Racing Santander

The Man in the Bowler Hat – Beautiful football comes to Spain

There was unabridged excitement in the Basque city of Bilbao last summer as Argentine tactician Marcelo Bielsa was named as the...
Getting Away With It – El Sardinero can’t be saved by its beautiful vista

I can’t help but feel that Real Racing Club de Santander’s Estadio El Sardinero has been getting away with it for...

Making the Grade: Five new La Liga coaches evaluated

Since the start of this season the bottom five La Liga clubs as of this week had...
Goals win games – Back to basics for La Liga’s shot-shy strugglers

GETTY IMAGES It sounds quite obvious but you can’t win a football game without scoring goals, and...
A Win is a Win – Unremarkable Barça continue to chase Madrid

MIGUEL RIOPA – AFP Barcelona leave Santander tonight with three necessary points, the satisfaction of getting the...
Mission Impossible – Barcelona test awaits Racing and new coach Cervera

ESTEBAN COBO (EFE) This week in la Liga another head coach was relieved of his duties, although...
BATTLE OF THE BANKRUPT – Zaragoza and Racing fight for their very existence

If any of the Racing Santander and Real Zaragoza fans making their way to ‘El Sardinero’ last...
BARCELONA BRAGGING RIGHTS, RELEGATION SIX-POINTERS AND LOTS OF HEADACHES – La Liga is back! (well almost)

Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia. There were tired eyes and sore heads aplenty around Spain yesterday morning as people...
MANZANO AND GARRIDO ON THE BRINK – Sunday La Liga Round-Up

It may be the season of goodwill to all men but that didn’t stop two La Liga...
ATHLETIC ROCKED BY RACING, COMICAL DEFENDING FROM RAYO AND PRESSURE GROWS ON MANZANO

In Sunday’s early kick-off, Sporting Gijon secured three vital points thanks to a 3-1 win at Rayo...