The 1900 Coupe Manier was the 5th tournament of the

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, a French national football cup restricted to clubs fielding no more than three foreign players. The competition was held in a knock-out format on

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between 14 October and 23 December, and it was contested by 6 Parisian clubs, being won by

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after beating UA I arrondissement 1–0 in the final at

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, 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 . 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. In the semifinals, which were held the following week on 21 October, UA I arrondissement defeated Paris Star in a thrilling 4–3 clash. 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. 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. Due to the absence of Laisné, CF played the entire first half with just 10 men; fortunately, at half-time,

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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. His long period of inactivity had naturally hindered his skills, thus only being able to play as

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, which forced

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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

Quarter-finals

Semi-final

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Final

References