The Mentalness of the 1930 World Cup

[mdingwall]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1597564819380621312

 

[warfieldranger]

Thanks for posting. I remember reading an article that Uruguay's best player in that tournament only had one arm.

It was Hector Castro - https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/the-1930-world-cup-the-story-of-the-one-armed-man

 

[0028]

And here was me thinking the Argies only became the bad boys in 66.

 

[davyloyal]

Thanks for posting. I remember reading an article that Uruguay's best player in that tournament only had one arm.

On the wing, obviously.

 

[GovanFront4]

Bolivia wore Viva Uruguay kits to pay respect to the host nation.

 

[GovanFront4]

Thanks for posting. I remember reading an article that Uruguay's best player in that tournament only had one arm.

It was Hector Castro - https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/the-1930-world-cup-the-story-of-the-one-armed-man

Scored in the final I'm sure.
The Rest is History podcast has a three part special on the history of the World Cup. Not so much about the football but more about the politics surrounding it and the mad stories that came from it.

 

[warfieldranger]

Scored in the final I'm sure.
The Rest is History podcast has a three part special on the history of the World Cup. Not so much about the football but more about the politics surrounding it and the mad stories that came from it.

I liked the bit about playing with an Argentinian ball in the first half of the final, then Uruguay's in the second.

 

[Jan Wyck]

The early World Cups were deeply corrupt. There was a documentary a few years back about the shenanigans that went on on and off the park around then. The recent brown envelope World Cups in Russia and Qatar are not a new thing.

 

[MiseryHatesCompany]

Bolivia wore Viva Uruguay kits to pay respect to the host nation.

everything wrong with modern football

 

[mdingwall]

Let’s hope there were no half an half scarves.

 

[SpandauBear]

everything wrong with modern football

Birthday caird pish

 

[The Hooded Claw]

Think most of the USA team were Scottish

 

[rangers for life]

Let’s hope there were no half an half scarves.

Or hot dogs.

 

[jimcornette]

Thanks for posting. I remember reading an article that Uruguay's best player in that tournament only had one arm.

It was Hector Castro - https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/the-1930-world-cup-the-story-of-the-one-armed-man

Willie Collum's great granda sent Castro off for hand ball.

 

[Bumplittledipper]

Thanks for posting. I remember reading an article that Uruguay's best player in that tournament only had one arm.

It was Hector Castro - https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/the-1930-world-cup-the-story-of-the-one-armed-man

He didn’t play in the 2nd leg.

 

[bkkbear]

Bolivia wore Viva Uruguay kits to pay respect to the host nation.

give me a vowel carol

can i have an a bob?

etc

 

[Rangerista]

A someone mentioned on the Twitter replies, there's a TV minnie series in this, complete feckwittery, brilliant

 

[Mustang mad]

Think most of the USA team were Scottish

Saw a Macallister playing for the Argies the other night. Scottish migrants very influential is setting up the game down there

 

[The Hooded Claw]

Saw a Macallister playing for the Argies the other night. Scottish migrants very influential is setting up the game down there

That's the one that plays for Brighton I think

 

[Flying Fullback]

"In possibly the most slapstick moment in World Cup history, the American manager rushed on to the field to confront the ref, tripped and smashed a bottle of chloroform in his pocket. The fumes knocked him unconscious and he had to be stretchered off"

is this true? Sounds crazy. Why did he even have chloroform in his pocket?

 

[GovanFront4]

Saw a Macallister playing for the Argies the other night. Scottish migrants very influential is setting up the game down there

I’m certain his dad or grandad played in the World Cup for the Argies too.

South American football is full of British and Irish history.

 

[Mustang mad]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1597564819380621312

Just sat and read that twitter thread, superb stuff. The Argentinians fans sailing for the final, arrive a day late, find out they got beat and so they riot!!!