1900 Coupe Manier
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|title = Coupe Manier
|year = 1900
|dates = {{nowrap|14 October – 23 December}}
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|country = France
|num_teams = 6
|winners = Club Français
|count = 5
|second = UA I arrondissement
|matches = 6
|goals = 23
|scoring_leader =
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|prev_season = 1899
|next_season = 1901
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The 1900 Coupe Manier was the 5th tournament of the Coupe Manier, a French national football cup restricted to clubs fielding no more than three foreign players.{{Cite web |url=https://www.football-the-story.com/coupe-manier |title=Coupe Manier - L'histoire des légendes du football |trans-title=Manier Cup - The story of football legends |language=fr |website=www.football-the-story.com |date=20 May 2020 |accessdate=20 March 2024 }}
The competition was held in a knock-out format on the road between 14 October and 23 December, and it was contested by 6 Parisian clubs, being won by Club Français after beating UA I arrondissement 1–0 in the final at Joinville-le-Pont, who thus won its fifth title in the competition.
Tournament
The six participants were Nationale de Saint-Mandé, Club Français, AS Française, Gallia Club, UA I arrondissement, and Paris Star, whose president, Mr. Manier, had created the competition in 1897. Due to being the founders of the tournament, Paris Star received a bye to the semifinals, just as Club Français, who got the bye due to being the reigning champions of the {{ill|Championnat de Paris|fr|Championnat de Paris de football (USFSA)}}. In the preliminary rounds, which were held on 14 October, UA I arrondissement trashed Gallia 7–1, while Saint-Mandé defeated AS Française 4–1.{{Cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3498032g/f2.image.r=manier%20gallia?rk=407727;2 |title=La Coupe Manier |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=Le Vélo |date=15 October 1900 |accessdate=20 March 2024 }}
In the semifinals, which were held the following week on 21 October, UA I arrondissement defeated Paris Star in a thrilling 4–3 clash.{{Cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624287n/f2.item.zoom |title=La Coupe Manier |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |date=22 October 1900 |accessdate=20 March 2024 }} Club Français was at the peak of its golden age which won two consecutive Paris Championships in 1899 and 1900, but Saint-Mandé strongly contested their bid for supremacy and managed to hold them to a goalless draw, which forced a replay that was played two months later on 16 December, in which Club Français confirmed their favoritism with a 4–0 win.{{Cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624343t/f3.item.zoom |title=La Coupe Manier |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |date=17 December 1900 |accessdate=20 March 2024 }}
The final began an hour late because the Association Football Commission had forgotten to appoint a referee; fortunately, the former Club Français player Jack Wood, who was used to refereeing, offered himself up to the task.{{Cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624350z/f3.item.zoom |title=La Coupe Manier |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |date=24 December 1900 |accessdate=20 March 2024 }} Due to the absence of Laisné, CF played the entire first half with just 10 men; fortunately, at half-time, Gaston Peltier managed to discover a former CF player among the many spectators, Ernest Weber, who was described in the press as "ancient" not because of his age, since he was still only 23, but because he had not played a single match for at least three years, since 1897.{{Cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624350z/f3.item.zoom |title=La Coupe Manier |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |date=24 December 1900 |access-date=12 November 2024 |archive-date=13 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113190101/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624350z/f3.item.zoom |url-status=live }} His long period of inactivity had naturally hindered his skills, thus only being able to play as goalkeeper, which forced Lucien Huteau to play the second half as a right winger, from where he helped his side to a 1–0 victory, in a match that ended in the growing darkness.
= Results =
{{#invoke:RoundN|N8
|3rdplace=no|widescore=yes
| | Paris Star || bye |
| 14 October - Bois de Vincennes | UA I arrondissement | 7 | Gallia Club | 1
| 14 October - Fontenay-sous-Bois | Nationale de Saint-Mandé | 4 | AS Française | 1
| | Club Français || bye |
| 21 October - Pierrefitte-sur-Seine | Paris Star | 1 |UA I arrondissement | 4
| 21 October - ? | Club Français |0(4) | Nationale de Saint-Mandé | 0(0)
| 23 December – Joinville-le-Pont | Club Français | 1 | UA I arrondissement | 0
}}
=Quarter-finals=
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|date = 14 October 1900
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|team1 = UA I arrondissement
|score = 7 – 1
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|team2 = Gallia Club
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|location = Bois de Vincennes
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|referee = Mr. Friou
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{{football box
|date = 14 October 1900
|time =
|team1 = Nationale de Saint-Mandé
|score = 4 – 1
|report = [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3498032g/f2.image.r=manier%20gallia?rk=407727;2 Report]
|team2 = AS Française
|goals1 = Holbrook {{goal}}
C. Bilot {{goal}}
G. Bilot {{goal}}{{goal}}
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|stadium = Velòdrom Parc de Sports
|location = Barcelona
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=Semi-final=
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|date = 21 October 1900
|time = 15:55
|team1 = Paris Star
|score = 1 – 4
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|team2 = UA I arrondissement
|goals1 = Begis {{goal}}
|goals2 = Coletta {{goal}}
Juery {{goal}}
Polès {{goal}}
H. Delolme {{goal}}
|stadium = Paris Star grounds
|location = Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
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|date = 21 October 1900
|time =
|team1 = Club Français
|score = 0 – 0
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|team2 = Nationale de Saint-Mandé
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|referee = Mr Lancett
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{{football box
|date = 16 December 1900
|time =
|team1 = Club Français
|score = 4 – 0
|report = [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624343t/f3.item.zoom Report]
|team2 = Nationale de Saint-Mandé
|goals1 = ? {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}
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|attendance =
|referee = Mr Moignard
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=Final=
{{football box
|date = 23 December 1900
|time =
|team1 = Club Français
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624350z/f3.item.zoom Report]
|team2 = UA I arrondissement
|goals1 = G. Peltier {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = Joinville-le-Pont
|attendance =
|referee = Jack Wood
}}