by Winston Biscuit »
10 Sep 2024 08:55
Newells Old Boys is named as such because an Englishman, Isaac Newell, went over and set up life for himself there and later on he opened a school, called Colegio Comercial Anglicano Argentino
When he opened it he designed a coat of arms with different symbols on, and which was which was half red, for England, and half black, for Germany, as his wife was German
As well as being the English teacher he was passionate about football and organised matches for the school. in the early 1900's some former pupils decided they wanted to create a club to go into the football league and so created a club exclusively for former staff and pupils of the school and in honour of Isaac Newell they called it Newells Old Boys. They came up with their own badge using the colours from the school coat of arms.
Their first ever match
Their rival is Rosario Central, which was set up a football team exclusively for the railway workers, and was named after the British company they worked for - The Central Argentine Railway