Voices to change formation date
Tonight, AIK and Djurgården could stop being the oldest football clubs in Stockholm.
If all goes as it seems, Hammarby will vote on a new date for its formation.
The VIP Association becomes eight years older.
For a long time, Hammarby sold sweaters with the year 1897 to celebrate its history and origins. If the incorporation is timed right, the club will be 125 this season.
But no anniversary celebrations have been arranged, and there are no dates for when Hammarby was formed on the alleged new merchandise. There is a reason for that.
Through extensive research, hobby historian Benjamin Thorin has found evidence that the Alliance Federation today is a continuation of the Hammarby Rowing Society, which was formed in 1889. A protocol from 1897—when the athletics department began, and which is still valid as the date of birth—provides for an amendment Protocol member re-elected.
In other words, that the activities of the rowing club continued, and that what happened in 1897 was just a name change.
– I am 100 percent sure that a new association will not be formed. It’s crystal clear, says Gabriel Gemmell.
New words in the platform
Member Gemmel took up the issue for a few months in 2019, which led to a proposal being submitted to the FA. After extensive investigation, the issue reached the Confederation Consortium, where all nineteen divisions at an annual meeting tonight will vote on a change to the statutes.
DN was the first to talk about the potential difference: from “Today’s Hammarby Idrottsförening (HIF) (originally founded on March 7, 1897)” to “Hammarby Idrottsförening (HIF), originally founded in 1889, renamed to its present name on March 7 , 1897”.
Gabriel Gemmell, who has been in the stands and has followed the men’s soccer team since 1982, is convinced the change will pass.
– I asked the Chairman and other representatives about the subsidiary associations and I think more than two-thirds of them say yes, and that is what is required, he says.
“I can feel a little difficult”
Why is this loaded in Stockholm football?
– Or why it was loaded in Hamrabi? Previously, 99.9 percent of all people lived on the absolute belief that the club was founded on March 7, 1897, but this is not really true. It can obviously feel weird and a little hard to change.
The change will also make Hammarby IF older than Djurgården and AIK which was formed in 1891.
– yes. But our biggest sub-confederation is football and it didn’t start until 1915, so we’re not the biggest out there. It’s been kayaking from the start and everyone at Hammarby is proud of our kayaking origins.