"Thanks for having this interest for lower teams in Spain. That is something that even in my country we lack as everyone cares about Real Madrid and Barcelona but don't see the local and amateur football dying year after year."
For the last 19 days, I published 45 interviews by fans, writers, players and coaches. I wasn't expecting to have so many wonderful people respond to me, and I thank them for their time and cooperation, as well as for answering so many questions!
I'm going to be honest here - I certainly wasn't expecting to interview an ex-Barcelona player - let alone two of them. I wasn't expecting to interview a footballer with three consecutive league titles. Or the assistant technical director of Rayo Vallecano. Or an Ipswich legend. Or the nephew of Juan Sabas. Or Mikel Alonso - again.
I also wasn't expecting to interview fans of Segunda B clubs, but I did - Burgos and Real Jaén were particularly surprising. Or someone to write over 2,500 words about the Barcelona Femení team. Or that there would be a fan of UCAM Murcia, a team that were in the sixth tier a decade ago. Or that a Norwegian would support, of all teams, Gimnàstic de Tarragona. Or that Real Madrid's reach is so great that they have fans in Kurdistan. Or that my Alavés fan interview would be with the cousin of ex-Alavés defender Santiago Martínez.
I'd like to thank, once again, all those who agreed to be interviewed. This project pretty much crumbles without you.
Scroll down to check out some exclusive interviews with footballers and coaches, as well as fans and writers talking about the clubs they love. If you support a club in Spain chances are your club has been "represented" here - sometimes more than once!
If you'd rather see the project unfold in reverse chronological order, click here.
-Juan Manuel Serrano
"Thanks for contacting me...[projects like these] make the world of football grow!"
-Xavi Pérez Ureña
For the last 19 days, I published 45 interviews by fans, writers, players and coaches. I wasn't expecting to have so many wonderful people respond to me, and I thank them for their time and cooperation, as well as for answering so many questions!
I'm going to be honest here - I certainly wasn't expecting to interview an ex-Barcelona player - let alone two of them. I wasn't expecting to interview a footballer with three consecutive league titles. Or the assistant technical director of Rayo Vallecano. Or an Ipswich legend. Or the nephew of Juan Sabas. Or Mikel Alonso - again.
I also wasn't expecting to interview fans of Segunda B clubs, but I did - Burgos and Real Jaén were particularly surprising. Or someone to write over 2,500 words about the Barcelona Femení team. Or that there would be a fan of UCAM Murcia, a team that were in the sixth tier a decade ago. Or that a Norwegian would support, of all teams, Gimnàstic de Tarragona. Or that Real Madrid's reach is so great that they have fans in Kurdistan. Or that my Alavés fan interview would be with the cousin of ex-Alavés defender Santiago Martínez.
I'd like to thank, once again, all those who agreed to be interviewed. This project pretty much crumbles without you.
Scroll down to check out some exclusive interviews with footballers and coaches, as well as fans and writers talking about the clubs they love. If you support a club in Spain chances are your club has been "represented" here - sometimes more than once!
If you'd rather see the project unfold in reverse chronological order, click here.
- An introduction to the Hinchas y Jugadores project - click here.
- Exclusive featured interviews (in alphabetical order):
- Damià Abella
- Daniel Huertas
- Gerard Nus
- Jade Boho Sayo
- Mikel Alonso
- Pablo Couñago
- Román Golobart
- Roger Riera
- Xavi Pérez Ureña
- Fan interviews (articles marked Xtra are "quick" fan comments):
- Alavés with Javier Larroda
- Athletic Bilbao with James Etxegorri
- Atlético Madrid with Jeremy Beren
- Barcelona with Isaiah Cambron
- Barcelona Femení with Michele Taylor
- Betis with Ben Hardman
- Burgos CF with Sergio Asecas
- Cádiz with Andrew
- Celta Vigo with Joseph Sexton
- Córdoba with @CordobaCFinEng
- Córdoba with Pedro Aljama (Xtra)
- Deportivo de La Coruña with Pablo Nunel
- Eibar with Euan McTear
- Espanyol with Tom Canton
- Gimnàstic with Marius Helgå
- Girona with Darren Smith
- Granada with Heath Chesters
- Huesca with Jaime Cajal Omella
- Levante with Cesar Diaz (Xtra)
- Lugo with Melch
- Mallorca with Ian M
- Osasuna with Ignasi Torné
- Oviedo with John Mothershaw
- Ponferradina with Chris Pidgeon
- Ponferradina with Juan Manuel Serrano
- Racing de Santander with Jonathan Mullin
- Rayo Vallecano with Paul Reidy
- Real Jaén with Toni Kraken
- Real Madrid with Rez
- Real Madrid Castilla with Javier Santa Engracia (Xtra)
- Real Valladolid with Roberto
- Real Zaragoza with Max Bluer
- Tenerife with Druso Lopez
- UCAM Murcia with Matthew Threlfall
- Valencia with Paco Polit
- Villarreal with Allen Dodson
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