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La Curva! – When the heart and soul of Espanyol ruled Barcelona
When it comes to their rivalry with FC Barcelona, Espanyol supporters have never had much to brag about. Barça have always been...
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THE DEATH OF DEPOR – A meteoric rise and catastrophic fall in la Coruña
May 20, 2000. Deportivo la Coruña are crowned champions of La Liga, Javier Irureta leading ‘SuperDepor’ to their first ever title. The...
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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO JAVI MORENO?
By Sam Hughes Back in 2001, big clubs across Europe were vying for the signature of a star Spanish striker who...
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A BASQUE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL – The national team of Athletic Club Bilbao.
By Jamie Milligan One of Scottish football’s proudest moments came in 1967 when Celtic became champions of Europe. Jock Stein’s famous...
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LA CURVA RCDE 1900 – The Heart and Soul of Espanyol
By Colin Jones Follow El Centrocampista
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THE NEXT BIG THING – Álvaro Vadillo
By Heath Chesters At 16 years of age, attacking midfielder Álvaro Vadillo became the youngest débutante in the history of Real Betis,...
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Liga BBVA Goals and Extended Highlights: Week 15
BETIS 1-2 BARCELONA ATLETICO MADRID 6-0 DEPORTIVO ATHLETIC 1-0 CELTA LEVANTE 4-0 MALLORCA VALLADOLID 2-3 REAL MADRID MALAGA 4-0...
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Betis tie should test the artistry of Vilanova’s Barcelona
Barcelona’s demolition of Athletic Club in last weekend’s fixture at the Camp Nou showed the first real signs that...
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La Liga’s most productive players of the season so far
With a third of the La Liga season already done and dusted, now is as good a time as...
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Red Fury! – The meteoric rise of football’s greatest underachievers
The past four years have seen Spain’s national football team undergo a dramatic transformation from perennial underachievers to all-but...
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From Arsenal with Love – Cesc Fabregas finds his feet back in Barcelona
When Cesc Fabregas returned home to Barcelona after eight years of making himself into a star at Arsenal, it...
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Valencia edge back towards crisis point as Llorente wields the axe
As Ernesto Valverde sat down for his first press conference as coach of Valencia earlier this week, it was...
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Another coach bites the dust while Malaga go electric lime – Spanish football around the web
Another round, another Barcelona victory. That story line can be put to bed until March when we’ll see if...
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On Song Alex looks the part at Barcelona
When Alexandre Song completed a surprise £15million move from Arsenal to Barcelona on 20 August, 2012 most people naturally...
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Bayern and the Basque – Javi Martinez settles into Bundesliga life
Over the summer Spanish international Javi Martinez made the move from La Liga side Athletic Bilbao to German Bundesliga...
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Dead Man Walking? – Mourinho, Perez and broken relationships
Another ‘derbi’, another defeat for Atlético de Madrid. One suspects that of the casual spectators who paid a minimum...
