Colin Jose has passed away

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

Colin Jose who did a lot for Canadian soccer journalism back in the day has passed away:

https://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/respected-soccer-historian-colin-jose-documented-the-beautiful-game-for-decades/article_ab7b3a28-fe1e-54fe-bfc6-0066d8a46201.html

[nolando]

3 hours ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said:

Colin Jose who did a lot for Canadian soccer journalism back in the day has passed away:

https://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/respected-soccer-historian-colin-jose-documented-the-beautiful-game-for-decades/article_ab7b3a28-fe1e-54fe-bfc6-0066d8a46201.html

Thanks for sharing. He was a massive contributor.

[red card]

World Soccer Talk just had a interview with Jose. Good look at touring clubs landscape. 

..There might have been one soccer game shown each year, usually the F.A. Cup Final. Then came the NASL, which changed everything, hardly noticeable at first. The kids that were attracted to the game back then form today’s fan base.

Teams toured in the 50s, 60s and 70s, just as they do today, but the audience has grown thanks to TV. 

The first foreign club to visit the United States was an English team appropriately called The Pilgrims, who toured in 1905. Like most of the lengthy tours made before 1940, the Pilgrim tour began in Canada and ended in the U.S., with the teams arriving by ship and travelling principally by train. 

Between 1921 and 1940 teams visited the U.S. and Canada from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, England, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Palestine, Scotland, Spain and Uruguay. In some cases they were only passing through on their way to and from South and Central America. 

Most tours before 1940 were successful to a certain degree, and often drew large crowds, much as they do today. In particular tours by Scottish clubs were hugely successful...Yet two of the most successful tours were those undertaken by the Austrian team Vienna Hakoah in 1926 and 1927. This was a team made up entirely of Jews, and the Jewish diasporas welcomed them with open arms.

The Corinthian Football Club was formed in London in 1882 first came to North America in 1906 opening their tour in Montreal and playing six games in Canada. A second tour took place in 1911, but it was principally in Canada and this time the Corinthians went all the way to the west coast playing in Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victoria. 

https://worldsoccertalk.com/the-history-of-european-soccer-teams-touring-north-america/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign