Fans display relics and share stories at Corinthians cultural exhibition | OneFootball

Corinthians held the Corinthian Relics Cultural Exhibition on Saturday morning (25) at the Noble Hall of Parque São Jorge. The event brought together fans and collectors who displayed remarkable pieces from the club’s black-and-white history, such as jerseys, newspapers, magazines, photographs, tickets, and other historical objects linked to the club. Central do Timão was present at the exhibition and spoke with some of the exhibitors about the passion that inspired them to build their collections.

Among them was Anderson Adriano, who brought a ticket collection that portrays decades of Corinthians history. The collector said the habit began in childhood and turned into a mission to preserve the memories of every match.

“This collection here, I think it’s our heart, right? It’s Corinthians, right? It’s what we live, like… Since I was a kid, when I went to my first Corinthians match, I said, ‘I’m going to keep a souvenir from this game.’ And the only thing I had at the time was the ticket. So I said, from today on, every game I go to, I’m going to keep the Corinthians ticket, because it will be the keepsake, the first keepsake.”

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According to Anderson, the collection includes practically every ticket from Neo Química Arena since the stadium’s inauguration in 2014.

“So, here is the Arena collection. Every Arena game, every ticket is here. Every ticket you can imagine is here. Since 2014, which is the beginning, right? It goes until… 26, the latest one I still haven’t gotten, but I will. But here are all the Arena tickets. Any ticket you can imagine, if you mention one, I’ll show you the ticket.”

In addition to Corinthians matches, the collection also includes materials from the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, both held at Neo Química Arena.

“I wasn’t able to attend any matches there (at the World Cup). But then I bought the tickets online. This here was the flyer they handed out in the subway. When people were going to the match, they distributed it. People could see their section, how to get in, which way to go, also for the ‘gringos,’ right? Here is the Olympics. For the Olympics there were two types of tickets. So I did a test, I said, I’m going to buy two to be delivered to my house, and the others I’ll pick up. Then when you picked them up, they printed them there. Then they handed you the ticket.”

Among the most valuable pieces, Anderson highlighted physical tickets from the 1960s, obtained through another collector.

“This is the rarity. These tickets here are the oldest physical tickets I have in my collection. Actually, I collect the tickets for the matches I attend, right? But since I got a collection from a friend of mine, he gave me these tickets. These tickets here are from ’69, they are the oldest. Before Gaviões was founded.”

Another exhibitor interviewed by the report was Ricardo Thamer, who presented part of an extensive collection of historical publications about Corinthians. The collection includes more than a thousand newspaper and magazine editions, especially copies of Gazeta Esportiva from the 1930s to the 1960s.

“Well, this collection here consists of editions of ‘Gazeta Esportiva’ from the 1930s to the 1960s, predominantly those in which Corinthians was featured in these editions. So it’s a small portion of a collection that today contains more than a thousand newspaper editions. But due to the lack of space to bring everything, I brought a small portion, around 50 editions, and we’re exhibiting here a little of what was reported in those years for the Fiel torcida. Younger generations who weren’t able to live through that era can still have access, for example, to what the uniforms looked like at the time, what kind of language was used back then, which is very different from today’s language, and they can also see what Parque São Jorge was like, what Pacaembu was like at the time too. It’s a very special collection.”

The collector also displayed historic posters illustrated by cartoonist Miécio Caffé, paying tribute to some of the greatest idols in Corinthians history.

“These are also printed media publications from that time. They are posters of the idols of the 1950s generation. And they were illustrated by the great cartoonist Miécio Caffé, who was the biggest figure in newspaper cartoons at the time, the one who created the images of these idols. So you have Luizinho, Pequeno Polegar, Gilmar dos Santos Neves, Olavo, Cabeção, Neco. These are cartoons that were made for newspaper covers and portrayed those idols at the time.”

Organized by Corinthians’ Cultural Department, the Corinthian Relics Cultural Exhibition aimed to value and preserve the club’s black-and-white memory, bringing together dozens of collectors and fans passionate about the club’s history in a space dedicated to displaying objects that span generations.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.