San Lorenzo de Almagro 1-1 River Plate (lost footage of Argentine Primera División football match; 1951)
On 18th November 1951, San Lorenzo de Almagro hosted River Plate for an Argentine Primera División football match at the Estadio Gasómetro. The encounter was the first football match to receive television coverage in Argentina.
Background
Heading into the match, San Lorenzo de Almagro were in the mid-table, while River Plate was battling Banfield and Racing Club for a Championship playoff spot.[1][2] The game was the second-to-last within the Primera División calendar.[3][4][1] Meanwhile, Argentina had recently launched its television service, with the Day of Peronist Loyalty celebrations within the Plaza de Mayo being broadcast on 17th October 1951 by LR3 Radio Belgrano TV.[5][6][1][3] Having received sponsorship by petroleum company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales, LR3 was now interested in airing a football match within the country for the first time.[6][5][3][1]
The project was conducted under the direction of Jaime Yankelevich, who was also tasked with launching television broadcasts in Argentina, and who had promised to establish a network consisting of thirty broadcasters.[6][5][1] Thus, a portable transmitter was sent to the Estadio Gasómetro, while three cameras were present within the Stadium much to the intrigue of fans present.[1][5][3][6] Ernesto Veltri was the match reporter, while Enzo Ardigó and Raúl Goro provided commentary.[1][5][3]
The Match
The match itself occurred on 18th November, in front of around 70,000 fans in-attendance, and around 1,300 viewers at home.[1][7] It would only take ten minutes before the first televised goal in Argentine football occurred, thanks to a header from San Lorenzo's José Maravilla.[5][3][1][7] It appeared that River Plate's Hector Ferrari had cleared the ball from the line, but a linesman convinced referee Bert Cross that it was a goal.[5][1] In the second half however, River Plate were awarded a penalty.[5][3][1] Santiago Vernazza converted it to level the score, with the match ultimately ending in a 1-1 draw.[5][3][1][6][7] Years later, Maravilla revealed in an interview with El Gráfico that he initially had no idea his goal was the first shown on Argentina television, stating "I don't remember seeing any cameras; is that there were so many people... At that time it was just another game. Years later, talking to Amadeo, we found out that this had been the first goal seen by TV."[1]
Ultimately, San Lorenzo finished seventh out of 17 clubs with 35 points.[2][1] Meanwhile, River Plate narrowly missed out on the Championship playoff, accumulating 43 points as opposed to Banfield and Racing Club's 44.[2][1] Nevertheless, the broadcast proved successful, inspiring three more football matches to be aired that same year.[5][1] These included Racing's game against Lanús on 24th November, as well as its two Championship playoff matches with Banfield.[5][1]
Availability
Ultimately, the match was televised live in a period where telerecordings were rare until videotape was perfected in the late-1950s.[8] The broadcast has yet to resurface, though some photos can be found online.[1]
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See Also
- 1937 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1937)
- 1938 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1938)
- 1939 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1939)
- 1947 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1947)
- 1948 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1948)
- 1948 Summer Olympics (partially found television coverage of London Games; 1948)
- 1949 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1949)
- 1950 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1950)
- 1951 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1951)
- 1955 Scottish Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1955)
- 1956 Southern Junior Floodlight Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1956)
- 1966 FIFA World Cup Final (partially found original colour film of international football match; 1966)
- 1971 WFA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1971)
- 1973 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1973)
- 1974 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1974)
- 1976 WFA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1976)
- 1977 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1977)
- 1978 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1978)
- 1979 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1979)
- 1980 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1980)
- 1981 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1981)
- 1982 WFA Cup Final (lost footage of football match; 1982)
- 1985-1986 WFA Cup (lost list of entries for football tournament; 1985)
- Arsenal 1-1 Sheffield United (lost radio commentary of football match; 1927)
- Arsenal 7-1 Hibernian (lost footage of charity football match; 1952)
- Arsenal vs Arsenal Reserves (lost footage of early BBC televised football match; 1937)
- Atlético Madrid 1-1 Real Madrid (lost footage of El Derbi Madrileño La Liga football match; 1958)
- Barbados 4–2 Grenada (partially found soccer match footage; 1994)
- Barnet 3-2 Wealdstone (lost footage of Athenian League football match; 1946)
- Bedford Town 1-2 Arsenal (partially found footage of FA Cup match; 1956)
- Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (lost DOS port of football management game; 1987)
- Carlisle United 2-1 Plymouth Argyle (partially found footage of Football League Third Division match; 1999)
- Charlton Athletic 1-0 Blackburn Rovers (lost footage of FA Cup match; 1947)
- Chelsea 1-1 Burnley (partially found footage of FA Cup match; 1956)
- Chelsea 2-0 Sparta Prague (lost footage of international football match; 1957)
- England 0-1 Scotland (partially found footage of international football match; 1938)
- England 1-0 Scotland (lost footage of Schools' International football match; 1952)
- England 1-1 Scotland (partially found footage of international football match; 1947)
- England 1-3 Scotland (partially found footage of international football match; 1949)
- England 2-0 Italy (partially found footage of international football match; 1949)
- England 3-0 France (partially found footage of international football match; 1947)
- England 3-0 Rest of Europe (partially found footage of international football match; 1938)
- England 6-0 Switzerland (partially found footage of international football match; 1948)
- Falkirk 3-2 Newcastle United (lost footage of football match; 1953)
- FIFA Soccer 2002 (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance port of football game; existence unconfirmed; 2001-2002)
- Hallo! Bundesliga (lost GolTV series; mid 2000s-mid 2010s)
- Juventus 1-7 A.C. Milan (partially found footage of Serie A football match; 1950)
- Manchester United Championship Soccer (lost build of Sega Mega Drive port of football game; 1995)
- Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (partially found footage of El Clásico La Liga football match; 1959)
- Real Madrid 3-0 Racing Santander (lost footage of La Liga football match; 1954)
- Scottish Universities 1-1 English Universities (lost footage of international football match; 1952)
- Serbia vs Albania (found footage of abandoned UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match; 2014)
- United! (lost British soap opera; 1965-1967)
- Walthamstow Avenue 0-2 Queen's Park (lost footage of friendly football match; 1951)
- West Ham United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur (partially found footage of FA Cup match; 1956)
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Si San Juan detailing the match, noting the attendance and providing Maravilla's comments. Retrieved 29th Aug '22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Global Sports Archive providing the 1951 Argentine Primera División table. Retrieved 29th Aug '22
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 TYC Sports summarising the match and the television broadcast (article in Spanish). Retrieved 29th Aug '22
- ↑ RSSSF detailing the 1951 Argentine Primera División calendar. Retrieved 29th Aug '22
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Jacobo Urso Museum summarising the match, its broadcast, and the other matches that would be broadcast later that same year (article in Spanish). Retrieved 29th Aug '22
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Populism and Ethnicity: Peronism and the Jews of Argentina detailing the television broadcast and noting Yankelevich's influence of it. Retrieved 29th Aug '22
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Estadísticas Casla detailing the result of the match. Retrieved 29th Aug '22
- ↑ Web Archive article discussing how most early television is missing due to a lack of directly recording television. Retrieved 29th Aug '22