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…y allá, ellos
After losing in Argentina, Nacional defeated River Plate 5-0, while Peñarol also won 3-1
Argentina vs. FC Barcelona, 1928
Barcelona goalkeeper, Hungarian Francisco Platko Klopetz, dives for the ball as Argentine and Barcelona players watch. In the second image, Platko latches onto the ball as Domingo Tarasconi and Raimundo Orsi charge the Barcelona keeper. The game, an…
Boca Juniors vs. FC Barcelona, 1928
Boca Juniors goalkeeper leaps for the ball as a Barcelona player goes for a header. The game, an international club friendly played in Buenos Aires, ended in a 2-1 win for the Catalan club. [Image accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
British Football Boycott: International Federation Decision, Club Tours Jeopardised
Article explains how the decision by FIFA to boycott British teams from international play stemmed from the decision by the Football Association (FA) to withdraw British participation in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. The boycott of British teams…
Deplorable
A referee was assaulted in the match between host River Plate and Nacional, reminding fans that the romantic expectations held for the renewed matches between Uruguayan and Argentine teams was sullied by the reality of a history of violent and…
Diez victorias en 20 partidos-chart
Chart on the performance of club teams against foreign teams in 20 exhibition matches in 1955. 9 wins 1 tie and 2 losses at home. 1 win 1 tie 8 losses on foreign soil [only victory overseas was actually against Uruguay]. Were Argentines deluding…
Domingo Tarasconi
Image of Argentine national team and Boca Juniors stalwart, Domingo Tarasconi, who represented Argentina at the 1928 Olympics. Tarascone played as a right-wing forward, or "insider derecho," for La Albiceleste and as a striker for Boca Juniors, where…
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A recap of a football match played between Montevideo and Buenos Ayres in Hurlingham, a town in the province of Buenos Aiures. The locals won by a score of 4-1 with goals from Nash, Anderson, and Lacy (first scorer not listed). At the end, the…
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A news brief on a baseball game played on the river side of Palermo. This may be the first recorded game of baseball in Argentina.
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A football match in Palermo interrupted by municipal woodcutting. Hundreds in attendance.
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Part-advertisement/part-commentary, this brief editorial calls on "aficionados" of the "thoroughly British game" of football to attend an upcoming game. "We'd go any distance to see scientific 'forcing,' and a few good 'scrimmages,' and mean to be at…
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An announcement for Argentina's first football match, to take place on May 25, 1867, in Palermo.
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A football match is scheduled to take place on May 25, 1868, with balls recently arrived from Rugby, England. It is likely that the balls were less round, and more oval, as Rugby was a hotbed for football played by rules that would eventually become…
En pujante reacción San Lorenzo empató con Atlético de Madrid; Sufrió en España su primer contraste el equipo de Newell's; Tras lucha equilibrada e intensa Racing fue batido por Barcelona
Press and soccer fans in Argentina closely followed the performance of major club teams involved in offseason exhibition games in Spain. Here, San Lorenzo and Atlético de Madrid faced off in front of a large crowd, while Racing loses to Barcelona.
En su primer match en España el equipo de Racing fue ampliamente derrotado por el de Real Madrid; San Lorenzo de Almagro ofreció un partido de gran actuación y venció al Barcelona por 3 a 2; Newell's Old Boys presentóse en Bilbao con una demostración de la excelente calidad de sus hombres
Press and soccer fans in Argentina closely followed the performance of major club teams involved in offseason exhibition games in Spain. Here, the paper offers a summary of Real Madrid's easy win over Racing, San Lorenzo's 3-2 victory over Barcelona,…
Everton F.C. Disembarking in Buenos Aires ("Desembarco de los teams de football 'Everton' y 'Tottenham Hotspur' en la dársena norte)
This digitized scan of an unknown Argentine newspaper, collected by Everton F.C. Heritage Society, shows members of Everton and Tottenham arriving at the docks in Buenos Aires in 1909. Both club teams received generous stipends to play exhibition…