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Unlucky Bolivia or false history?

Unlucky Bolivia or false history?
Follow me on Twitter:  @ WC1930blogger On July 17th, 1930, the Bolivian national team took to the field of Parque Central in Montevideo to f...

''The year America won through to the semi-finals'' - Glasgow Herald, 2 June 1982 (Google newspapers)

''The year America won through to the semi-finals'' - Glasgow Herald, 2 June 1982 (Google newspapers)
This is an article from the Glasgow Herald, 2 June 1982, p7  (click on title), from google newspapers about the US teams journey to the Worl...

Yugoslavia vs Brazil (Match Report/Pravda)

Yugoslavia vs Brazil (Match Report/Pravda)
Pravda , 16 July 1930, p.8 This is the newspaper report of the Yugoslavia vs Brazil match played on the 14th July 1930 and appeared in the 1...

Bert Patenaude and the First World Cup Hat-trick - Part Three

Bert Patenaude and the First World Cup Hat-trick - Part Three
This is an article about hat-tricks in the World Cup from the official FIFA magazine, FIFA 1904, Issue #12, December 2016/January 2017. It m...

Especial Don Balon - Historia de la Seleccion Chilena 1910-1998 (Free Magazine)

Especial Don Balon - Historia de la Seleccion Chilena 1910-1998 (Free Magazine)
This Spanish language Chilean publication from Don Balon magazine,  Especial Don Balon - Historia de la Seleccion Chilena 1910-1998  (Click ...

Guillermo Stabile on Film

Guillermo Stabile on Film
Guillermo Stabile was born on the 17th January 1905 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1920 he joined CA Huracan and would go onto to win two le...

Yugoslavia's Aleksandar Tirnanic's goal versus Brazil (Montevideo vidimo se! - Official trailer)

Yugoslavia's Aleksandar Tirnanic's goal versus Brazil (Montevideo vidimo se! - Official trailer)
This is a two-minute plus Official trailer for the film Montevideo vidimo se!, the sequel of Montevideo bog te video, the semi-fictional sto...

The Road to the First World Cup - Part 3 (Joefa's World Cup History) Republished

The Road to the First World Cup - Part 3 (Joefa's World Cup History) Republished
This is part 3 of Joefa's Road to the First World Cup and is 43 minutes long. The first nine minutes contains film footage of the Barcel...

The Road to the First World Cup - Part 2 (Joefa's World Cup History) Republished

The Road to the First World Cup - Part 2 (Joefa's World Cup History) Republished
This is part two of Joefa's Road to the First World Cup and is some 93 minutes long. It is essentially footage of the football matches ...

Seleccao Brasileira -90 Anos 1914-2004, Authors Antonio Carlos Napoleao, Roberto Assaf (Google Books)

Seleccao Brasileira -90 Anos 1914-2004, Authors Antonio Carlos Napoleao, Roberto Assaf (Google Books)
This is a book on the Brazilian national team that is both a written and statistical history. Contained inside is a Portuguese language acco...

Ustavie svet - Mundial je tu! by Juan Vasle (Book)

 Ustavie svet - Mundial je tu! by Juan Vasle (Book)
This is a Slovenian publication of the history of the World Cup.  Ustavie svet - Mundial je tu! by Juan Vasle is 496 pages long of which ar...

Brasil Copa 1930 (Album - Player bios)

Brasil Copa 1930 (Album - Player bios)
This is from a flickr ( click here ) account that has several photostreams of albums of Brazil in the World Cups throughout the years that c...

1930 World Cup Final Uruguay vs Argentina (Match Report in La Voz)

1930 World Cup Final Uruguay vs Argentina (Match Report in La Voz)
This match report was published in the Spanish newspaper La Voz , on 31st July 1930, on page 7. Below are links to two videos on the FIFA we...