A season with Rayo Vallecano (2)
Osasuna fans have cut off the main road of the stadium and are walking en masse towards the usual meeting point of the Rayo Ultras. Having seen this scene a thousand times in England and other parts of the world…
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Saturnino Navazo – The Spanish midfielder who shone in concentration camp football
in the early 1930’s Saturnino Navazo was a promising Spanish football player who could never have envisaged his Republicam beliefs would take him from stardom to Nazi prison camp. Inside the camp football saved his life, and out of his…
Talacheros F.C. – The prize fighters of Mexican amateur football
In the shadow of the rapidly growing professional Mexican football leagues, in the City of Mexico and its associated federal district there exists a semi professional football underworld. It is frequented by ex-professionals, aspiring players and free agents from a…
A Season With Rayo Vallecano (1)
As I make my way up the Portazgo metro stairs dodging a large group of Dutch tourists and cross the Albufera on auto-pilot mode, I’m struck by the lack of noise. Taking my headphones off and glancing towards ‘Bar Moreno’…
Segunda in Focus: A Season With Rayo Vallecano (intro)
The cult Spanish magazine Panenka dedicated an entire edition earlier last year outlining why exactly the Segunda division is the last remaining untouched part of Spanish Football culture and what it is that makes the league special. As the first…