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President Armando visits players in the locker room. Pictured here is legendary Boca Juniors goalkeeper Antonio Roma.
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The most famous Boca Juniors president in history is photographed at a formal dinner. Under his leadership, Boca entered a phase known as the era of "fútbol espectáculo"–culminating in the proposed Ciudad Deportiva.
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Detailed account days after "Puerta 12"
Vibración intensa hubo en Corrientes
A euphoric account of fan celebrations in downtown Buenos Aires. The article also recounts descriptions by Scottish players, who felt that everything was against them in South America. Basile was described as an “animal” by the Celtic coaching staff…
Various motions to exempt Boca Juniors and other clubs from taxes
The motion that passes through the legislature is to exempt clubs undergoing major projects from taxes on land.
Various articles on the aftermath of Argentinos Juniors vs. Boca Juniors
The various articles shows how hostile Pres. Armando from Boca is towards the AFA, the referee, and the police. An air of arrogance. Boca holds a meeting of its members that is more like a rallying cry. One Boca official even accuses River Plate of…
Various articles (teams and players)
Select articles from the publication El Hogar that offer images of famous teams and players in 1915. This issue of the magazine from 1915 is one of the earliest examples of a soccer-focused magazine publication in Argentina.
Various articles
Amid club elections and internal strike, the tone of these articles is sharp ("repudiable," "insulto," "Boca…! salvó a la institución") and suggests that the fan magazine played a key part in quelling problems.
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Rumors swirl about Néstor Rossi becoming a part of Boca (he won't, leaving for Colombia) and Eduardo Ricagni leaving for Italy (which he does). AFA's President Oscar Nicolini is promoted to a cabinet level position in the Perón administration…
Vamos aprendiendo…no toda la siembra cae en el vacio…
The main thrust of Boca's argument is that Ernesto Grillo retaliated against an Independiente fan who had stormed the field and went after Grillo It was self-defense The tone of the published articles are also defensive and seem to suggest that Boca,…
Uno de los incontables incidentes producidos entre jugadores. El que ilustra el grabado corresponde a un encuentro entre Boca Juniors y River Plate.
Scuffle between players between River Plate and Boca Juniors leads to police intervention
Una nota exclusiva de Boca…!; el Dr. Pfleger analiza su proyecto de ampliación del Estadio y nueva sede social
The process of constructing new, and bigger, facilities was implicit in the election of officials who promised such projects during election season. Here, the President of Boca writes directly to fans.
Una avalancha en el estadio de River Plate al finalizar el encuentro causó 70 muertos
Extensive coverage of the stadium disaster at the Monumental Stadium
Un espectáculo tirado a la calle (and more)
Although this article continues the 'everyone is against us' meme that colors River coverage of soccer matches, it does provide some analysis of how player violence and referee inaction cause incidents to flare up. It also alludes to the actions of a…
Un clásico amarrete en ideas y dos rivales disfrazados para ocultar la mutua carencia de aptitudes ofensivas
Accorrding to this account, the two teams never played a 0-0 match until now and it was marked by "puntapies", "planchazos","tacazos" and violent fouls that were sadistic in nature.
Un centenar de obreros trabajan ya para los próximos bailes de carnaval
Hosting dances and carnivals not only functioned as a social activity for the club, its members and their families, and the neighborhood…but it was a great way to raise funds.