This guy is getting better by the minute. On Mar 14, 2013 5:59 PM, "Rick Duniec" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the 1960s, a generation of players known as carasucias (literally: > dirty faces) were the darling of Argentine fans because of their offensive, > careless playing and their bad-boy antics off the pitch. The 1968 team was > nicknamed los matadores as it won the championship without losing a single > game, this team was recognized as the best team in the world by many > journalists. In the years 1968-1974 San Lorenzo won a total of four league > titles, its best harvest ever. In 1972, the club became the first Argentine > team to win two league titles in one year. > Unfortunately, poor administrations led San Lorenzo to a huge economic > crisis, that even forced it to sell their well located stadium. The team > was relegated in 1981, only to return to the top division with great > fanfare in the 1982 season, which set all-time attendance records for the > club. (side note - there was a bit of military Junta corruption behind the > land deals). > By that time, the club had no stadium and was plagued by debt and > irregularities. Controversial president Fernando Miele (1986-2001) > delivered both the new stadium and two league titles: the Clausura '95 > (after 21 years without winning a first division title) and the Clausura > 2001 (in which the team achieved 11 consecutive victories). San Lorenzo > finished the Clausura 2001 with 47 points in a tournament of 19 matches, > setting the record for the highest points haul since the inception of the > Apertura and Clausura system in 1990. > > Origins of the club > > The roots of the institution can be found in a team formed by a group of > kids that used to play football in the corner of México and Treinta y Tres > Orientales streets of Buenos Aires. Due to the increasing traffic in the > city, playing football at the streets became a risky activity for the boys. > Lorenzo Massa, the catholic priest of the neighborhood's church, saw how a > tram almost knocked down one of the boys while they were playing in the > streets. As a way to prevent more accidents, he offered the boys to play in > the church's backyard, under the condition they had to go to mass on > Sundays. > > Pope Francis is a big fan of the football team. > ______________________________**_________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.** > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > To unsubscribe, email > [email protected].**org<[email protected]> > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
