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Rangers de Talca


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Found this mob in Chile while scanning FM. Started by a Rangers fan back in 1902, named after the club, and have played in the red and black colours of Govan ever since. I’m bored as fuck but I found it interesting.

“The name Rangers was chosen by a Scotsman, Juan Greenstret, who was one of the founding fathers of the Club on behalf of Mrs. Amalia Neale de Silva, the fisrt benefactress of the club.

The origin of the chosen team colours, red and black, are unknown, though one of the possibilities was that some of the first players were also members of the Second Company of Firemen of Talca, whose shield was red and black. Another possible reason is the use of red and black in the socks of Glasgow Rangers of Scotland (formed 1872) to represent the district colours of their local burgh of Govan. Glasgow Rangers fans returned to using red and black scarves in 2012 to help raise funds for the club.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangers_de_Talca

The Scottish/British influence on South American football is quite startling when you read more about it.

Anyone know of any others founded similarly?

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Everton de Viña del Mar is a Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar.

The club was founded 24 June 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton who had recently completed a pioneering tour of South America.

The club's nickname is "Ruleteros" or the roulette players in English, after Viña del Mar's status as a gambling resort.

Everton is Chile's sixth most successful team, having won the national title 4 times, an achievement shared with both Audax Italiano and Magallanes. Additionally, it is the second most successful team, outside Santiago de Chile, behind Cobreloa of Calama.

The club's home stadium is the 22,340 capacity Estadio Sausalito, while its biggest rival is Santiago Wanderers of Valparaíso. In the meetings between the two clubs, Everton have won 62 to 48 losses.

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Recreativo De Huelva are the oldest Spanish club  and was founded by a Dr McKay from Greenock. He worked for the Rio Tinto Mining Company and in Huelva there is an area of housing which would not look out if place in the leafy suburbs of London.

 

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