Therefore, we pay the highest appreciation to the young club, that has to make significant sacrifices in order to achieve this aim.
After the heated fight between the two teams, the guests were entertained and then accompanied by the hosts to an evening drink and finally to the train station.
Over a dozen members gathered at the train station in Basel to accompany the guests through the city and to have a "morning pint" before the match.
As in Zürich two weeks earlier, in Basel too, after the game they treated themselves to a dinner and the opponents were also accompanied back to the train station.
At the end of this season the Swiss Football Association (ASF-SFV) was founded, FC Basel was founder member.
He played his last match for the team in the home game in the Landhof on 24 October 1897 as Basel won 7–0 against Biel-Bienne.