Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture in the country. It is the one with the most players and is the most popular recreational sport, played from childhood into old age. The percentage of Argentines that declare allegiance to an Argentine football club is about 90%.
The Estadio Ciudad de La Plata during a Primera División match in 2014
The first football match played in Argentina, as covered by The Standard, June 1867
Team of Southern Railway Athletic Club, with Alexander Watson Hutton as one of its players, 1888
Team of Alumni (in white shirt) before playing English club Southampton in Buenos Aires, 26 June 1904. Southampton was the first foreign club to tour Argentina, then followed by several British teams
English Argentines are citizens of Argentina or the children of Argentine citizens brought up in Argentina, who can claim ancestry originating in England. The English settlement in Argentina, took place in the period after Argentina's independence from Spain through the 19th century. Unlike many other waves of immigration to Argentina, English immigrants were not usually leaving England because of poverty or persecution, but went to Argentina as industrialists and major landowners.
Constitución railway station in Buenos Aires. Opened in 1907 by British developers, it is the busiest station in Argentina.
Harrods on Florida Street. Opened in 1912 as their only overseas branch, it closed in 1996 and is now an exhibition hall.
English-style houses on a residential street in Belgrano R.
The Torre de los Ingleses (Tower of the English), now officially known as Torre Monumental (Monumental Tower) in Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentine Air Force Square), formerly known as Plaza Británica (British Square).
