How Switzerland became a footballing nation

The Swiss Football Association was founded on April 7, 1895. But football actually became popular in Switzerland some time before that and can be attributed to the country’s strong international links in the 19th century. People from Bern are very attached to their home city and proud of their famous dialect. It is therefore all the more strange that Bern’s football team has an English name: Young Boys (YB). And the motto “Young Boys forever” can be found in various places around the YB’s home ground, Wankdorf Stadium. Does this sound like a modern English marketing slogan? Not at all. From the very beginning, the motto was always an important part of Wankdorf Stadium. Since then, it’s been all about the yellow and blacks for eternity. But in fact this is a (love) story that goes back to way before the stadium's construction. To another century in fact. The slogan was invented by members when the club was set up in 1898 and is used by the Young Boys to this day. But why of all...