[4] Reeves was the undisputed leader and fundamental head behind the club's foundation and management, and likewise, upon his departure in the autumn of 1895, this society, which was never officially established, soon declined and seems to disappear around 1896.

[5][6] He brought a football ball from London with him, and on Sunday mornings, he would teach his three sons, Samuel, Enrique (Henry) and Miguel (Júnior), the practice of football, a sport practically unknown in the city at the time, thus taking them to the outskirts of the city, preferably in Can Tunis (Casa Antúnez), in some fields adjacent to the Hippodrome of Can Tunis (then known as the hippodrome of Marina de Sants), due to being a lonely place free of onlookers and rowdies.

[7] Known in Catalonia as Jaime Morris, he and his oldest son Samuel were members of the British Club de Barcelona,[5] located on La Rambla dels Capuchins, no.

[3] Under the umbrella of the British Club of La Rambla, the cricketers began meeting in Can Tunis in a field located between the hippodrome and the Civil Arsenal,[3][8] not too far from where the Morris brothers had learned to play the game with their father.

[1][8] A few enthusiastic young English people organized football games every holiday day at the hippodrome of this city, counting on the valuable collaboration of other Spanish sportsmen, mostly members of the real local regatta clubs.

[4] A whole team from the Club de Regatas –then the most important athletic society among us– arrived by sea, in a canoe, to deal with the English, with whom they played for three months.

Although the British colony of Barcelona had a large presence in the city, finding 22 individuals (plus the referee) was not an easy task, given that the expatriates came to work and many of them had positions of responsibility.

[3] It was not until the end of 1892 (the winter), after months of hard work, that Reeves managed to gather enough individuals to assemble two teams, although in the vast majority of matches, they did not complete the 11 per side.

[3] This group of football pioneers was made up of the British cricket players of the Barcelona Cricket Club, such as the Morris, Wood, Dumsday, Richardson, Beaty-Pownall and MacAndrews;[3] the British, Catalan and French members of the Club Regatas de Barcelona, such as Ubaldo Noble and Lockie; Figueras, Tuñi and Serra; Chofre, Daunt and Georges Dagnière; and some other figures from unknown whereabouts such as Jorge Barrié, Henry W. Brown, Park, and George Cochran.

[3] This was their first meeting documented in the press as the local newspaper La Dinastía reported on the Christmas Eve that "the partners from the Real Club de Regatas have organized a game of foot-ball, which they will play at eight in the morning on Sunday(25)".

[1][2][4] Josep Elías i Juncosa, who played for FC Barcelona between 1900 and 1903, recalled having witnessed matches at the Can Tunis Hippodrome between the English and the members of the Club de Regatas for three months.

[5][6] Years later, in 1906, Joaquim Escardó of Los Deportes published a photogravure of the 22 footballers that played that match, plus the referee and Miguel Morris.

Their conflict spread to the rest of the club's members, which caused the entity to split into two groups, one led by Reeves and the other by Cochran, Wood, and MacAndrews.

[4] The activity of the SF de Barcelona continued with intensity and news gave reports of several training sessions to prepare for future matches against the Torelló team.

[2] Barcelona played with the same team except for three changes, replacing defenders Fallon and Wilson with Richardson and Quiney, and midfielder Barrié with Heather.

[4] With a capacity of 3,000, Bonanova was seen completely full on both occasions with the public being interested in the affair as if it was well known to most of them, and after the games were over, the attendees left the venue enthusiastic and satisfied, and with some of the young spectators dedicating themselves to rehearsing some passes and hits with the ball, thus demonstrating the pleasure with which they had witnessed it.

[1] Coinciding with the closure of the Barcelona Waterworks Company Ltd, James Reeves returned to the United Kingdom in November of 1895, leaving the club orphaned in its management.

[6] The Parsons brothers, John and William, played a vital role in the return of football to the Catalan capital, as they were involved in the foundation of both teams.

[5] These two sides merged on 13 December 1899, just two weeks after Barça was founded, which meant a big leap in quality for the club, and as a result, Barcelona became one of the strongest teams in Catalonia at the turn of the century.

Some of these figures even become part of Barça's board of directors with John Parsons becoming the vice-president of the club while his brother William was appointed as the new vice-captain of the team behind Joan Gamper.