Browse Items (73 total)
Sort by:
Team picture
Image of national team (or Boca Juniors) before a match in 1959
Jugar y no dejar jugar
The triumph of Argentina in the 1959 Copa Sudamericana leaves the writers of Mundo Deportivo happy at the result but not satisfied with the state of Argentine soccer.
La pelota es para los argentinos
No lessons learned from 1958. That is the verdict of the magazine in observing an Argentine side that fails to master the ball and plays a defensive approach.
Agitación y suspenso en la asamblea
The re-election of Raul Colombo as AFA President also shows Mundo Deportivo that the organization is full of the vices of Argentine soccer: its own survival and parasites.
Fútbol más confortable espectáculo más higiénico
Because El Gráfico was busy heaping praise on itself the previous week, this delayed summary of La Plata's stadium disaster, focusing on the safety and well being of people who attend these matches.
Civilizar al fútbol
The article rebukes the deteriorating climate at stadiums, and applauds Huracán for encouraging women to attend free, with roses and prime seats. (the adjoining article's last words are about the decline of creative fútbol and the growth of a climate…
Images of notable sports writers
Helpful images of Borocotó, Chantecler, Félix Fráscara, and a mention of Dante Panzeri
Convenio de trabajo-boleteros
The labor union proposes an increase in salaries for those who handle tickets. AFA's initial refusal leads to government mediation. The first set of data looks at what UTEDYC proposes, while the second set is the end result.
Convenio de trabajo
The labor union proposes an increase in salaries for support staff. AFA's initial refusal leads to government mediation. The first set of data looks at what UTEDYC proposes, while the second set is the end result (below what the union asked for).…
Government documents on the accord to end the referees' strike
AFA and the UTEDYC come to an agreement on the salary for referees. These documents ratify the accord and stipulate the new salaries for officials.
Letter to the Minister of Labor and Social Security from AFA
AFA's letter to the Minister of Labor lays out a case that the association has acted in good faith to meet the demands of the referees and their labor union: UTEDYC (Unión Trabajadores de Entidades Deportivas y Civiles). Instead, the referees have…
LIV: Proyecto de declaración
Citing popular clamor for televised matches, which can reach audiences unable to attend matches, this petition by José Antonio Aybar is designed to force AFA to relent and allow games to be on television.
CCXCII: Proyecto de declaración
Martín Ponce de León wants tickets controlled by the government to ensure that all fans, even the poorest, can attend the nation's most popular sport.
CCLXII: Proyecto de resolución
Angel Francisco Beiró wants all federal aid to fútbol clubs to cease in light of continued club debt, federal loans, and clubs raising (even doubling) prices for match tickets.
CCXXVI: Proyecto de ley
Due to declining stadium attendance and club finances, legislator Rogelio Rodríguez Díaz proposes that practically all transfers of Argentine players to foreign teams come to a halt.
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.