Brits in South America
We are all aware of the ties Everton FC has developed over the years with our counterparts in South America, but the club which pioneered the sport in the region is Southampton. The Saints arrived in Argentina in 1904, five years before the Everton and Spurs tour. The earliest clubs on the continent had been set up in the 1860s, but it wasn’t until 1891 that the first national tournament took place in Argentina when Saint Andrews took the title with Old Caledonians runners up. The sport first established itself in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile mainly due to the presence…