[4] They might even have belonged to the group of football enthusiasts led by Jaime Vila that formed the club in a meeting held at the Tolosa gym, although this assumption remains unconfirmed.
[4] Català was soon followed by Joan Gamper's FC Barcelona, who was suffering from a lack of players for their debut; in the end, his brother José played for Barça, the club's first-ever match.
[2][4] This became a running theme in their careers as Català and Barcelona kept joining the best players of each team in their next few matches, and José was always selected while Fermín never made it to the starting eleven of any of these mixed teams, and indeed, it was only with an "unmixed" Català FC side that he finally managed to make his debut on 28 January 1900, playing as a forward alongside his brother, who played as a goalkeeper in an eventual 0–6 loss.
[6] Together with Green and Carlos Soley, Lomba played in the first-ever match of Team Rojo on 24 May against FC Barcelona, which ended in a 2–1 loss.
[9] Together with Green, Soley, and the Morris brothers (Samuel and Enrique), Lomba was part of the Hispania team that become the very first Spanish club to win an official title, being a solid physical presence in the midfield and starting in the decisive match against Barça on 14 April 1901, in which he played a crucial role in helping his side held a 1–1 draw.