Hermann Schneider (4 January 1877; date of death unknown) was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel.
Schneider joined the Basel first team during their 1896–97 season, two years before the Swiss Serie A was founded.
Subsequently, the protest was approved and the game awarded - and the disputed goal was simply deducted from the score to give the final result.
Thus the Old Boys became the first forfait winners in Swiss football history and Basel were knocked out of the competition.
[2] The Old Boys advanced to the finals, but the Anglo-American Club Zürich became Swiss champions.
They had found a place to play their games, although the Zurich commons was by no means ideal.
The Anglo American Football Club won the match 10–0, with their center forward Robert Collinson alone scoring 8 goals.
[4] Basel did not compete in the championship the following season, Schneider played in 12 of the team's 16 test games.