Club Atlético All Boys is an Argentine soccer club based in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of
Floresta. The team currently plays at the Argentina Primera División the top tier of soccer in the
country. On Tuesday night, the All Boys Signia 2011/12 home, away and third kits for the Apertura
2011 and Clausura 2012 seasons [.
By Chris Wright
In which Boca Juniors vet Juan Roman Riquelme endures a barrage of close-range gobbage and
spitoonery from a goon in the crowd as he tries to take a corner during Boca's 0-0 draw with Olimpo
at the tiny Bahia Blanca stadium over the weekend...
Said the Boca legend after the game: "People are used to doing this in our country and nothing
surprises you", before going on to complain about the state of the Olimpo pitch which says a fair
bit about the current state of Argentinian football right there.
If anyone missed this, here is Annie Kelly's gripping account of the barra bravas, the gangs
that control Argentinian football.
At best its the romantic notion of a fan fighting back to get a piece of a pie that is making
everyone else rich. However in a football mad country like Argentina with its huge economic
disparities these Robin Hood notions turn out fanciful.
Four games into the new Argentinian football season and a surprise name currently tops the
table. Atlético de Rafaela, newly-promoted outfit from the town of Rafaela in Santa Fe province,
have started off with three wins and a defeat in the 2011-12 Torneo Apertura and will obviously
have to do a lot in order to stay there especially as traditional clubs such as Boca Juniors,
Racing Club and defending champions Vélez Sársfield are hanging on their coat tails.
