Real Madrid 3-0 Racing Santander (lost footage of La Liga football match; 1954)
On 24th October 1954, Real Madrid hosted Racing Santander for a 1954-55 La Liga match. The hosts won the game 3-0, contributing towards the club eventually winning that season's La Liga, while the visitors were ultimately relegated to the Segunda División. The encounter made television history, as it was the first football match to be televised in Spain.
Background
Heading into the match, both Real Madrid and Racing Santander had lost their previous games, losing away 1-0 and 3-1 to Sevilla and CD Málaga respectively.[1][2] Nevertheless, Real Madrid were still favourites for the title, with the club entering a golden age that lasted from 1955 to 1960.[3]
The two teams would meet at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 24th October 1954.[4][5] After neither side broke the deadlock in the first-half, Francisco Gento took the lead for the hosts after 65 minutes.[4] Two minutes later, Miguel Muñoz double Madrid's lead.[4][5] Finally, at the 89th minute, Héctor Rial sealed the victory for Los Blancos.[4][5] Ultimately, Real Madrid became the 1954-55 La Liga champions by finishing on 46 points, five ahead of El Clásico rival Barcelona.[6] By contrast, Racing Santander finished 15th out of 16 clubs on 20 points, consequently being relegated to the Segunda División.[6]
TVE Broadcast
The match was the first to be recorded and then air on Spanish television.[7][5] TVE had been experimenting with broadcasting sports like boxing and wrestling, primarily utilising cameras from RCA.[7] However, these cameras were only suitable for sports that occurred within confined spaces, making them inappropriate for capturing football matches.[7] Thus, TVE harnessed a mobile unit from Marconi, receiving it on the day of the match.[7]
Radio Nacional de España's Juan Martín Navas provided commentary for the broadcast.[8][7] He stated that his main instruction was to avoid concentrating on the radio commentary he was providing simultaneously, but instead provide useful detail based on the images being televised, with him being close to a monitor that provided the coverage.[8][7] Navas expressed how excited he was to be a part of a then-unique experience, but noted he and others realised that television would become the norm for broadcasting football in the years to come.[8][7] Meanwhile, Real Madrid would make further television history; firstly, its match with Atletico Madrid on 27th April 1958 would become the first to be televised live in Spain.[9][7] Additionally, the first televised El Clasico on 15th February 1959 was also the first to reach the Catalan region and throughout Spain.[10][5][7]
Availability
Since the match was recorded,[7] the possibility of the broadcast's survival remains. However, as of the present day, no footage or images of the match have publicly resurfaced. While Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) has kept an archive of programs broadcast on TVE1 and TVE2, its collection dates back only to the 1960s, making it extremely unlikely a 1954 broadcast would be accessible from it.[11]
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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)
- 1949 FA Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1949)
- 1955 Scottish Cup Final (partially found footage of football match; 1955)
- 1966 FIFA World Cup Final (partially found original colour film of international football match; 1966)
- 1985-1986 WFA Cup (lost list of entries for football tournament; 1985)
- Arsenal 7-1 Hibernian (lost footage of charity football match; 1952)
- Arsenal vs Arsenal Reserves (lost footage of early BBC televised football match; 1937)
- Barbados 4–2 Grenada (partially found soccer match footage; 1994)
- Barnet 3-2 Wealdstone (lost footage of Athenian League football match; 1946)
- Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (lost DOS port of football management game; 1987)
- Charlton Athletic 1-0 Blackburn Rovers (lost footage of FA Cup match; 1947)
- 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)
- 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)
Early Sports Television Media
- 1934 Philo T. Farnsworth broadcasts (lost early television demonstrations; 1934)
- 1936 Summer Olympics (lost television coverage of Berlin Games; 1936)
- 1938 Pennsylvania Quakers football season (lost early televised college football games; 1938)
- 1960 Daytona Races (lost CBS and NBC televised footage of NASCAR prelude events to Daytona 500; 1960)
- 1962 Trenton 100 (lost footage of USAC Championship Car Season race; 1962)
- Bill Longson vs Whipper Billy Watson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1947)
- Brooklyn Dodgers 2-5 6-1 Cincinnati Reds (lost footage of MLB doubleheader; 1939)
- Brooklyn Dodgers 23-14 Philadelphia Eagles (lost footage of NFL game; 1939)
- Columbia Lions 1-2 Princeton Tigers (partially found footage of college baseball game; 1939)
- Fordham Rams 34-7 Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (lost footage of college football game; 1939)
- Indianapolis 500 WFBM-TV Broadcasts (lost racing footage; 1949-1950)
Early BBC Sports Television
- 1931 Epsom Derby (lost televised footage of horse racing event; 1931)
- 1937 International Imperial Trophy Race (lost footage of motor race; 1937)
- 1937 Wimbledon Championships (partially found footage of tennis tournament; 1937)
- 1938 Ashes Series (partially found footage of international test cricket match; 1938)
- 1953 British Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One race; 1953)
- Archery (lost early televised toxophily; 1937-1938)
- The Boat Race 1938 (partially found footage of rowing race; 1938)
- Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling (lost early BBC televised professional wrestling matches; 1938-1939; 1946-1947)
- Darts and Shove Ha'penny (lost early BBC televised darts matches; 1936-1939)
- England 16-21 Scotland (partially found footage of rugby match; 1938)
- Horace Lindrum vs Willie Smith (lost footage of televised snooker; 1937)
- Woods and Jack (lost early televised lawn bowls; 1937; 1946)
References
- ↑ BDFutbol detailing Real Madrid's loss to Sevilla. Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ BDFutbol detailing Racing Santander's loss to CD Málaga. Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ Football's Greatest detailing Real Madrid's success from 1955 to 1960. Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 BDFutbol detailing the result of the match. Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Futbol Retro noting the match was the first to be televised in Spain. Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 BDFutbol providing the 1954-55 La Liga table. Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 Retransmisiones futbolísticas televisivas en España: perspectiva histórica de una relación de necesidad (1956-1988) detailing how the match was broadcast (journal article in Spanish). Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ Popular Television in Authoritarian Europe noting the Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid match was the first in Spain to be televised live. Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ Review Twist detailing the first televised El Clásico. Retrieved 9th Jul '22
- ↑ Film and Television Collections in Europe: The MAP-TV Guide detailing the extent of RTVE's television archive. Retrieved 9th Jul '22