Football was introduced to Madrid by the professors and students of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. They included several Oxbridge graduates. In 1895 they founded the club Football Sky, playing on Sunday mornings at Moncloa. In 1900 this club split into two different clubs New Foot-Ball de Madrid and Español de Madrid. The president of the latter club was Julián Palacios. In 1902 the latter club split again, resulting in the formation of Madrid FC on March 6, 1902. The first president was the Catalan Juan Padrós Rubió; the first secretary was Manuel Mendía; and the first treasurer was José de Gorostizaga. Juan Padrós Rubió would be later succeeded by his brother, Carlos Padrós.

The first field the team played in was situated between a racecourse and a bullfight arena. The first coach was the Englishman Arthur Johnson who started his work on the 22nd of March 1902. Already on the 15th of April the team played for the first time in the Spanish Cup. The team at this time trained and played under very modest conditions. Still the club collected its first trophies during 1904 and 1908 when the team won 4 Spanish Cups (Copa del Rey, the oldest football club tournament, since 1901) in a row.

The first official stadium of the club was built in 1912, situated in the O'Donnell street. It was the first stadium in Spain with its own fence. In the same year a 17-year-young striker debuted in the first team who joined the club in 1909 at only 14 years old until his death in 1978. A man who left his mark on the club like no other: Santiago Bernabeu.

The King Alfonso XIII was a regular visitor of the games and conferred the royal title Real (Spanish for Royal) on Madrid Futbol Club on the 29th of June 1920. From that time the club has been called Real Madrid.

wtf with him?
why anti RM ?
they are good team anyway. win La Liga twice in a row.

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Added on June 21, 2008, 10:23 pmshenshenshen. dont blame arsenal.
he may not be arsenal fan i think. just stoopid  football fans.

So fast, another new thread ?

Hala Madrid! (eagerly awaiting Ronaldo's press conference) 

You guys rather sacrifice Sneijder for Ronaldo? 

God for the last time I seriously dunno where u get this shit from. The Sun? Yeah. Great source
Sneijder is not for sale and he doesn't want to leave the club. If there's anyone we would sell to get some cash it would be Robinho.

Chill Verx, Robinho aint performing well at RM? Sorry didn follow La Liga much.

I'm not sure whether United wants Robinho or not. Huhu, my take is I don't want him at United. Rather have Ramos or maybe Casillas?  One can only dream ...

I'm not sure whether United wants Robinho or not. Huhu, my take is I don't want him at United. Rather have Ramos or maybe Casillas?  One can only dream ...

Robinho performed well in the 1st half of the season before his injury. The reason why we're considering selling him is because he has a high market value compared to our other players. It wouldn't make much financial sense to sell Sneijder just one year into his Madrid career when we spent 27 mil on him already.
We don't have to sell to United. We can easily sell him to another club and pay full for Ronaldo. It doesn't make a diff to me. Ramos and Casillas? Haha. Good luck with that

Yeah, definitely one can only dream..i totally agreed with that

btw, new thread, new spirit, new ambition, new player    cant wait for the new season

And that means you might have to pay around £80million for Ronaldo for the deal to go through? Hey, I would be glad if United can get around that amount of money for Ronaldo. Some even said that Ronaldo is worth around £100million? 

And that means you might have to pay around £80million for Ronaldo for the deal to go through? Hey, I would be glad if United can get around that amount of money for Ronaldo. Some even said that Ronaldo is worth around £100million? 
What a bull from The Sun. Haha. 

again, one can only dream

David Villa admits he would consider leaving Valencia, if the Primera Liga side agreed to sell him.
The Spaniard has become one of the most-wanted strikers in Europe following his goalscoring exploits at Euro 2008 and Chelsea, Tottenham, Real Madrid and Barcelona are all thought to be considering summer bids.

casillas was cool! ramos was solid against toni! well done espanyol!

IF Villa and Ronaldo does join RM, what number they're gonna wear? Both wore no.7 right now and Raul is still playing for another few more seasons. 

Think bout this, two of the best performers + Madrid cantera heroes + remaining players in one squad.. Sounds to me we going to that same old galacticos shit again.. The player's egos will mount in the dressing room.. Surely that's not what Senor Calderon is looking for..

The Galactico project didn't fail unlike Barca's current Galactico project which failed because there were too many huge egos to please. We simply had the Zidanes and Pavons problem, half the team made of superstars and the other half of nobody's. There needs to be balance which we do have now. Ronaldo will fit in quite nicely.

And we will not get Villa as there is only enough money to buy Ronaldo. We are taking a gamble with a single world class striker in RVN. Let's hope Saviola who is quickly becoming the forgotten man will step up next season.

dude...80 million we can buy many players.........wonder why shud we stuck with ronaldo.....( i dun mind him coming but its the amount of money tats worrying me)..............................

The Galactico project didn't fail unlike Barca's current Galactico project which failed because there were too many huge egos to please. We simply had the Zidanes and Pavons problem, half the team made of superstars and the other half of nobody's. There needs to be balance which we do have now. Ronaldo will fit in quite nicely.

And we will not get Villa as there is only enough money to buy Ronaldo. We are taking a gamble with a single world class striker in RVN. Let's hope Saviola who is quickly becoming the forgotten man will step up next season.

How the hell you don't take Galacticos as a failure.. Yes we won several cups at the beginning but at that moment we're the greatest with some of the world class players together.. It was until Zidane that we are invincibles but after that it's beginning to fade away.. All those glories are the topic of yesteryear and now people will only recall madrid's name in the summer because we have the tradition of making the most shocking summer transfers..

We have a squad that have a very tight bond.. With Ronaldo introduced in the squad, the bonding will fade away when Ronaldo cast his ego spell in each and every heart of Madrid's player.. Sooner or later it'll be like the second successive self destruction plan and we Madridistas continue being frustrated with another god knows how many years of cup drought..
But on the other hand, he can help us win titles, that's for sure but that doesn't indicate that he's the only one that can land us titles.. Any other superstar also can do that, just to be left out of this topic only because lack of publicity.. Before Russia knock out Holland from the quarter finals, how many people do you think knows the name Arshavin? He's the perfect example of my explanation here.. Now everybody wish to have him in their squad..

It was a failed project imo. The only thing it succeeded was to put us on another level in terms of global recognition. Although we did win trophies for the first few years, as Fiorentino continued on with his project, the more the club deviated from its ideals and you could see the team lose its way so to speak.

How the hell you don't take Galacticos as a failure.. Yes we won several cups at the beginning but at that moment we're the greatest with some of the world class players together.. It was until Zidane that we are invincibles but after that it's beginning to fade away.. All those glories are the topic of yesteryear and now people will only recall madrid's name in the summer because we have the tradition of making the most shocking summer transfers..

We have a squad that have a very tight bond.. With Ronaldo introduced in the squad, the bonding will fade away when Ronaldo cast his ego spell in each and every heart of Madrid's player.. Sooner or later it'll be like the second successive self destruction plan and we Madridistas continue being frustrated with another god knows how many years of cup drought..
But on the other hand, he can help us win titles, that's for sure but that doesn't indicate that he's the only one that can land us titles.. Any other superstar also can do that, just to be left out of this topic only because lack of publicity.. Before Russia knock out Holland from the quarter finals, how many people do you think knows the name Arshavin? He's the perfect example of my explanation here.. Now everybody wish to have him in their squad..

I don't see why Ronaldo's ego would destroy the team as a unit. He is very professional as a player and he trains as hard as the best of them. Raul will definitely approve of his work ethic for instance. Besides all great players have big egos. There's no exception to the rule.

You don't see why? Let say all our midfielders and wingers are in top form and some of them have to sit on the bench for a long time just because we depend too much on Ronaldo, you think our dressing room will be the same like now? It's not a big if.. Things did happen to us when Figo wants his position back but Madrid decided to let Beckham play almost all the game which by the way led Figo's departure.. Another thing is Ronaldo is a very hardworker and never seems to be easily satisfied with his achievement even his development is almost down to perfection.. So he will never let his place robbed by somebody like Robben or Robinho(if he stays with us).. Some players will back those two and our management and the other half of players will back ronaldo.. So things will turn from heaven to hell sooner or later.. It's not a big "if" I'm talking about.. This is a fact that will happen to any clubs that that holds many star players..