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.
Considering they are the most decorated club in Spanish and European football history, it’s perhaps surprising that Real Madrid have failed to register anything that ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: May 15, 2024
It’d be an exaggeration to call it 40 years of hurt. Since clinching the league and cup double in 1984, Athletic have defied the odds ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: April 15, 2024
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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
For the best part of a decade, the battle for Spain’s prestigious Pichichi Trophy was not so much a race, but more a personal duel ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: April 3, 2024
March is a month when the Spanish top flight pauses for breath with the final international break of the domestic season before one big dash ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: March 26, 2024
LaLiga is heating up with just 10 matchdays to go following the latest round of games which saw all of the top three win but ... Read more
Written by: Daniel Garcia
Published on: March 12, 2024
Played 50, won 2. That’s the combined record of Almeria and Granada this season in LaLiga. Perhaps then, it should be no surprise that their ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: February 20, 2024
Cast your mind back four years. The new Copa del Rey, in its first season following a radical revamp, had just emphatically lived up to ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: February 6, 2024
A storm had been brewing in Barcelona. This weekend’s announcement that Xavi would be stepping down at the end of the season, did not feel ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: January 29, 2024
There’s more than a touch of déjà vu about Sevilla’s 2023/24 season. Fans of Los Nervionenses must feel like they are trapped in the same ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: January 16, 2024
Ernesto Valverde’s long relationship with Athletic Club, which dates back to a six year spell as a player in the 1990’s and is now a ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: January 8, 2024