13 promotions (8 to First and 5 to Second). The first two of these figures were obtained as follows: Manuel Suarez. On his record, in addition to 5 group titles in the Third Division, he has 3 Second Division national titles (1934-35, 1965-66 (Gr. II), 1995-96) and 7 Second Division runners-up, and if he is also City of Alicante, Winner in various friendly tournaments such as Costa Blanca, silver caravelor the City of Alcoy, among others.
Hercules was born from the enthusiasm and determination of some children from Alicante led by Vicente Pastor de la Llosa Alfosea (1902-39), better known as ‘Chepa’.
Finally, the corporate statement, for all highlights from Alicante City Council, “we want to commemorate the team’s 100-year history. It is undeniable that Hercules Club de Fútbol has enlivened and represented Alicante society for a century. and over time it became a flag and pride for all of Alicante. Today, one hundred years after its incorporation into the Levantine Football Federation as a club, we can say without hesitation that Alicante is a legacy and its name is inextricably linked with the city of its birth. Male Hercules!” ends.