EM OUTUBRO DE 1888 REALIZOU-SE NESTE ESPACO A PRIMEIRA DEMONSTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA DO ENTAO NOVO JOGO CHAMADO FOOT-BALL COM OS SEGUINTES JOGADORES JOAO BREGARO JORGE MACHADO DE CASTELO BRANCO EDUARDO ROMERO FRANCISCO ALTE EDUARDO FERREIRA PINTO BASTO FRANCISCO FIGUEIRA SALVADOR FRANCA MANUEL SALEMA, AIRES DE ORNELAS GUILHERME FERREIRA PINTO BASTO CARLOS PINTO BASTO SALVADOR ASSECA ANTÓNIO AVILEZ PEDRO SABUGAL FREDERICO FERREIRA PINTO BASTO SIMÃO DE SOUSA COUTINHO AUGUSTO MOLER VASCO SABUGOSA FRANCISCO AVILEZ HUGO O’NEILL LUIS TRIGOSO FRANCISCO TRIGOSO E FRANCISCO CORREIA DE SAMPAIO DE MELO E CASTRO.

CASCAIS OUTUBRO DE 1968 RECONSTITUICAO DE OUTUBRO DE 1997

The first football match in Portugal was held here (on the mainland, a previous official match took place in 1875 on the island of Madeira). The game was then in its infancy, after its rules were established only in 1848 in England Click for sign's details.

The place where the game took place, which today serves as a garden, was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
IN OCTOBER 1888 THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF THE SO NEW GAME CALLED FOOT-BALL WAS HELD IN THIS SPACE WITH THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS JOAO BREGARO JORGE MACHADO DE CASTELLO BRANCO EDUARDO ROMERO FRANCISCO ALTE EDUARDO FERREIRA PINTO BASTO FRANCISCO FIGUEIRA SALVADOR FRANCE MANUEL SALEMA, AIRES DE ORNELAS GUILHERME FERREIRA PINTO BASTO CARLOS PINTO BASTO SALVADOR ASSECA ANTÓNIO AVILEZ PEDRO SABUGAL FREDERICO FERREIRA PINTO BASTO SIMÃO DE SOUSA COUTINHO AUGUSTO MOLER VASCO SABUGOSA FRANCISCO AVILEZ HUGO O’NEILL LUIS TRIGOSO FRANCISCO TRIGOSO AND FRANCISCO CORREIA DE SAMPAIO DE MELO E CASTRO.

CASCAIS OCTOBER 1968 RECONSTITUTION OF OCTOBER 1997