The Pride of Vallekas

Sarthak ( @Vallecanos1924 ) puts it succinctly. The Old Boys' network in the RFEF is still alive & kicking. The gravy train rolls on. pic.twitter.com/Fk89zocbf5 — Barça Women (@BarcaWomen) May 23, 2017 Exactly. Behind the incredible Hulk kits is a story that shows weakness - weakness of the argument for why the Segunda B should even exist. In March 2016, Atlético Astorga couldn't survive in the Segunda B. It ran a 30,000 euro deficit. It needed 70,000 euros more to survive. Just think about that - a club formed in 1969 had spent just two years in the Segunda B and was struggling to function. The team from Astorga did the unthinkable - they reached across to Ponferrada, 64 kilometers away, to their fiercest rivals, and became their B team. The situation was so dire that Sagrario González, president of the board, defended it as the "the only solution" to be able to compete in the Segunda B - and this was after Ponferradina had loaned them fiv...

John Mothershaw is a Real Oviedo fan. He writes his own blog about the club, called OviedoFans.blogspot.co.uk , He mainly does Real Oviedo match reports on there. His work also goes on the oviedistanorthwest.com  site set up by Andy Huskinson. They have regular meet ups where a few of them get together for beer, food & Oviedo/football chat. Finally, follow him on Twitter here . A bit about yourself and your background I'm a Stoke City season ticket holder & have been following Real Oviedo since November 2012. I've made 7 trips to Oviedo to watch them play now & enjoy writing about them & have done various podcasts on them How long have you been a fan of Real Oviedo and what made you support them in the first place? Since November 2012, the club were in desperate trouble and I spotted a tweet from Sid Lowe asking for people to buy shares to help keep them afloat. The thought of any club going bust is grim. How could I resist? Given the transfer win...