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English railway workers
founded the Buenos Aires Football Club on 9th of May 1867. The
organisers were the two brothers Thomas and James Hogg. They were
originally from Yorkshire.
The first football match in Argentina was played between two teams with
English merchants. The white caps and the red caps.
Alumni Athletic club was founded in 1891 as Buenos Aires English High
School. The club was the most successful in the amateur era in
Argentinian football.
The club continued to play under different names until 1911 when they
were disbanded. The club later became the Asociacion del Futbol
Argentino.
Evidence of the influence of English settlers in Argentinian football
can be seen by a number of club names such as All Boys, Club Atletico
Banfield, Chaco For Ever, Newell's Old Boys, Racing Club, San Telmo,
River Plate and Temperley.
Newell's Old Boys were founded in 1903 of
ex-pupils of the English High School of Rosario in homeage to its
director and football coach, Isaac Newell. The team play in black and red, taken from
the flags of Germany and England (Isaac Newell being English and his
wife German).
Rosario Central is a team founded by English railway workers of
the British owned Central Argentine Railway Company.
River Plate was not founded by Englishmen, but influenced by them.
One of the founders of River Plate, Martinez watched English sailors
playing football in the port of Buenos Aires next to the crates market "The
River Plate". The club was named River Plate when founded in 1901.
Argentina also have a club named Arsenal who play in the top division.
The founder was inspired by the club in London.
The English settlement in Argentina during the 19th century made a base
for football in a country that later has produced some of the best
footballers the world have ever seen.
The most known player with an Anglo Argentinian background is Carlos
Babington. Babington was called "El Ingles" and played for Huracan,
Wattenscheid and Tampa Bay Rowdies in the period between 1969 to 1982.
He also played 13 times for Argentina.
The Anglo Argentine population is today 300 000. Most of them live in
the Buenos Aires area.
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