This is a new feature here on Laligaweekly.com called The Barça Observer 2010. While we are not necessarily an FC Barcelona blog, we cover the blaugrana extensively and throughout the season, we will have a weekly update on them from our unique perspective. New Signing: Adriano Correia, the versatile midfielder who has played most recently at Sevilla FC, has signed for four years with the club, joining former teammates Seydou Keita and Dani Alves, making the Nervionenses a bit of [...]
Getafe rolled out their new designs for kits in the 2010-2011 season. The kit manufacturer remains Joma Designs and for another year, Burger King’s logo remains smack at the center of the azulones’s kit. All the kits have the badge of the community of Madrid on the back as well. First Kit: remains their traditional all-blue kit, but there has also been added a white rectangular bar across the front of all the kits encompassing the Joma loga on the [...]
The new Racing Santander kits are available and as you can see there are a slew of options for the typical Cantabrian player. First Kit: The colors remain in place. The top is white with an accent black and green stripe across the front and down the right shoulder and axilla. The bottom of the shirt has a stripe of green covering the black shorts. The socks are green with white accents. Second Kit: The colors are predominantly black with [...]
In light of La Seleccion’s triumph at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, I found it only appropriate to reflect on the past club histories of the 23 heroes who forever chiseled in a star above the Spanish crest. Like any player in futbol, all 23 got their start within a youth system before eventually making their way to their current club. However the number of players from Vincente Del Bosque’s squad who actually plied their trade for [...]
The new Puma kits for Villarreal kits were unveiled at the Madrigal this afternoon with hundreds of fans attending, and many of the youth team players modeling the varied assortment of jaundiced kits for the Yellow Submarine. Home Kits: It doesn’t seem like much has changed in the way of the first kit. It’s yellow It’s got a cool Villarreal CF badge on the left above the heart and a Puma logo on the other side. The shorts are yellow [...]
UD Almería presented their new kits for the 2010-2011 season, featuring many new features from previous seasons, but of course the traditional red and white colors are maintained. For the kits, the club have opted to switch to provider Rasanen who have signed with the club for the next three years. The first kit, as mentioned, keeps the red and white stripes, with a few minor details changed in the design of the shirt and pants. The main novelty is [...]
Valencia: Valencia: Unai Emery has stated that the squad is set for the coming season. No more buys. The club has also floated the idea of micro-ownership to raise funds. It wouldn’t be a full return to the days of socio-ownership, the minimum investment would be 50,000 euros, but it would be a start. Villareal: no less than club reps Manuel Llorente and Fernando Roig are stating that, in accordance with the sale of either Godin (to Atletico) or Gonzalo, the [...]
Coach: Esteban Vigo, an ex-Barcelona journeyman in the 1970′s. He has most recently coached at Llieda and at Xerez. Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain. Capacity (30,000)Region: ValenciaNickname: Herculanos (Herculoids), Blanquiazules (white-blues)Derby: Alicante CFSponsor: Comunitat Valenciana, the travel sponsor of the autonomous Valencian community.Kit Description: 2009-2010: Home: A blue and white stripe shirt (the central blue stripe is lighter than the others) with black shorts and blue socks.. Away: An all black kit with alternating grey stripes on the [...]
As.comBarcelona: Pep Guardiola: begins training today with 17 from his youth team and tomorrow, Sandro Rosell will travel to London to negotiate for Cesc.Atletico Madrid: Fran Merida: “We have placed an eye on Monaco, for the Supercopa” Real Madrid: Maicon: 48 hour limit: Mourinho: asks for one last gasp at signing the Brazilian. If the deal is not closed, Sergio Ramos will be the rightback and an expert central defender will come. Marca.comReal Madrid: Sergio Ramos, euphoric over the World [...]
Ladislao or Laszlo Kubala as he was known, was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1927. His parents were Slovaks with Hungarian and Polish heritage on either side. He started his professional career for Ferençvaros TC where he became the teammate of future FC Barcelona teammate Sandor Koçsis. The military beckoned but he stayed a step ahead moving first to Czechoslovakia and returning in 1948 to join Vasas SC football club. It is then that the story complicates for young Kubala. [...]
