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Motherwell's Tour: An "Experience of a Lifetime"
Motherwell arrives back to Scotland after their months-long tour of South America. Extensive comments from Motherwell manager John "Sailor" Hunter, who praised the Argentines: "[we] did not anticipate football of such high order ... and were…
Motherwell's Argentine Tour
News brief reports on the victory by Motherwell vs. a select provincial team from Argentina (4-1).
Motherwell in Argentine
News brief reports on the second consecutive victory by Motherwell in Argentina (and erroneously calls the select team as "the Argentine" - a Buenos Aires club).
Motherwell Football Club South American Tour, 1928
A photograph of F.C. Motherwell players and coaches onboard the RML Almanzora, with destination to Rio De Janeiro, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires (May-July 1928). Manager John "Sailor" Hunter is standing on the far right of the picture.
Motherwell F.C. Home: Successful Tour in Argentine
Motherwell arrives back to Scotland after their months-long tour of South America. What makes this article interesting is that Motherwell manager John "Sailor" Hunter refutes the account in the Buenos Aires press that he said the Scots had arrived to…
Motherwell F.C.
Members of the Motherwell F.C. delegation at Waterloo Station in London, headed to Southampton, where they will then board the R.M.S.P Almanzora to South America.
Motherwell Defeated in Argentine
Brief note that Motherwell lost 1-0 to a select Argentine team.
Los alumnos de ayer, son los maestros de mañana
It looks at how Argentines are becoming the masters of football, perfecting what the British invented. The year is 1928 and the article is during the Olympic finals, and two years before the inaugural World Cup final.
Liga Rosarina 3 - Motherwell 4
Referee blows his whistle during a match bewteen Motherwell F.C. and a "select" team of players from the league in Rosario.
Images of Argentine select teams vs. Motherwell FC in 1928
Argentina select team player defends Motherwell opponent in a game played in June 1928; Motherwell and Select Provincial teams pose together for a photograph on the day of their game, June 5, 1928.
Images of Argentine select team from the Capital City (Capital Combinado) vs. Motherwell FC in 1928
Motherwell players enter the playing field at the old River Plate stadium (located at Alvear and Tagle) to face a select team - Combinado Capital - from the capital city (Buenos Aires) on May 13, 1928; VIP spectators seated in front of the…
From the Argentine
The Motherwell Times reprints a letter from A.B. Monge of the Argentine Football Association to Motherwell FC manager John "Sailor" Hunter. In the letter, Monge wishes the best for Hunter, his family, and players and hopes they will return to…
Football
A brief update on Motherwell's latest game in Argentina: a 3-0 victory over a combined Argentina-Uruguay select team. The article also offers an account of other British teams on overseas tours, including Rangers in the United States.
Fir Parkers in South America: "Teachers Being Taught"
Perhaps the most extensive report from Scotland in the Motherwell Times. It offers a synopsis of the English-language press in Buenos Aires (presumably from the Buenos Aires Herald), which takes issue with manager John "Sailor" Hunter's supposed…
Fir Park Team in South America; Bobby Ferrier on Argentine Football: Barbed Wire Round the Field
A brief update on Motherwell's last game in Argentina (a 2-0 loss to Boca Juniors) and its first in Uruguay (a 2-0 win over a Uruguayan select team). The second article offers an account by player Bobby Ferrier on the conditions he and his teammates…
Cómo nos conocen en Europa
The subtitle reads "Cómo se imaginan en Escocia que se desarollan los partidos de Motherwell en nuestro país"