ABSTRACT
The research aims to understand the historical and sociocultural meanings of a soccer tournament called BAPE - the name designates the acronyms of the states of Bahia and Pernambuco - occurred in the cities of Juazeiro-BA and Petrolina-PE. The methodology supports in the New Cultural History, comprises periodical publications (of the 1980s) in the written press as a source of research and the treatment of the data was done by the documentary analysis of journalistic matters that reported the event. These matters reflect how important the tournament was, as it was an unprecedented initiative to oppose their amateur soccer teams, ritualizing neighborhood feelings and rivalry between cities, composing a sports and sociability agenda for the San Francisco Valley.
Keywords:
Soccer history; San Francisco Valley; Juazeiro; Petrolina