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Some Policeman!: Bobby Ferrier Abroad
Player Bobby Ferrier offers readers in Scotland some negative observations about the Argentine police, fans, and players. In this article, he suggests that fans take the game too far by trying to shove, push, and throw objects at players when they…
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…
Police action to suppress rowdyism at football fields
Police announce a series of measures to curb fan disorders, including stationing retired policeman at ticket windows to monitor the resale of tickets, barring spectators from bringing objects into stadiums that could inflict damage, and prosecuting…
Tear-Gas on football field
Fan disorder leads to police using tear gas canisters at a match between Newell's Old Boys and San Lorenzo in Rosario. "Women Faint; Reporters Flee"
Orden en los estadios
AFA honors the efforts of the police chief in providing a safe atmosphere at the stadium. This recognition should be read in the context of the coup that took place a few months ago and the promise of the military to restore social order. These AFA…
Sesión extraordinaria del consejo directivo realizada el 20 de octubre 1958
Mario Linker (although not mentioned by name here) died at a soccer match due to excessive force by the police. AFA moves to honor the victim, tend to his family, and assess the causes of his death--including excessive force (although the police, nor…
Death of Mario Linker
Linker's body is visible among the gases in the stands.
Cancha de Lanús-público
Lanus stadium is highly guarded; the team was involved in several incidents during this time
Fin de fiesta. Con heridos, contusos, desnudos, y robados. Es la fiesta del fútbol. Ayer, cumpliendo su obligación profesional, un reportero gráfico fue agredido y lesionado por los guardianes del orden. Así andan las cosas.
Photo claims that the police were the assailants.
Incidentes durante el partido por la final del campeonato Metropolitano de primera división, entre los equipos representativos de los clubes San Lorenzo de Almagro (campeón) y Estudiantes de la Plata, jugado en el estadio de River Plate
Police intervene in match between Estudiantes and San Lorenzo in 1968
Uno de los incontables incidentes producidos entre jugadores. El que ilustra el grabado corresponde a un encuentro entre Boca Juniors y River Plate.
Scuffle between players between River Plate and Boca Juniors leads to police intervention
[Photo of dead Linker]
Photograph by Sanjuro
Página extradeportiva
Linker's death receives more attention than in El Grafico
La única víctima: el fútbol
The harassing of referees, presence of fans on the field, gas canisters and hoses aimed at hinchas, and other routine incidents call for a reform structure and morality in Argentine soccer.
La fiesta que no pudo ser
When River plays in small stadiums, the fandom that follows River Plate defies stadium security and capacity measures.
Los defensores de River apelan y refutan los fallos del juez Hermelo
Letter from River President Julian Kent absolving the club from any negligence on stadium security