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.
Pre-game moment when the captain of Motherwell F.C., Robert Ferrier, receives a gift (club pendant flag) from Peñarol officials. Motherwell's manager, John "Sailor" Hunter, is pictured to the far right.
Various press accounts of F.C. Motherwell ahead of their visit to Argentina
Subject
News coverage of Motherwell's arrival in Argentina
Description
Various articles in the local press gave readers an opportunity to know F.C. Motherwell ahead of its numerous exhibition matches in Argentina. Source not identified.
Various press accounts of game between Motherwell and Argentine "Select" Team
Subject
News coverage of Motherwell's matches in Argentina
Description
News reports of the various games Motherwell played in Argentina against "select" national teams (made up of players from both Buenos Aires and provincial leagues). Source not identified.
Select articles from the publication El Hogar that offer the history of soccer in Argentina, as well as the origin of association football in England. These pieces are some of the earliest examples of the mythmaking that took pace when recounting the "official origin" of Argentine soccer, which sought to link Argentina to the Old World in a direct way and thus privilege soccer's evolution in Argentina over other areas of South America. This issue of the magazine from 1915 is one of the earliest examples of a soccer-focused magazine publication in Argentina.
Team photograph: Motherwell before game against Argentina Provincial Select, 1928
Subject
Team portrait
Description
A photograph of Motherwell F.C. players before their game against Argentina's provincial select team, played on May 17, 1928, which Motherwell lost by a score of 2-1.
Motherwell Football Club South American Tour, 1928
Subject
Team portrait
Description
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.
Images of Argentine select teams vs. Motherwell FC in 1928
Subject
Exhibition matches (international friendlies)
Description
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
Subject
Exhibition matches (international friendlies)
Description
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 barbed-wire fence to watch Motherwell vs. Combinado Capital; crowd makes way to the stadium to watch Motherwell FC vs. Combinado Capital; action from the game Motherwell-Combinado Capital; crowd at the old River Plate stadium to watch Combinado Capital vs. Motherwell; view of the game Combinado Capital - Motherwell; Motherwell goalkeeper punches ball away [Images in the public domain and accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
Photograph of special guests performing the ceremonial kick off for a game between a select Argentina team and Scottish club Motherwell FC, held in Buenos Aires in 1928.