All posts by Chris Clements
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Spotlight Season: Real Madrid and La Quinta del Buitre 1985-86
Background Spain in 1985 was unrecognisable from the neurotic, militarised State of a decade earlier. Democratic and...
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Island Life – The Story of UD Las Palmas
Organised football has been played in the Canarias since the early part of the twentieth century, but...
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A very British beginning – The birth of football in Spain
Huelva has a very special place in the history of Spanish Football. For this dusty industrial port...
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Out of Africa – When La Liga welcomed its only non European Club
A casual glance at the La Primera’s all-time classification will throw up few surprises. Sitting proudly at...
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Spotlight Season: Cruyff, Michels and Total Football end the Barca drought 1973/74
Background The 1960’s had not been a swinging time for Barcelona. Financially crippled by the cost of...
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Spotlight Season: The title finally leaves Madrid as Valencia dominate – 1970/71
Why 1970-71? La Primera title had not left Madrid for a decade, with either Real Madrid (8)...
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Spotlight Season: The Basque conquest of La Liga begins – 1980/81
Background At the start of the 1980’s, Spain was a country that was experiencing huge economic and...
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Més que un club – The magnificent history of the Camp Nou
I have a confession to make. I was, until recently, rather underwhelmed by the Camp Nou. Then early...
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Spotlight Season: Zarra reigns in Bilbao but the title goes to Madrid – 1949/50
Background – In the ten seasons since the end of the Civil War, the La Liga title...
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CD Lugo and the Angel of the North
Club Deportivo Lugo have always played second or even third fiddle, when the footballing rations have been...
