[4] A stadium was built for the international exhibition, which was located on the current Boulevard du Général de Gaulle [fr] in the commune of Croix.

[4] On 11 April 1911, the French newspaper L'Auto (the future L'Équipe) announced the football program for the inauguration of the Stade de l'Exposition de Roubaix (Stadium of the Roubaix exhibition) on 7 May, which was composed of two matches, the final of the USFSA Military Association Championship, and a friendly between the representative team of Northern France and the amateur team of Wales, but they changed plans within a few days and had to be replaced by a club from the AFA, which turned out to be Old Malvernians.

[1][7] Interesting, Bohemia played this game in Slavia Prague jerseys, winning 6–1, thanks to braces from Jan Košek, Václav Pilát, and Otto Bohata.

[1] The Bohemian team, coached by Johnny Madden, was made up largely of players taken from the club Slavia Prague, such as goalkeeper Karel Pimmer; defender Richard Veselý, midfielders František Rosmaisl and Emmanuel Benda; and forwards Miroslav Široký, Pilát, and Bohata, captained by main star Jan Košek.

[1] The French A team was made up mainly of players from Parisian clubs (Racing Club de France, Stade Français, USA Clichy, AS Française), such as goalkeeper Guy De Gastyne; defenders Victor Denis and Auguste Schalbart, and midfielders Émile Sartorius and Alphonse Nicol (captain), even though the attacking line was composed of players from Olympique Lillois: Carlos Bacrot, Paul Chandelier, Paul Voyeux, and Albert Eloy.

[1][4] The team of Northern France was made up largely of players from US Tourquennoise, Stade Roubaisien, Racing Club de Roubaix, such as goalkeeper Albert Parsys, defender Gabriel Hanot, and forward Raymond Dubly, to which was added the attacking line of Olympique Lillois, whose players were also retained in the first French team (Eloy, Bacrot, Chandelier, and Voyeux).

[4] The hosts France had been the laughing stock of the continent ever since the 1908 Olympics because, after a 2–1 win against Switzerland in March 1908, they went winless for more than three years and a half, in which they played fifteen matches, drawing one and losing the remainder, scoring 13 goals and conceding exactly 100.

[4] The French tried to equalize straight away through an attempt by Nicol, but Bohemia's keeper Pimmer intervened and on his restart, Košek, although marked from close range, doubled the lead.