This is a English and French language interview with Portuguese subtitles.
Researching the Forgotten History of the 1930 World Cup that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, while exploring and dispelling its myths.
Friday, 27 November 2015
El Otro Lado Del Balon (Twelve page magazine of Mexico and the 1930 World Cup)
This Spanish language magazine highlights Mexico's participation at the 1930 World Cup with background info on some of the players. For those who cannot speak Spanish it would require using google translate,
Click on the link below:
Sunday, 18 October 2015
La Stampa's (Italy) coverage of the 1930 World Cup
While the vast majority of the European press took little interest in the first World Cup, publishing just a few lines on the events taking place in Uruguay, there were exceptions. Turin based daily journal La Stampa, regularly kept its readers informed. It didn't send a correspondent but relied on cablegram dispatches, listing the Buenos Aries based Agencia Americana (A.A.) in some of its reports.
13 July 1930 - France v Mexico (Group 1) / United States v Belgium (Group 4).
The aftermath in Buenos Aires.
13 July 1930 - France v Mexico (Group 1) / United States v Belgium (Group 4).
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| 14 July 1930, p.5 |
14 July 1930 - Romania v Peru (Group 3) / Yugoslavia v Brazil (Group 2)
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| 15 July 1930, p.5 |
15 July 1930 - Argentina v France (Group 1)
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| 16 July 1930, p.5 |
16 July 1930 - Chile v Mexico (Group 1)
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| 17 July 1930, p.5 |
17 July 1930 - Yugoslavia v Bolivia (Group 2) / United States v Paraguay (Group 4)
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| 18 July 1930, p.7 |
18 July 1930 - Uruguay v Peru (Group 3) / Opening of the Centenario Stadium (Centenary day celebrations)
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| 19 July 1930, p.2 |
19 July 1930 - Chile v France (Group 1) / Argentina v Mexico (Group 1)
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| 20 July 1930, p.7 |
20 July 1930 - Brazil v Bolivia (Group 2) / Paraguay v Belgium (Group 4)
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| 21 July 1930, p.5 |
21 July 1930 - Uruguay v Romania (Group 3)
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| 22 July 1930, p.5 |
22 July 1930 - Argentina v Chile (Group 1)
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| 23 July 1930, p.7 |
26 July 1930 - Argentina v United States (Semi-final)
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| 27 July 1930, p.5 |
27 July 1930 - Uruguay v Yugoslavia (Semi-final)
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| 28 July 1930, p.5 |
30 July 1930 - Uruguay v Argentina (Final)
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| 31 July 1930, p.5 |
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| 1 August 1930, p.5 |
Friday, 16 October 2015
1930 World Cup Magazine (Estrellas Deportivas 1980)
Estrellas Deportivas was a supplement published by Uruguayan newspaper El Diario. The two editions are dated 23 July 1980 and 30 July 1980 on the fiftieth anniversary of Uruguay's triumph.
French and Swiss press coverage of the World Cup Final 1930
The World Cup Final
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| Le Figaro, 31 July 1930 |
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| Le Petit Parisien, 31 July 1930 |
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| La Croix, 1 August 1930 |
The reaction in Buenos Aires
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| Le Temps (France), 1 August 1930 |
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| Le Temps (Switzerland), 2 August 1930. |
Match Reports in the Mexican Press (France v Mexico / Argentina v Mexico)
Mexico v France
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| El Siglio de Torreon, 14 July 1930, p5 |
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| El Informador, 14 July 1930, p.1
Mexico v Argentina
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| El Informador, 20 July 1930, p.1 |
Brazilian Newspapers (O Globo and O Estado do Sao Paulo)
The O Globo front page has been previously published on this site but I've managed to find an enlarged version. It appeared on the day Brazil played Yugoslavia (14 July 1930). Below is also the report of Brazil's 2-1 defeat to their opponents published in O Estado do Sao Paulo (15 July 1930)
Brazilian Newspaper Articles (World Cup 1930)
These newspaper articles appeared on the internet sometime ago in a book entitled Colação Memória Do Brasil, and relate to Brazil's participation in the first World Cup. They are no longer available on the net.
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| These articles are dated from 30th and 31st May 1930, 12th and 13th June 1930 from O Globo. |
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| Both of these articles are from Critica, 13th and 15th June 1930 |
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| These articles are from A Noite and O Globo, both 3 July 1930. |
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| Both of these articles are from Critica, 10 July 1930 and 12 July 1930 |