Farewell to Xavi After more than 500 appearances, 8 league titles, 4 Champions League triumphs, 2 European Championships and 1 World Cup winner’s medal (not a bad haul!), Barcelona legend and mercurial midfield maestro Xavi Hernandez bid an emotional farewell to Barca and Spanish football in 2015, moving on to…
Establishing themselves as a top flight team in La Liga in 2015-16, Celta Vigo have been putting together some seriously impressive performances in the first half of the season, not least the 4-2 thumping of all-conquering Barcelona. So, as they head into the halfway stage of the season still with…
With David Moyes currently plying his trade at Real Sociedad and the sad news earlier this week of Howard Kendall’s passing, we look at some of the other British managers who have made their mark on the Spanish league down the years. Howard Kendall The late, great manager of Everton’s…
It’s one of the great footballing nations in the world (2 European Championships, a World Cup and 7 Champions League wins this century) so you’d imagine that the stadiums would be a cauldron of passion for the beautiful game. And one of the charms of Spanish club football is the…
The past ten years have been a story of near unbridled success for the Catalan giants of FC Barcelona. From the Ronaldhino inspired Rijkaard managed days of the mid-noughties to the Messi-Suarez-Neymar triumvirate who destroyed everyone in Europe in 2014-15 the last decade of European and Spanish football has been…
Whilst it may seem as though Barcelona and Real Madrid have joint ownership of the league title in Spain, the reality is that, from time to time, other teams do get a look in and claim the top spot. In fact, over the years, 9 different teams have actually been…
As Real Madrid, and indeed, the Spanish league in general, prepares for life without the legend that is Iker Casillas between the sticks at the Bernabeu, as he embarks on a new stage of his career with a move to FC Porto, we take a look at some of…
Does anything tingle the anticipation buttons in football more than when the whistle is blown for a free-kick about twenty to twenty-five yards from goal. As the goalie frantically holds up fingers and waves his gloved hands – building his wall – while one player in particular from the opposition…
Johann & Jordi Cruyff When you’re the son of one of the greatest legends in the history of the game, you’d be forgiven if you opted for a somewhat different career path to that of the old man. So fair play to Jordi for trying to break from the shadows.…
Don’t you just a love good old ‘Who’s the Greatest Debate?’ It’s been raging for ages hasn’t it? Who’s better – Messi or Ronaldo? Well, guess what? These guys have smashed so many records between them and been so far out in front of the rest of the pack that,…
