HE Vinalopó state derby This season includes Elche’s previous relegation and Eldense’s promotion It returns to Elda this Sunday at 16:15.The weather is expected to be overcast and the temperature is expected to be between 22 and 24 degrees. Nuevo Pepico Amat can hang a no-ticket sign for a historic match that has not been held under these conditions for 65 years and 20 days.
Only once
Although both teams have seen each other more recently in friendlies and the Copa del Rey, the truth is that there is only one example of Eldense-Elche in the League, especially in the Second Division. It was September 21, 1958; The Elche club visited the stadium in the city of Vinalopó (then called El Parque) for the last time in the regular league.– Achieving a comfortable 1-4 win. In the chronicle published two days later in INFORMACIÓN and titled “Júbilo en Elche”, it is said that the “fight” ended “with the expected result”. That newspaper had only 12 pages.
Elche later formed as: Isidro, González, Mezquita, Quirant, Rico, Gómez, Martí (scored), Nito (also scored), Cardona (converted two goals), Guerrero and César Rodríguez.
Carlos Ruiz scored for EldenseHe was accompanied by Castaños, Bellido, Andrés, Marco, Esparza, Paco Grande, Foncho, Enguídanos, Nicieza and Mundo.
Chronic
The then editor of INFORMACIÓN magazine writes from Elche and says the Franjiverde team came to the match with “optimism and calm”.because the team led by César “managed to bring the whole team together” and because “in addition to Leonese, there is an enthusiastic board of directors and a large number of partners who support their decisions.”
Local fans were also “very happy with Eldense” and alviberde, who “did not bargain for applause for eleven”, nobly accepted defeat.
Elche’s victory at Elda It was received “with great joy by the fans” and “the trip to Elche was met with general signs of satisfaction” in the city of palm trees. The historian recalled that Elche came from the Third Division and some had said that the Second Division “would not be the same”, but he was optimistic about the team’s progress and they would be promoted at the end of that season. 11 campaigns in the top category, to the First League to experience its heyday.
The Blaugrana team was relegated to the Third League and later returned to the Second League. in the early 60s will compete in two new seasons.
Elche and Eldense met again in the 1958-1959 academic yearbut this time at Altabix, where the Franjiverdes triumphed once again. The date was January 11, 1959 and the match was 3-1.
4 times in the cup
As a precedent in League Two, it is the only and most recent match in the regular season, although there are more recent matches between both teams in the Cup. Provincial clashes occurred four times in the KO contest. The first example occurred before a league match in the previous season. The Elche team managed to win by a margin of 4 to 2. It took forty years to see each other again. In the 1983-1984 campaignElche won both matches of the round-trip tie again (1-2 at Elda and 1-0 at home). Shortly afterwards there was a new derby, namely two, round trip, resolved by penalties. They met for the last time in the official qualifying round in the 1991-1992 season. In the first match, Eldense got their only victory (1-0) against Elche, while the Elche team gave them a 3-0 victory in the rematch.
Source: Informacion
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