Few managerial debuts at Real Madrid will ever be stranger than that of Wanderlei Luxemburgo, the man who took charge for six insane minutes
How the Air Force, a slice of a luck and a playoff match saved Atlético Madrid after the Spanish Civil War
Football stadiums always seem to fall foul to the perverse nature of war and its cruel ability to turn something designed to bring joy and entertainment into a monstrous monument of death…
The story of Pichichi, the Athletic Club great who lives on forever
IN MOST NATIONAL LEAGUES, the name of the trophy given to the player who scores the most goals is simplistic and self-explanatory. England’s Golden Boot, Italy’s Capocannoniere – literally ‘Top Gunner’- Turkey’s Gol…
An English field in Bilbao
At the end of the 19th century, the sons of the British industrial revolution headed to the iron-rich Basque Country in their thousands. The northern city of Bilbao was rapidly emerging as the…
Boavista’s title win of 2001: when Portugal’s big three became four
“We won because we were the best,” exclaimed manager Jaime Pacheco after Boavista’s 3-0 defeat of Aves on 5 May 2001 guaranteed his club the first championship in its history. In most countries…
John Aldridge: Real Sociedad’s unlikely Scouse idol
WALK INTO ANY one of San Sebastián’s famed pintxo bars (tx is ch in Basque) and it is more than likely that you will find framed photos hanging from the walls containing…