All posts tagged "Asturias"

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)...
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...
El Derbi Asturiano: Sporting and Oviedo on course to resume old acquaintances

With Sporting Gijón edging ever closer to the relegation trap door inthe top tier of Spanish football...
‘Can we fix it?’ – Manolo Jiménez looks to pull off the great escape

LigaBBVA.com ‘Sí se puede’. Yes we can. Fortunately this is not a reference to a new Spanish...
Basque Brilliance – When Real Sociedad shook-up Spanish football.

EFE The period between the death of Generalissimo Francisco Franco in 1975, and 1982 when the elected...
FIRST THINGS FIRST FOR JAVIER CLEMENTE AND SPORTING DE GIJON

Last week Javier Clemente decided to take on the difficult challenge of saving Sporting de Gijón after the...