Tag: football
Just 11 Brits arrested out of 100,000 Champions League fans in Madrid after Spain’s Largest police operation
SUCCESS: Madrid 2019 could have been a Champions League nightmare if it wasn't for excellent policing and generally well-behaved fans
IN PICS: Liverpool fans outnumber Spurs in first pit stop of Madrid Champions League final convoy
The R and R break comes just three hours into the trip, with Reds fans greatly outnumbering Spurs supporters
Tottenham and Harry Kane land in Spain for Champions League final as Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle tells Pochettino ‘NOT’...
SAVE HIM: Spurs legend Hoddle said Harry Kane should not start against Liverpool in MadridTOTTENHAM and Harry...
Trio of Italian touts arrested in Spain for selling FAKE Champions League final tickets
Once all three men were cuffed, police confirmed the tickets were fakes by testing their QR codes
7 GOOD things the British have contributed to Spain
While we do we have many a moron - as does every country - Spain knows that we, too, have something to offer
Andalucian football players wear shirts printed with racist insults for protest in final game of season
Teammates have, in a tongue-in-cheek way, branded the five-year-old squad ‘the foreigners’
Influence of Messi and Ronaldo on Spanish Football
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two of the best footballers of our generation, and that statement is not even up for debate.Both...
Travelling to Madrid for the Champions League Final? How to Stay Safe in the Capital
ON the 1st of June, 2019, over 150,000 Brits are expected to travel to Madrid for the Champions League final. That’s before you even...
Is La Liga in Danger of Irrelevance?
IN the past, European football body UEFA has made overtures to create some form of super league.The super league concept would likely include...
Five Madrid campsites for under €50 a night that won’t leave you priced out of Champions League weekend
Over 90% of Madrid city centre is now booked up, with nowhere for two people for a two-night stay over the weekend for under €2,000
Madrid airport faces Champions League final ‘chaos’ with 150,000 British fans set for Spain
Staff at Madrid Airport normally handle up to 3,000 passengers an hour but the huge number of supporters flying in will see that number double
Liverpool back in Marbella for seven-day training camp ahead of Champions League final with Tottenham in Madrid
Both English teams will compete for their first silverware of the season at the Spanish capital’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium
British soldier and football coach guilty of intent to supply £3,000 of cocaine outside Gibraltar ‘military establishment’
After his initial arrest in February outside a ‘military establishment’ police also used ‘specialised sniffer dogs’ to search two locations
SPOTTED: The only pictures of Wolves’ trip to Marbella ahead of Premier League action today
The Premier League stars were largely kept hidden from the cameras, save for one eagle-eyed Wolves fan, Kay Fellows, 37, from Wolverhampton
British footballers kicked off flight after arriving drunk on Spain’s Costa Blanca
Passengers cheered and applauded when the 25-strong amateur side was removed
Wolverhampton Wanderers jetting to Marbella again for warm weather training THIS WEEKEND after FA Cup loss
Wolves were spotted in Marbella, dining at La Sala, back in February, following a shocking 2-0 home defeat at Molineux to Nottingham Forest
GIBRALTAR VS IRELAND: Fan zone, time, TV and everything else you need to know for Euro 2020 qualifier THIS...
Thousands of fans are expected to fill Gibraltar on the big day, so here is everything you need to know to enjoy the match
REVEALED: Estepona spent €100 million on public works in eight years, with cash for new hospital and football ground
Mayor Urbano said under him Estepona has seen the ‘the greatest transformation the city has ever experienced’
WATCH: Police in Spain ‘fire rubber bullets’ at Scottish football fans after Benidorm bar ‘torched’ and man arrested for...
It also emerged on Wednesday that there would not be a fan zone for the roughly 10,000 football fans journeying from Scotland to Spain
LAST MAN: Premier League star confronts burglars at Marbella mansion while wife and three kids sleep
The gang fled with some cash and jewellery from the former Argentinian international’s multi-million euro mansion
How British expat miners and a dozen chickens lead to Spain’s great love affair with football
Jack Gaioni uncovers the more absurd origins of the beautiful game
Liverpool players find time for fun on Marbella winter training trip despite ‘no sunlight’
Photos show the Liverpool lads smiling and being physical with each other during their practice sessions
WATCH: Liverpool FC arrive in Marbella for warm-winter training camp
The number two team in the Premier League will stay in Marbella until Friday
Liverpool train in Marbella this week ahead of Champions League clash with Bayern Munich
For those looking to catch a glimpse of the Premier League stars, the training ground is in San Pedro, just off the AP-7
WEDDING OF THE YEAR: Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos to marry model girlfriend in Spain’s Andalucia this summer
Ramos, who has won the Champions League four times with Madrid, joked the event would be a ‘special wedding because we're special’
Jose Mourinho convicted of tax fraud in Spain but won’t serve any of one-year prison sentence
It comes after fellow ex-Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was given a 23-month prison sentence and an €18.8m fine for tax evasion
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