The 1891 Primera División was the first ever Argentine championship, making Argentina's the oldest football league outside the United Kingdom."Salvation army" by Tim Pears, The Guardian, Sunday 4 June 2006 This tournament was organized by the Argentine Association Football League whose president was F.L. Wooley. This league only lasted one season, so in 1892 no championship was held. In 1893 other Association with the same name would be established by Alexander Watson Hutton becoming current Argentine Football Association."Orígenes de la Asociación" on AFA website
Summary The championship took the format of a league of 5 teams, with each team playing the other twice. Many of the results of individual games have been lost, hence the lack of goals for and against in the table below. Hurlingham registered in the tournament but did not take part of the same.Argentina 1891 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at the RSSSF The Hurlingham team was retired by the president of the club, John Ravenscroft, in solidarity with Alexander Watson Hutton (who had resigned as director of St. Andrew's School after they refused to include the practise of football,Alexander Watson Hutton, el padre del fútbol argentino: el impulso de Domingo Sarmiento y la fundación de la AFA on TyC, 10 Mar 2023 so Alex Lamont did not call him to be part of the league).Hurlingham y los inicios del fútbol by Rody Rodríguez on Hurlingham al día, 28 Apr 2008
At the end of the season, St. Andrew's and Old Caledonians finished at the top position with 13 points each. They were declared joint champions, but played a playoff match to decide which team got to keep the medals, being St. Andrew's the winner.
The current Association has not included this title in their documents, except in its web page where only St. Andrew's is listed as champion.Campeones de Primera División - AFA website, retrieved 10 Jul 2016
Final standings
Medal match
As the Association crowned both, St. Andrew's and Old Caledonians as champion, this match was held only to determine which team got to keep the medals.
Matches
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