[3] On 7 March 1891, the act of foundation of the "Argentine Association Football League" was signed.
[5][6] The recently formed Association set three objectives: The first Argentine football championship began on 12 April 1891, with five teams contesting the competition, they were, Old Caledonians, Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway, Buenos Aires Football Club,[note 1] Belgrano Football Club,[note 2] and St. Andrews.
The "alma mater" of the League was Alec Lamont, who was employee of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway and also player of St. Andrew's.
Almost all of Old Caledonians players were workers of the company that was doing the sewerage in Buenos Aires.
The Buenos Aires and Rosario Railways players were also workers, who traveled from Campana to play the championship.After organising the first championship (won by Old Caledonian and St. Andrew's), the Association was dissolved.