Combinado del Pacifico

Another ambitious intercontinental tour from the 1930s saw a squad made up from 3 leading Peruvian clubs, supplemented by 3 players from Colo-Colo in Chile, travel to Europe. Colo Colo had toured Europe in 1927, tragically losing  David Arellano.
The 1933 tourists, generally known as Combinado del Pacifico , played 40 matches across 12 countries. Their fortunes were very mixed. 

Curaçao
11.09.33	Curaçao	0	7	Combinado del Pacífico	Willemstad
Panamá
14.09.33	Colón Rangers	1	5	Combinado del Pacífico	Colón
	The voyage would have reached Panamá before Curaçao?
Ireland
01.10.33	Bohemian	1	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Dalymount Park 30,000
Northern Ireland
02.10.33	Glentoran	1	1	Combinado del Pacífico	The Oval
Scotland
04.10.33	Celtic	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Celtic Park 7000
09.10.33	Heart of Midlothian	3	0	Combinado del Pacífico	Tynecastle 6000
England
11.10.33	Newcastle United	6	1	Combinado del Pacífico	St James’Park 2000
16.10.33	West Ham United	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	The Boleyn Ground
Netherlands
25.10.33	Sparta Rotterdam	0	3	Combinado del Pacífico	Het Kasteel  6000
Czechoslovakia
28.10.33	Sparta Prague	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Stadion Letná 20000
29.10.33	Slavia Prague	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	Stadion Letná
Germany
01.11.33	Bayern Munich	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße
05.11.33	Dresden	?	?	Combinado del Pacífico
11.11.33	Berlin XI	3	1	Combinado del Pacífico
France
12.11.33	Club Français	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	Parc des Princes 20000
18.11.33	Entente	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	Stade Buffalo Montrouge 10000
	Entente was a combined Racing Club de Paris & Club Français team. Some sources give both the above games as being against Entente.
19.11.33	SO Montpellier	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico
24.11.33	OGC Nice	2	5	Combinado del Pacífico	Stade Municipal du Ray
30.11.33	OGC Nice	4	4	Combinado del Pacífico
04.12.33	Côte d'Azur XI	4	4	Combinado del Pacífico
Spain
08.12.33	Barcelona	4	1	Chile-Peru	Las Corts
08.12.33	Madrid XI	10	1	All-Pacific	Campo de Chamartín
	These 2 matches were played simultaneously.
France
17.12.33	Saint-Étienne	draw		Combinado del Pacífico	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Italy
26.12.33	Pro Vercelli	1	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Sanremo
Spain
06.01.34	Marino FC	2	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Las Palmas de G.C.
07.01.34	Real Victoria	3	1	Combinado del Pacífico
13.01.34	Real Victoria	2	3	Combinado del Pacífico
15.01.34	Marino FC	0	2	Combinado del Pacífico
18.01.34	CD Tenerife	3	1	Combinado del Pacífico	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21.01.34	CD Tenerife	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico
25.01.34	UD Salamanca	2	2	Combinado del Pacífico	Las Palmas de G.C.
03.02.34	Athletic Las Palmas	0	3	Combinado del Pacífico
09.02.34	CD Gran Canaria	0	1	Combinado del Pacífico
14.02.34	Real Victoria	1	1	Combinado del Pacífico
17.02.34	Marino FC	1	7	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	Sportivo	1	0	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	Real Victoria	1	2	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	Real Victoria	0	0	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	CD Tenerife	0	0	Combinado del Pacífico
??.??.34	UD Salamanca	0	0	Combinado del Pacífico	Salamanca

P	W	D	L	NK	F	A
40	10	16	13	1	73	74

Squad:

GK	Juan Criado	Universitario, Peru
	Juan Humberto 'Mago' Valdivieso Padilla	Alianza, Peru
D	Arturo Fernández	Universitario, Peru
	Ricardo Del Río	Universitario, Peru
	Antonio Maquilón	Atlético Chalaco, Peru
	Alfonso Saldarriaga	Atlético Chalaco, Peru
HB	Eduardo Astengo	Universitario, Peru
	Vicente Arce	Universitario, Peru
	Alberto Denegri	Universitario, Peru
	Plácido Galindo	Universitario, Peru
	Enrique Landa	Universitario, Peru
	Juan Montero	Colo-Colo, Chile
F	Teodoro 'Lolo' Fernández Meyzán	Universitario, Peru
	Carlos Tovar	Universitario, Peru
	Pablo Pacheco	Universitario, Peru
	Luis Emilio de Souza Ferreyra	Universitario, Peru
	Alfredo Alegre	Universitario, Peru
	Carlos Alejandro 'Manguera' Villanueva Martínez	Alianza, Peru
	Roberto Luco	Colo-Colo, Chile
	Eduardo Schneberger	Colo-Colo, Chile

 Players of note: 

Juan 'Mago' Valdivieso- compared  by one journalist to a mechanical doll that catches the ball, and a master of saving penalties. 

Alejandro Villanueva - A spectacular striker and notorious playboy. in 1931 his club Alianza averaged 4.8 goals a game, in 1934 they bagged 115 goals in 27 games. Manguera was league top scorer in 1929 and 1931. He was noted for the dazzling array of stepovers, nutmegs and acrobatic shots that coloued his repertoire.

'Lolo' Fernández-A true legend of Peruvian football, El Cañonero topped the league scorers 7 times and captained the national team for 12 years. He scored 48 goals on the tour. 

Stephen Smith

These were the days before agents and transfer deadline day dramas. Steve Smith was working nights in a coal mine in Cannock Chase and playing for Hednesford Town. Aston Villa financial secretary Frederick Rinder travelled to the pit and reputedly secured Smith's signature underground. 

Outside left Smith was at Villa for 8 years and made 1 England appearance. 

White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur moved to White Hart Lane (site of a market garden) in 1899. These photographs show the first match played at the new enclosed ground, which had a capacity of 35,000. Notts County (stripes) were the visitors.

Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860

German clubs are very fond of including their foundation date in their official titles. In the case of Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, this date could be seen as a bit misleading. The Turnverein München of 1860 was a gymnastic club (Germany experienced something of a mania for gymnastics in the mid 19th century). In fact the club did not play football until 1899, and didn't play fixtures against other clubs until 1902.

1902- the year of the first meeting with Bayern

c.1910

Manchester United's First FA Cup Win -1909

GK		Harry Moger
RB		George Stacey
LB		Vince Hayes
RH		Dick Duckworth
CH		Charlie Roberts (c)
LH		Alex Bell
OR		Billy Meredith
IR		Harold Halse
CF		Jimmy Turnbull
IL		Sandy Turnbull
OL		George Wall

United played in a white strip with a red chevron.

The toss, the captains were the two great centre halves, Charlie Roberts and Billy Wedlock. Referee Mr Jim Mason.

A great view of Crystal Palace as the game gets underway. Note the 2-3-5 formations.

 Sandy Turnbull scores for United. Turnbull was later implicated in the 1915 Betting Scandal and was  banned for life from football. Turnbull was killed in action in Arras (1917). His life ban was posthumously rescinded by the Football Association in 1919 (!).