366:, nowadays urbanized into six blocks of houses and divided by the current Luis Taboada street. Local newspapers of the time state: "The first football games began to be played in Vigo as soon as the English Cable arrived in May 1873," and even show evidence that a Spring Cup was even played between the different teams of English crews and the Exiles Football Club. Those first meetings ended up promoting what would later become the sport of football in the city and in the country. Thus, matches could be seen especially against the crew of the British
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British battleship,
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611:[How does football enter Spain?] (in Spanish). InfoGibraltar. 11 September 1907. Archived from
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