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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…
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.
Football
A football match took place on May 14, 1874. However, the match by the Buenos Ayres Football Club adopted new rules, the Rugby Union rules. This is a sudden shift for the club, which had been playing a version under the Football Association, or…
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…
Images of Argentine national team vs. FC Barcelona in August of 1928
FC Barcelona club players; two images of players colliding for the ball
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…
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.
Jiras de Estudiantes al exterior
List of results from Estudiantes while playing overseas
La presencia de equipos argentinos sirvió para renovar en México el entusiasmo por el fútbol
The article suggests (in a somewhat superior tone) that the presence of quality club fútbol teams in Mexico reawakened that nation's love for the game.
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.
Los futbolistas argentinos volverán a enfrentarse hoy con los españoles
Press and soccer fans in Argentina closely followed the performance of major club teams involved in offseason exhibition games in Spain. In several of these articles, newspapers took note of the attendance for these matches (50-65,000), presumably to…
Los rojos respondieron
Independiente never played in the Centenario stadium but was able to defeat Uruguayan champion Peñarol 3-1
Magnífico fué el comentario que "Ya" publicó en España; El cronista de una agencia noticiosa justifica los comentarios portugueses
After matches against Real Madrid and Sporting Lisboa, positive press reports of San Lorenzo's performances appear in European newspapers.
Motherwell Defeated in Argentine
Brief note that Motherwell lost 1-0 to a select Argentine team.
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 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.