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Welcome to Estadios de Fútbol en España
If this is your first visit to Estadios de Fútbol en España or you are simply returning, can I offer you a very warm welcome to the only English language site dedicated to the history of Spanish...
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El Puerto de Santa Maria - Estadio José del Cuvillo
Now we all know that a pretty name does not maketh a location (Take Welwyn Garden City for example!). However El Puerto de Santa Maria does deliver on both counts. Not only does it have an idyllic...
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Navalmoral de la Mata - Campo Municipal de los Deportes
Imagine, if you will, the world's worst football pitch... ever. Then run a plough over it and flood the resultant mess and you will have created something akin to the old playing surface at the Campo...
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Oviedo - Latest photos of the Estadio Carlos Tartiere
Many of you will be aware of Real Oviedo's remarkable survival story. It is explained brilliantly in this article by Sid Lowe, the Guardian journalist & Oviedista who was central to bringing their...
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Zamudio - Gazituaga
Pete Miles is a life-long Southend United supporter, which would usually exclude him from writing for this site! Luckily for us, he is mad about football stadiums and regularly watches matches across...
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Santa Cruz de La Palma - Estadio Virgen de Las Nieves
Santa Cruz de La Palma is a city on the edge. On the edge of Europe, on the edge of a rain forest and so far as its football stadiums are concerned, on the edge of reason. You may already be aware of...
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Zaragoza - Campo de Torrero
The citizens of Zaragoza and for that matter, other parts of Aragon, took their time to fully come to terms with football. Organised competitions did not truly get under way until 1915, a good decade...
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Madrid - Estadio Román Valero
Here's the latest article from Pete Miles as he continues his tour of Spanish stadiums. This time we find him in the suburbs of Madrid and at a club who for one brief season, tasted life in La...
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Six of the Best... Stadiums in Galicia
Hey, Talk about repackaging old ideas as new. This makes me feel like a member of the Coalition Cabinet! Actually what this does allow me to do is to share with you some rarely seen photographs and...
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Six of the Best... Unexpected International Venues
Occasionally, albeit very occasionally, the RFEF get things right. Take for example their stance on allocating venues for international matches. With no national stadium to hog all the home fixtures,...
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Six of the Best - Madrid's Hidden Gems
Think of stadiums in Madrid and thoughts immediately turn to the elite palace that is the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu or the hulking presence of the Estadio Vicente Calderón. Think a little harder and...
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Six of the Best - Past & Present Towers
There was a time, many years ago, when any self respecting stadium development in Spain could not be called complete without the addition of a tower. This impractical, egotistical appendage was all the...
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Six of the Best - Original La Liga Stadiums
On a grey Sunday afternoon 84 years ago, the Spanish Football League sprang into life. As you can imagine, things were done differently back then. There was no fanfare or orchestrated mass-media...
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Gijón - Estadio La Cruz
A warm welcome to Jamie McGregor and his first article for the site. Jamie is an Asturian based Scottish blogger who writes for the excellent In Bed With Maradona & the Spanish based...
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Gijón - Santa Cruz
Jamie McGregor's travels around Northern Spain continue with a visit to Santa Cruz, the home of Tercera stalwarts Gijón Industrial. For many Asturias conjures up images of green fields, snow tipped...
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Fotos Estadio
Time to share some top quality photographs that have been sent to Estadios de Fútbol en España from our contributors and followers on Twitter. Click on photo to enlargePhoto 1 - The Campo O Vao home of...
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Bilbao - San Mamés Barria
Time has finally caught up with the old San Mamés. That cauldron of Basque pride is one of the greatest and most atmospheric stadiums the world game has seen. However, its idiosyncratic design belongs...
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This is not a Requiem - Goodbye to San Mamés
Sunday 26 May 2013 is a date that fills the fans of Athletic Club de Bilbao with dread. For that day will bring with it an end nearly 100 years of official matches at their beloved San Mamés, Spain’s...
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Madrid - Antiguo Canódromo de Carabanchel
Tucked away in the south west suburbs of Madrid is a club whose commitment to youth seems to be finally paying dividends for its senior team. At the last count there were 30 teams wearing the club...
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Anexo del Estadio de Gran Canaria
There can't be too many club's whose reserve side was founded before the First XI. However, thanks to a convoluted history of mergers and takeovers that seem to pepper Spanish club football, we have in...
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