Just two years after the AFA ordered the practice to be rented, the small town of Buenos Aires founded its own competition with four teams.Almost a century later, the LMF represents the soccer heritage of Madariaga, Pinamar and Gesell, beaches and pampas of old Tuyú.Contrary to its original amateur spirit, the Argentine Football Association had to admit the rented activity as a way to overcome "brown amateurism", a practice so named because of the color of the bills that some players received clandestinely.The appearance of professional football, starting in 1930, caused the explosion of a sport that then ceased to be practiced only in Buenos Aires and began to spread to all corners of the country.Everyone felt challenged by this new social practice without even imagining what would happen almost a century later.The Madariaguense League was one of those first examples: in the small rural town of the Buenos Aires pampas, four teams met on September 16, 1932 to sign the inaugural act of the Madariaguense Foot Ball Association, renamed in 1937 with the name it retains. to the present.The experiment completed ninety years ago with hundreds of tournaments organized between the First, lower divisions and children's categories, teams of all colors and a ritual that embodied in each of its towns with the power of Creole football, perhaps more real than the one that only seen on screen.During the first three years of the dispute, the beginning of the Infamous Decade, there were consecrations between Independiente, Cosme and El León, an honor that Deportivo Ferroviario could not replicate, the only one of the four founders of the Madariaguense League that was never champion (it disappeared in 1954).Of all of them, El León is the only one that survives to this day.It took the name of the bookstore that operated in the premises of the Spanish Mutual Aid Society of Madariaga.Its owner, Cornelio Aríztegui, provided the first sets of jerseys, which were not yet black and white, but blue and red.This is how things were resolved in the village.Another of the original teams baptized by the business that sponsored it was Cosme Sporting, to whom Cosme Martino provided a set of green and red shirts that had been exhibiting in the window of Casa Cosme without any commercial repercussion.Those ignored jackets ended up dressing the club that for eight decades knew how to be the maximum champion of the Madariaguense League, even though by the end of the 80s it had stopped competing.In 2016 Atlético Villa Gesell surpassed him in the record, while El León and Juventud Unida lurk.THE EXPANSION OF THE PAMPA TOWARDS THE BEACHThe truth is that after twenty years sustained by those founding cadres around the municipal field of Parque Anchorena, the 50's opened the doors to new representations from Madaria, such as those of Chacarita or Huracán, both champions in that decade.The same thing happened with Juventud Unida —another active historical figure—, thanks to the impulse of a group of young people who began to meet in the back of a mechanical workshop around 1951. And thirteen years later, Los del Clan appeared, a curious combination of lovers of football and the musical program "El club del clan".Towards the end of the 1960s, the League began its geographical expansion towards the entire Partido de General Madariaga, then larger than now, since it reached the coast through Pinamar and Villa Gesell, autonomous in 1978. Closer in Over time, teams from the towns of Ostende and Valeria del Mar were added, in addition to eventual participation of casts from other leagues, such as the cases of CADU from Santa Teresita or San José de Pirán, both champions of the LMF in the 90s.Although it was the Pinamar and Gesell teams that gave new muscle to a Madariaguense League that was no longer just Madariaga.San Vicente and Deportivo were incorporated from Pinamar, an institution that had just organized tournaments in its own city in 1968 and 1969 (years when the League suspended its activity) and where José Luis García stood out, the only player who carries the honor to confer its own name to a League stadium.In an origin similar to that of their neighbors from Pinamaro, Los Angelitos and El Ciervo were also the product of domestic competition;the one organized by the Club Defensores de Villa Gesell, who also joined the Liga Madariaguense.San Lorenzo and Atlético did the same, whose first teams were nurtured with players from those inter-neighborhood tournaments.The first was founded in 1969, the second in 1974, and they are the only Geselins from that time who continued to participate uninterruptedly until today.All that historical load makes them star in the most popular classic in the entire League.MADARIAGA, PINAMAR, VILLA GESELL: THE THREE BIG CLASSICS OF THE LEAGUEOf those in force, the oldest derby is the one played by El León and Juventud Unida at the Francisco Alcuaz stadium, while both set up their respective fields: El Zorrino in the Belgrano neighborhood, el Rojo on the curve where Martínez Guerrero ends in Buenos Aires Avenue.The Alcuaz, the league's quintessential field (used even by teams that do not belong to Madariaga when their own stadiums are closed) has been reminiscent of a former mayor of the Gaucha City since 1952.It had been inaugurated in 1937 as Anchorena Park, such was the name of the public space that contains it.In Madariaga (as is also the case in Pinamar and Gesell) players can go from El León to Juventud without any problem.No one gets offended, neither should they.Both clubs, as such, have a local representation greater than football: they are institutions of the people that built communities.The sample is in its partners and, especially, in the crowded dances organized in both venues during the summer.Over time, and also with another dynamic, Pinamar also managed to impose its classic, always played in the picturesque Tati García.Both share that field within the Pinamarense forest under a curiosity: being part of the Municipal Sports Center, there is no entrance fee for the games.As if it were a kind of Giuseppe Meazza/San Siro from Milan transplanted to the Buenos Aires coast, Sanvi and Depor take turns hosting Tati García.Which, basically, determines the comfort of the spectators: the host occupies the only cement grandstand, a placid stall, while the visitor settles in the dune on the other side, sitting on the sand or in deckchairs.Pinamar has the most decisive classic today: San Vicente and Deportivo shared three of the last four championships, while the second is the one who currently represents the Madariaguense League in the Regional Amateur, a combination of the old Federal B and Federal C. The district also added a new derby in the 1990s featuring other towns: Nuevo Amanecer, from Ostende, and Defensores de Valeria del Mar, who has her own field in the town and even hosted the Federal c.Unlike all of them, Gesell's classic is slightly more recent, since both teams began to be recurring protagonists of the League from the 90s.Although time made it the most convening: regardless of the occasional performances, each appointment at the Carlos Idaho Gesell or at the Tocho Medina is a guarantee of full stands and lots of color.Atlético has, due to benefits and infrastructure, the best field in the entire League, as well as an equidistant location between the inhabited neighborhoods of the Geselino center, the wealthiest in the north and the popular ones in the west.The Carlos Idaho Gesell has four grandstands, two of them made of cement, and was built thanks to the economic contribution that Emilia Luther convinced her husband to make for the stadium that bears her name.The land was a wetland in a peripheral area for the time, the 70's, and there is a story according to which San Lorenzo occupied the place first, but it was Atlético who managed to get the deed.From that, the construction of the stadium came and Cuervo had to move to the neighborhood of La Carmencita, a story very similar to that of Chacarita when he moved to San Martín after Atlanta ran him out.With cement grandstands and even lighting towers that allowed, like few times in the League, to play at night, on Sunday, January 11, 1981, the Carlos Idaho Gesell stadium was inaugurated with a friendly between Atlético and the U19 Argentine National Team, a category that two years before he had won the World Cup in Japan with Diego Maradona at the helm.Although the pace was friendly, the final result, a 2-2 tie, will remain for the annals of the Geselino club, with the star reinforcement of Pichi Osvaldo Escudero, one of the champions in Tokyo.However, the game played at Villa Gesell that had the most national repercussions was one played at the Tocho Medina stadium in La Carmencita.Local San Lorenzo to face Atlético in the two strangest goals in history: one made from a disputed situation, the other granted to compensate for the difference.The news occupied the attention of all the sports media in the country during the days following that Sunday, June 26, 2016, while Argentina lost a Copa América final against Chile for the second time in a row in the United States.The Madariaguense League, like all domestic and amateur competitions in the deep interior, was never able to place its own team in big football.However, there were players with an illustrious past who played for clubs in the area.The most brilliant case was that of Atlético Villa Gesell in the spring of 1990, when they were reinforced for the Regional that year with two authentic legends from Boca and River: Roberto Mouzo and Oscar Más. Mouzo had been a defender for Boca del Toto Lorenzo who between 1977 and 1978 he gave the club its first two Libertadores and the first Intercontinental.While at that time Pinino was already River's second historical scorer, a condition that he still retains.Mouzo, who was Gesell's lover and had an apartment there, picked up Más in his car and they both traveled on game day.Atlético did not put up a tough group with Kimberley from Mar del Plata and both legends concluded their services on the coast.Something similar happened with Juan Ramón Verón, La Bruja Sr., who had to retire after a hard fracture of the tibia and fibula that he suffered while playing for Juventud Unida.Conversely, two sons of the Madariaguense League came to play in the First Division in the prime of their careers.It all started in Pinamar, where San Vicente had classified Argentino B and (as usual) decided to reinforce itself with talents from the area.Thus, he built a memorable campaign between 1997 and 1998 that placed him among the 16 best in the category, the best performance that an LMF team ever achieved in a category of Argentine promotion.San Vicente, finally, was eliminated.But Huracán de Tres Arroyos, who was still in competition, had his eye on Marcos and Iván Dragojevich, brothers from Madariaguenses who reinforced the San Vicente squad.And he offered to incorporate them.Huracán had ambitions and the values ​​of Juventud Unida accepted the challenge.Although no one imagined that all together they would reach the very First A five years later.The dream of every amateur team in an inland league was achieved, for the only time in the history of Argentine soccer, by Huracán de Tres Arroyos, overcoming the different divisions over and over again with strong financial support and the participation of two sons of the Madariaguense League.Some time later, Iván Dragojevich returned to his native Juventud Unida and brought with him Jorge Izquierdo and Miguel Abad, former companions of that adventure through the A with Huracán de Tres Arroyos.While Marcos, his brother, took over the technical direction of "Rojo de la Curva" weeks ago.LUIS MARÍA FERNÁNDEZ: THE VOICE OF ALL NICKNAMESOf course, the rituals of the pioneering and long-running Madariaguense League do not end naturally in the classics: they also manifest themselves through many of the nicknames of their teams.The Lion, originally named in honor of the king of the jungle, began to be known also as "El Zorrino" because of the colors of his second shirt, the black and white with vertical sticks that defines it today.Another great Madariaga team, Cosme, was known as "El Gitano" because of the ancestry of several of its original managers.Obviousness or laziness wanted to impose San Vicente and San Lorenzo as "Santos", a creativity that time has not been able to improve: now they call one "Sanvi" and the other "Cuervo", considering that it shares with Boedo's painting not only the name, but also its colors.In the same logic, Racing is "La Academia" and Huracán "El Globo", although the people of the latter prefer to call it "Chacarero".From "Depor" to "Green", Deportivo Pinamar seems to have evolved better with an original variant detached from its stands: "La Verde Locura" said a flag one day, and thus began to circulate.The identification was consolidated until it even appeared printed on drums and percussion that sound in the stands.That Atlético is known as "Canario", on the other hand, sounds obvious: his shirt is predominantly yellow.However, that nickname that is replicated today in several flags (the Gesellin team is, by far, the one that produces the most material) would not have been possible without the magic of Luis María Fernández.With technical austerity but an excellence never seen in the entire region, for decades El Sordo took the matches of the Gesell teams to different local FM stations.His stories were a true work of art, a fact in itself, above the meeting in question.A true radio staging with little or no "irons", but with another differential value: the voice of Luis María.His inflections, the way of keeping the rhythm of the narration combining formality with picaresque: he made the most unbearable mess an exciting story.Luis María, a guy who worked every day as a glazier to turn on the weekend in front of the microphone, was the author of many nicknames in the League.His creativity was impressive: it was enough for him to come up with a nickname for himself to install himself.Thus, one afternoon in the late 1980s, while Atlético carried on a rough match against Social de Mar de Ajó, Luis María Fernández shouted through a windowless booth: "Trina el Canario! Trina!"THE LEAGUE TODAY: THE TOURNAMENTS THAT STILL WRITE HISTORYSimultaneously, and after a long time, a tournament is also being played with the neighboring League of La Costa, which includes teams from the Mar de Ajó-San Clemente-Lavalle corridor.Although irregularly, historically both organizations used to mingle in different formats of competition.The current one eliminates San Lorenzo de Gesell, San Vicente de Pinamar and Juventud Unida de Madariaga with Fomento de San Bernardo, El Porvenir de San Clemente and Social de Mar de Ajó.Meanwhile, Deportivo Pinamar is preparing to start the Regional Amateur in a very tough group: Ayacucho, the historic Kimberley and Club Atlético Mar del Plata, who will play at home in the World Cup stadium.Currently, and coinciding with its 90th anniversary, the Madariaguense League plays the Clausura, the second and last tournament of the year, although the first of the pandemic era that recovers the traditional format of all against all among its thirteen teams.The historic El León, Juventud Unida, Los del Clan, Huracán and Racing de Madariaga, Atlético and San Lorenzo de Villa Gesell, and Deportivo, San Vicente, Nuevo Amanecer and Defensores del Partido de Pinamar participate there.To them, on this occasion, two premieres are added: Pinamar Arena and the fusion between the DNA of that city and the Gesell Golf Club.All of them seek the same goal as ninety years ago: to raise the trophy that establishes them as starters of the old and beloved Madariaguense Soccer League.(www.REALPOLITIK.com.ar)IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE DOHelp us to continue doing journalism with the greatest possible independence and objectivity.IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE DOHelp us to continue doing journalism with the greatest possible independence and objectivity.What do you think of this note?"They don't even call you to put the goalkeeper", they complained from the CGT after the appointment of Kelly OlmosFracking: “The Vaca Muerta energy model does not have a sustainable development plan”Almost a year after the dismissals in Garbarino: "The Ministry of Labor did nothing with us"Julio Bárbaro: "Macri knows three words, 'populist' and 'demagoguery' and 'business'"Morales put Macri on the verge: "I'm going to beat him up in the elections if he's a candidate"Listen to Radio Realpolitik FM live!