One of UD Las Palmas’s founding teams, Real Club Victoria, celebrates the awards for the yellow team of the 75th anniversary of the Canarian Club foundation. “We will continue to be together for another 75 years,” he said Rafael Méndez, Counselor at UD Las Palmas.
Among the attendees are former presidents of the host club, former UD Las Palmas players, coaches, club foundation members and current entity professionals, led by its general director, Patricio Viñayo.
This event is part of a series of Program activities to celebrate Las Palma Sports Union’s 75th anniversaryS, conducted amidst a single creature who, along with four others, gave life to Canarian football in August 1949.
More than one hundred people gathered at the event, where the Directive led by Juan Jesús Ortega Machín offered a warm reception. Attendees enjoy the interventions of Soccer historian, Javier Domínguez, and RC Victoria’s passionate defender, Ambrosio Medina.
Both speakers shared stories about the years before the Las Palmas Sports Union foundation. Machín created a detailed tour of the history of football in Gran CanariaRemembering how the inhabitants of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century were defined in football as “the sport of the ball.”
He noted that the first clubs with local players were the Gymnastic Club and the Canarian Club, saying “football started in the Canary Islands.” He also emphasized that the creation of the Federation in 1925 This is an important step to adjust the sport on the island.
Domínguez Machín described Alfonso Silva and Luis Molowny as “the first players to take a football show in Spain”, which moved from RC Victoria and Marino to the great Madrid clubs. This Talent migrationAlong with the integration of Canarian teams into national competitions, it is decisive for the creation of UD Las Palmas in the last forties.
For her part, Ambrosio Medina expressed her deep connection to RC Victoria, a passion she inherited from her father. He remembered the first game between Marino and Victoria, who “took three hours and ended in the fights. Then there was a rematch” and He featured the intense rival that existed in those times. He also appreciated the efforts of all clubs to join and the public response to Grancanario, which “came out to support Las Palmas Sports Union.”
RC Victoria also gave a special honor to her partner, Pepe Ramírez, linked to UD Las Palmas as a delegate since 1963. The club gave him many gifts on the occasion of his brilliants’ weddings, including a medal commemoration.
Source: La Verdad
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