Segunda Division

When the Racing de Santander board fired Juan Carlos Mandiá on November 9, the team had only won one game out of ten in La Liga, and they had lost the first leg in the Round of 32 of the Copa del Rey against UD Salamanca, a mid-table club in the Segunda División.  This job [...]

Related posts:

1. La Liga US TV Listings for Jornada 17: Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 Only the players know whether Los Magos (The Magi) left…
2. La Liga US TV Listings for Jornada 12: Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 This weekend’s round of fixtures is highlighted by El…
3. La Liga US TV Listings for Jornada 11: Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 It is Friday, which means it is time to prepare…

If the Copa del Rey is played, but hardly anyone cares about it, did it really happen?  To say that some of the La Liga teams think of the cup as a nuisance would be quite an understatement.  With the overloaded fixture list consisting of European and domestic matches, the Copa del Rey is near [...]

Related posts:

1. Sevilla FC’s Defeat of Real Madrid Announces Their Presence in the La Liga Title Race In terms of the football played on the pitch, the…
2. La Liga in the UEFA Champions League: A Recap Tuesday and Wednesday brought about Match Day 2 in the…
3. Sevilla Flies Underneath the Radar While the press and the media focus most of their…

Before i begin my update i would like to offer my deepest sympathies to the family, friends and team-mates of Espanyol club captain Daniel Jarque who died after he suffered a heart attack following a training session yesterday. My thoughts are with them at this sad time.
Moving onto the title of this update only a [...]

In this update i would like to report on the latest recruits to join txuri urdin this summer so far.
Firstly the man to replace the departed Castillo in the left back position will be Alberto de la Bella who signed from Sevilla Atletico. The full back spoke this week of his surprise in San Sebastián [...]

After it seemed almost certain Xabi Castillo would be joining Racing Santander its been reported in the Spanish media that Xabi Castillo could make a sensational move to Athletic Bilbao and follow in the footsteps of Iñigo Díaz de Cerio. Athletic are looking for a left back and have been linked with Manchester City’s former [...]

With not much in the way of news to report on today i thought i’d voice my opinion on the centenery strips for the coming season. To be blunt – i don’t like them. The red away one is getting a very generous 6/10 but i’m afraid the home kit is getting 1/10. Now i [...]

Spanish newspaper Marca have reported new coach Martín Lasarte could make Carlos Bueno the man to fire Real Sociedad to promotion next season. Like Sebastian Abreu before him, Carlos Bueno is a Uruguayan International striker with 27 caps and 16 goals to his name. The forward currently plays for Peñarol in his native Uruguay netting [...]

It was announced yesterday that star studded Real Madrid will visit Anoeta on 15th August to honour the centenary of Real Sociedad. It has also been revealed the visitors will not be charging a penny to play in a fantastic gesture to the cash strapped club and any much needed money raised will be kept [...]

Iñigo Díaz de Cerio was unveiled as a Athletic Bilbao player today after his Real Sociedad contract officially ended yesterday and has signed on for 4 years with a 50 million euro buy out clause. The player thanked Athletic Club for trusting him after having been sidelined for most of the 2008-9 season due to [...]

A last minute winner from comeback kid Gorka Elustundo ended Real Sociedad’s season on a high and gave Coach Lillo a good end to his tenure after the bitter disappointment of failing to get promotion. Incredibly the win means that txuri urdin finished with more points away from home than at the Anoeta – something [...]

Its yet to be officially confirmed but Millonarios left sided midfielder Jonathan Estrada will be heading to San Sebastian at the weekend to sign a season loan deal to join the club next season with an option to make the deal permanent after that. With Martín Lasarte not due to take the reigns until July [...]

Real Sociedad were unable to give the home fans the victory they wanted as they bid farewell to coach Lillo and the players who were playing in their final tie at Anoeta before they move to pastures new. It turned out to be a very entertaining game with plenty of chances for both sides (see [...]

Regular followers of Real Sociedad news will be familiar with the ritual of me taking a few days to update a match after Real Sociedad have suffered a defeat but the fact its now Thursday reflects the pain i felt after the thrashing Rayo dealt out. Things didn’t look good after only 3 minutes when [...]

At a press conference this afternoon it was confirmed by President Aperribay that Coach Lillo will leave the helm at the end of June and the man to replace him is Uruguyan Martin Lasarte. Aperribay thanked Lillo for the “great work” he had done for the team but ultimately his failure to get into the [...]