Before the start of the league in 1910, the most important fixture in the Maltese football calendar was the annual match for the Daily Malta Chronicle Cup between the Army and the Navy.
The Maltese were split. Those on the Cottonera side of the harbour supported the Navy while those on the other part sided with the Army.
The match had already been played three times by the end of 1907. The Army won the first two matches while the Navy emerged victorious in the third clash.
The fourth match in the series was staged on February 1908 at Corradino. For the first time since the inauguration of the Chronicle Cup in 1905, the weather was ideal for football and a record crowd was present.
Hours before the game started, spectators began to make their way to Corradino from all over the island, by tram, carriage, boat and on foot.
The combined bands of the Fleet played choice selections of popular English music while the ground gradually filled up, adding to the festive mood of the crowd which, by three o'clock, had already packed every available space in the ground.
A few minutes before kick-off, the Navy team entered the ground to the tune of 'Nancy Lee', and shortly afterwards the soldiers trooped out to the strains of 'The Boys of the Old Brigade'.
In the first 45 minutes, there was little between the teams. Both sides attacked in turns and both could have opened the scoring, but the defences were up to standard and by the end of the first period, the score was 0-0.
On resumption, the Army went straight into attack and, for 15 minutes, raided the Navy's fort, until Behague gave his side the lead.
The Navy tried to net a quick equaliser but the Army held firm. After absorbing the Navy's assault, the Army counter-attacked and scored again through Behague.
The Navy supporters at this point started chanting 'let us have one'.
'The boys in blue' tried hard for a few minutes but it was Behague who, in another counter-attack, struck his and the Army's third goal.
The match ended 3-0 for the Army. Sgt Andrews received the cup from Governor Grant, and thus the Army fully avenged the defeat they had suffered at the hands of the Navy the year before.