[4] The typical team of the Club Français which played in 2–3–5, had the likes of Lucien Huteau, Marcel Lambert, Georges Garnier, Gaston Peltier, and captain Eugène Fraysse.

[5] Originally called Stade Vélodrome du Parc des Princes, the stadium was inaugurated in the 16th arrondissement of Paris on 18 July 1897, in front of 7000 people.

[1] Even though admission was cheap, the dry cold of those days, the formidable competition presented by skating, the fatigue of Christmas, and the family obligations of those festive days resulted in a rather meager audience of just 500 people,[1] including a few sports journalists, such as Paul Champ of Le Vélo, Paul Puy and Moignard of the New York Herald, Leclercq of La Presse, and Adolphe de Pallissaux of Le Journal des sports.

[1] Other notable figures who attend the game were Pinto de Avanjo, Martell, Guillois, the Bontonneau brothers, every USFSA personality linked to football,[1] and the director of the newly founded stadium, Henri Desgrange, who was a former racing cyclist and founder of the infamous cycling magazine L'Auto.

[1] The Ramblers start to play with more cohesion and H. F. Roques threatened the French camp, but Français' goalkeeper Lucien Huteau saved the shot.

[1] With 15 minutes to go, Codman, the captain of the Ramblers team, scored his side's second goal, which demoralized Club Français: Huteau, until then impeccable, lost all composure; Laisné, who was somewhat bruised by a fall, stopped chasing down his ball; and Fraysse was still stunned.

[2] After the match, former Rugby union player Adolphe de Pallissaux and journalist of the Le Journal des sports rushed to some of his countrymen to find out their opinions on the result of the game, with the desolated Huteau stating that "Marshall single-handedly brought about the victory of our adversaries!