Friday 25 July 2008, 19:51
The last time La Liga Loca sticky-beaked its way into Valencia's odious affairs, a good 10 days ago, a period of stability and sanity was being promised by all those resident in the Mestalla madhouse. But, as is tradition in this most peculiar of...
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Wednesday 16 July 2008, 13:59
Never look a gift horse in the mouth, they say. Now, La Liga Loca hasn’t got a clue what that actually means. But it’s not going to, oh no sir. You can accuse us of going for easy targets all you like, you can say it’s not fair to drag up the past, and...
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Tuesday 15 July 2008, 12:42
Wherever you are in the world - even if it's Lincolnshire - you're probably having a chirpier summer than poor old ducking and covering Barcelona bigwig, Joan Laporta. The lobster-like La Liga Loca , for one, has been spending the sticky season...
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Monday 14 July 2008, 12:24
So, Sepp Blatter thinks that Cristiano Ronaldo is a slave and – more importantly – that Manchester United should stop flipping well whinging and let him go and join Real Madrid. Which poses a question: Is this the same Sepp Blatter who is an honorary...
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Wednesday 25 June 2008, 12:28
Now that the sultry stickiness of the Spanish summer has finally landed like a sweat-filled piano, it's high time for the good people of Andalusia to take up their favourite pastimes - intensive thumb twiddling and illegally reclassifying public land...
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Tuesday 24 June 2008, 13:06
July 7 is shaping up to be a thrilling day in the worlds of both Real Madrid and Barcelona. According to the current rumblings in the Spanish press - coming from that teeny, tiny, work experience run section not obsessed with Euro 2008 - it's set...
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Thursday 19 June 2008, 11:43
La Liga Loca has not been to the water-starved city of Barcelona for a while but it can only imagine that its pickpocket-invested streets are full of cranky culés with faces longer than Ruud van Nistelrooy on a caravanning holiday with Marco van Basten...
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Tuesday 17 June 2008, 19:00
Stung by criticism that last season's Copa del Rey final was seen as a bit of an afterthought by the Spanish FA - and, indeed, by most of the clubs taking part in it - the buffet-loving bigwigs have moved swiftly to award it pride of place in La Liga's...
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Tuesday 17 June 2008, 07:48
Not so very long ago, they were getting all excited down El Mundo Deportivo ’s way, screaming from the rooftops - and their front cover. Massive letters heralded the "Nou Barça!" while inside they dedicated a double-page spread to the HUGE story...
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Friday 13 June 2008, 14:28
Fernando Torres is finally starting to show that he may well be the one true heir to Raul's super striking throne. Not in the scoring a gazillion goals for Spain stakes, but in the pouty, sulky, staring from the bench way. Having been pulled off by...
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Tuesday 10 June 2008, 11:00
Real Zaragoza are beginning to get a teeny, tiny inkling of the footballing jungle they will have to hack their way through next season with seedy stories of unsavoury goings on dribbling out of the Spanish second division. Adding to the ongoing reports...
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Monday 09 June 2008, 14:22
It seems that the repeated fining of Atlético Madrid and Real Betis for constant failures to control their crowds is no longer sufficient to replenish the cake-purchasing coffers of the bigwigs running the game in Spain. With the price of oil rapidly...
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Friday 06 June 2008, 17:00
After months of media speculation, rampant rumour mongering and downright dodgy deception, the transfer deal of this and perhaps all summers has finally been sealed. And the news was met by incredible scenes of joy and jubilation on the streets of a stunned...
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Thursday 05 June 2008, 23:54
According to AS ’s page 16 stunner Carmen Colino, Robinho is bang out of order. From the safety of the Brazil camp, the condom-loving forward has admitted that he has offers from Manchester United and Chelsea. More to the point, he's admitted that...
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Wednesday 04 June 2008, 11:46
When Ramón Calderón pledged last week that his personal goal for next season was to open his presidential trap an awful lot less, La Liga Loca 's face fell faster than Jesus Navas being handed a suitcase and a round-the-world airline ticket. That's...
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