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El Metropolitano en números
Very useful set of data, including penalties for players
Ad for the Ciudad Deportiva
Examples of the ads that promoted the Ciudad Deportiva (and the prizes that contributors could win).
Nuestra opinión: El noveno, no desear…
Harsh criticism for the government's decision to delay the normalization of AFA for two months and to appoint the ninth interventor of AFA, Fernando Mitjans.
Balance 1973: Los mejores, Huracán como equipo y Curioni el goleador
Very useful set of data, including penalties for players
¡Se cierra la ventana!
Despite the myth that the sale of Enrique Omar Sívori financed the construction of the 4th side of River Plate's stadium, the plans were set in motion well before his transfer in 1958.
Cover Image
The weekly magazine El Domingo began publication in 1916. These images cover the period from May 13, 1917 to November 17, 1917. Within its pages are some of the ealriest sports writing in Argentina (outisde of newspapers).
Nuestros teams: Alumni
Consensus is that Alumni disbanded following the 1912 season. Here, in 1917, appears a portrait of Alumni's football team. Is this an old photo?
Notas gráficas de la semana
The makeup of the spectators in attendance is not heavily dominated by men, and includes many boys and girls. Of note is the contest by which El Domingo offered a 10 peso prize for those spectators circled in the photo (a novel way of trying to sell…
Nuestros teams: Atlanta
Early photograph of Club Atlanta
Cosas útiles; River Plate inaugura hoy su field
Interesting piece on the physics of falling to the ground; River Plate opens a new field (presumably in Núñez).
Nuestros teams: River Plate
Early photograph of Club River Plate
El football-sport nacional: Nuestro profesionalismo
The author qualifies the growing professionalism in fútbol as a mistake. He believes that clubs who are willing to pay "gajes" (stipends or payments for hired labor) are ruining the amateur spirit of the sport.
Nuestros teams: Independiente
Early photograph of Club A. Independiente
Nuestros teams: Huracán
Early photograph of Huracán