FROM BROADWAY TO BRAZIL AND BACK

https://audioboom.com/channels/5033591 If you have a few spare minutes you may like to tap into this "audioboom" called "From Broadway to Brazil" hosted by Tom Watson, who tells the story of the famous amateurs, Corinthian Casuals and their strong links with Brazilian football. If you need background info then use www.

Here is a previous blog of mine:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3994718670252035536/6284780028006598465?hl=en-GB

and a copy below of another which may contain similar facts but perhaps new stuff:

I would like to think that everyone who knows football, will have heard of the Corinthian-Casuals Football Club. They were pioneers of football in the 19^th Century, the Corinthian FC forming in 1882 and the Casuals in 1883, they merged in 1939. 

C-CFC took football to Brazil in 1910, enthusing the locals to form the Corinthian Paulista FC in Sao Paulo and hence sparked the development of football, the Brazilian way. Paulista recently beat Chelsea to become World Club Champions.

Already used to touring, especially in Europe and south Africa, the C-CFC sailed in August 1910 and took 15 days toget to Brazil. They played Flumineuse winning 10-1, a Rio XI 8-1 and then in Sao  Paulo they won all three games.

The club went to Brazil in 1913-14 and played several games with the intention of visiting again in 1915.

When the London based club returned to Brazil, they had to leave before anything happened as the Great War had broken out. Many of these young Corinthian footballers fought and died within weeks of arriving at the front.

The tour in 2015 was to celebrate that centenary and hundreds of home fans have greeted the tourists at the airport, a thousand locals watched their training sessions and as well as visiting the Maracana, Copacabana beach and a community project founded by international footballer, Kleiber, they played their “brother” club in front of 50,000 fans.

The C-CFC is still very much an amateur club playing in the Rymans Isthmian League, at their own modest South London home, near the A3. The club committee took the "unprecedented" step of leaving truly amateur football where they only played cup ties and friendlies to holding their own in the Non-League Pyramid. They still tour and play against the "schools" promoting the true values of the game