From rainy nights in Valladolid to El Clasico, here’s a sample of the differing match-day experiences you can expect to find around Spain.
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44. That’s how many seasons Real Racing Club de Santander have spent in Spain’s top flight. It’s more than 11 of the 20 current inhabitants ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: April 10, 2024
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2022 has been a rollercoaster year for the women’s game in Spain. From record crowds and the professionalisation of the Primera División to seismic fallouts, ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: November 8, 2022
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These are good times for Béticos. A quarter of the way through their third season under the guidance of Manuel Pellegrini, Real Betis are still ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: October 19, 2022
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El Derbi Madrileño. Perhaps second only to El Clásico in terms of its importance on the Spanish football calendar, the Madrid derby is a historic ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: September 19, 2022
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As LaLiga winds down towards the end of another season, Valencia fans are reflecting on eight years of their club being owned by Singaporean businessman ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: May 22, 2022
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The 2021/22 season marks Espanyol’s first campaign back in the top flight after a solitary and ultimately successful Segunda Division campaign. Having almost instantly slotted ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: February 23, 2022
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Derby night in Barcelona. LaLiga’s most played yet historically most unbalanced local derby was set for another chapter with significant subplots on both sides of ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: November 22, 2021
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Rarely has the relationship between owners of European football clubs and match going fans been so frosty. The sense of deep distrust is palpable at ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: September 21, 2021
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Eight months have now passed since the last meaningful football action was played out in Spain in front of anything close to a large crowd. ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: November 13, 2020
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It’s just gone 4:00 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon in a normally sleepy town on the border between the Comunidad de Madrid and Castile-La Mancha. ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: December 23, 2019
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Some fifty miles north of the Alboran Sea which separates Spain from Morocco, on the fringes of the Sierra Nevada, lies a city that has ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: November 5, 2019