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Motherwell's Argentine Tour
News brief reports on the victory by Motherwell vs. a select provincial team from Argentina (4-1).
Our Footballers in South America
After three opening losses, Motherwell secures three consecutive wins against an Argentine select team (3-0), an Argentine-Uruguayan combination team (3-0), and an Argentine Provinces team (4-0). Crowds ranged between 15,000 to 25,000 spectators. The…
Se quejan los afcionados del interior: "Buenos Aires se lo lleva todo"
Finding the irony of Argentine clubs complaining that their best talent gets pilfered by European clubs, when teams from Buenos Aires do the same to provincial teams, this article explores the tensions between the capital and the rest of the country…
Niños y jóvenes mostraron la hermosa realidad de la Nueva Argentina
CADCOA organizes an Olympic tournament for children of Argentina as part of Perón's outreach and propaganda.
Boca tendrá socios y filiales en todo el país
This is of interesting note, since it provides a date for when major club teams began to look towards the interior for more club members
Jugarían en ciudades del interior los equipos que quedan libres
The short article is only interesting because it characterizes porteño teams as being in debt with the fans of the provinces, and the provincial teams as more emblematic of a "humble, heroic, and progressive" nation.
Provincia 2 - Motherwell 1
Colorized image of the Argentine "Select" team from the provincial leagues before their match against Motherwell (May 17, 1928)
El fútbol criollo sufrió este año; la manía de los estilos importados
Several reasons appear as to why the quality of soccer dimished greatly, according to the magazine, in 1957: the import of players from the interior and overseas who are unaccustomed to how soccer is played in Bs As, the failure to develop strong…
Partidos de noventa minutos
The article praises the sportsmanship, morality, and heart of provincial teams and concludes that teams in the professional leagues could learn much from the provinces
Boletín diario secreto: movimiento migratorio
Helpful to compare to similar report in 1950
Boletín diario secreto: movimiento migratorio
Useful for understanding population patterns
Tucuman-Mendoza: síntomas de un mismo mal
Raul Colombo (head of AFA) witnessed the championship match and saw first hand the lack of quality soccer and the excess of elbows, shoving, and other physical play
Scene from "El cañonero de Giles"
Comedic actor Luis Sandrini sits a card table with others in the film El cañonero de Giles.
Petition for an Olympic sports complex in each province of Argentina
Using Peron's own five-year plan related to sports, the request asks for each province to receive aid from the federal government to ensure that each region of the country has access to olympic quality facilities to develop the health and fitness of…
XXI: Proyecto de declaración
What is interesting about this petition is that legislators attempted to use the power of government, and intervention in AFA, to include provincial cities like Córdoba, Tucumán, Mendoza, La Plata, and Rosario in the 1959 Copa Sudamericana.
Congreso plenario del fútbol argentino
FIFA awarded Argentina the 1978 World Cup after losing in the voting process to Mexico for the 1970 tournament. Here, AFA begins to assess the infrastructure and readiness to host the tournament.