No mention of Falkland Islands on Hammond's Argentina trip

No mention of Falkland Islands on Hammond's Argentina trip

The beautiful game was brought to Argentina by British immigrants at the end of the 19th century. 

The first league in the country was inaugurated in 1891, which makes it the fifth-oldest league among FIFA members in the world - after England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands. 

There was a well-established British community in Argentina by the 1860s, with many coming to work on the railways - owned by Britain - that were operated in the South American country.

As the British had a habit of doing everywhere else in the world, they brought their sports with them. 

Though cricket doe s not seem to have appealed to the Argentine heart, many pastimes did - including rugby, horse riding, tennis and, of course, football. 

In 1867 Thomas and James Hogg established the Buenos Aires Football Club, which was allowed to play on the cricket field used by the Buenos Aires Cricket Club.

In the 1880s, a Glaswegian schoolteacher named Alexander Watson Hutton began teaching football at St Andrew's School in Buenos Aires.

Known as the father of Argentine football, in 1884 he founded the Buenos Aires English High School and persisted in teaching the ways of the kicking game. 

Later, in 1891, the Association Argentine Football League was established by Alex Lamont - and it was only a matter of time before other arrivals in the country, particularly the Italians, became hooked. 

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