Spain Euro 2024 preview
Spain head to Euro 2024 targeting their fourth triumph in the competition. They do so as the current UEFA Nations League holders but also on ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: June 11, 2024
Spanish football blog
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.
Leganes and Real Valladolid celebrate promotion as the play-offs kick off in Asturias
The Segunda Division regular season is over and true to form, it was as tight as ever at the top, with the top four separated ... Read more
Written by: Mark Sochon
Published on: June 7, 2024
Real Madrid on course for one of their best ever seasons
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
A 40-year wait & a week of celebrations in Bilbao
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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LLE on the road in Santander – A resurgent Racing
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
The tightest Pichichi race in a generation – A throwback to another era
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
Late season coaching changes in LaLiga – Do they work?
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 key battles – How are things shaping up with 10 games to go?
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
The curious case of LaLiga’s bottom two
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
Up for the cup – Basques dreaming of another derby Final as Atleti & Mallorca bid to crash the party
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
Xavi to leave – What comes next for Barcelona?
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