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.
LLE on the roadSpanish football blog
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
Leganés are a club that has got precious little wrong on or off the pitch in recent years. A third tier team as recently as ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: October 22, 2019
Over seven years have now passed since Spain capped a magical era of dominance on the international stage with the destruction of Italy in the ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: October 14, 2019
La Liga’s second managerial casualty of the season was announced earlier this week and in truth it came as little surprise. Following a 2-0 defeat ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: October 11, 2019
LLE on the roadSpanish football blog
There is a theory, increasingly prevalent in the ever changing world of modern football, that standing still ultimately equates to going backwards. In Bilbao, they ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: October 3, 2019
LLE on the roadSpanish football blog
To the casual visitor, it’s San Sebastian. A city of pintxos and playas, its oldtown one of Europe’s best culinary destinations set around a magnificent ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: October 1, 2019
Few clubs in Spain are as prone to a storm as Valencia. Even when things appear to be going well on the pitch, there’s invariably ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: September 19, 2019
The transfer window in Spain finally shut on Monday evening with a flurry of late activity. Most of the deadline day moves were loan deals ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: September 3, 2019
A little bit of history was made on Sunday evening as Barcelona handed a debut to their youngest player in 78 years with Ansu Fati ... Read more
Written by: Daniel Garcia
Published on: August 27, 2019
The new season got underway at the weekend with Mallorca, Granada and Osasuna all making their top flight returns following promotion from the Segunda last ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: August 21, 2019
It has been a very busy summer in Seville. Both Real Betis and Sevilla FC have appointed new coaches with Rubi taking over from Quique ... Read more
Written by: Daniel Garcia
Published on: July 23, 2019