Welcome to our Spanish football blog! Running since 2018, this is the place for analysis and opinion on the latest events in La Liga.
We aim to cover all the top-flight teams and won’t solely focus on the big clubs. There’s also the occasional dive into the Segunda Division and the world of Spanish women’s football.
We also get out and about and go in-depth on the matchday experience in Spain in the LLE on the Road section, while our La Liga history archives tell the tales of years gone by.
As per transfermarkt, LaLiga has the oldest average age among Europe’s top five leagues at 27.11 years. Along with many young exciting prospects, the Spanish ... Read more
Written by: Akhil Rawat
Published on: February 4, 2021
The 2020/21 season featured two LaLiga transfer windows. The first ran from August 4th to October 5th 2020 but clubs could continue to do some ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: February 2, 2021
After finishing the 2017/18 season in 6th place (their highest finish since 2004/05) and beating deadly rivals Sevilla 5-3 in their own backyard along the ... Read more
Written by: James Felton
Published on: January 28, 2021
When Brazilian legend Ronaldo bought a 51 per cent stake in Real Valladolid in 2018, many football fans across the world raised their eyebrows. Some ... Read more
Written by: James Felton
Published on: January 22, 2021
18 matchdays into the 2020-21 LaLiga season, Huesca find themselves rock bottom of the pile, six points away from safety, and with only one win ... Read more
Written by: Akhil Rawat
Published on: January 20, 2021
Sitting just one place above the relegation zone after 17 matches, Valencia are a far cry away from the side Unai Emery guided to three ... Read more
Written by: James Felton
Published on: January 7, 2021
When Javi Calleja was dismissed as Villarreal’s head coach in July, it came as a surprise to many as the club had finished the season ... Read more
Written by: Akhil Rawat
Published on: December 15, 2020
Seven seasons have now passed since what was arguably Atlético Madrid’s greatest ever campaign. Any doubt about that would have been removed were it not ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: December 4, 2020
LLE on the roadSpanish football blog
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
Real Sociedad supporters would have had reason to be a little bit anxious heading into the new season. Their team struggled post lockdown last term, ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: October 27, 2020
May 13, 2018. Minute 94. Referee Mario Melero López breathed on his whistle for the last time. But the sound of the whistle was drowned ... Read more
Written by: Akhil Rawat
Published on: October 14, 2020