El Partido

The Sunshine Coast is a hotbed of football, with clubs big and small dotted along this picturesque part of Spain. It's also the home to many fantastic footballers past and present so we wanted to take the opportunity to talk all about them with the man behind the Costa del Fútbol - Luke Chambers!

We get to talk about some of those unique clubs along the Costa but also look at some of the great players from the area. Now available wherever you get your podcasts, over on our Patreon and on YouTube!

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On this week's episode, we finally get to talk about about one of the most fascinating clubs in Spanish football, or world football for that matter - Athletic Club Bilbao! We are delighted to be joined by the brilliant Christopher Evans, author of Los Leones, as we discuss everything from Bielsa to Basque culture and most importantly, what makes Atheltic Club unique in the world!

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We have received another brilliant installment for El Partido en Directo and this week, we get to join Alex O'Brien (@AlcorconIrlanda) in the beautiful town of Antequera as his follows his beloved Alcorcon to the Malaga region in the hope of securing a win that would possibly take them top of the league!

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On this week's episode, Nick is delighted to be joined by the man behind the brilliant Estadios de España blog, Chris Clements. As always, they will take a nostalgic view on stadiums of the past and the memories that go with them whilst also asking the questions, do their replacements capture the essence that made them so special and why are the Spanish so good at upgrading estadios?!

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France is known for many a great thing - baguettes, the Citreon Berlingo and of course, footballers! We're back again with another installment of 'Our Favourite XIs' and Nick is once again joined by our resident team selector, Matt Harrison as we discuss our all time favourite French footballers to have graced La Liga!

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Spain was one of later countries to embrace professional football during the late 1920's and just as it started to gather momentum, it was abruptly interupted with outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. We are delighted to be joined by Chris Lee, author of 'Origin Stories', 'Shades of Green' and the spectacular 'The Defiant - A History of Football against Fascism' as we discuss how football in Spain was affected by the Civil War and how football became a tool during the Franco Era but how it also contributed to the rebirth of Spain as a democracy.

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We are back for our first episode of Season 2 of El Partido and we have a brilliant guest to start with! We are delighted to welcome Brendan Madden (Futbol es La Leche) to talk about his brilliant new book 'Once Upon a Time in La Liga'.

By delving into the archives and secret files, Brendan has compiled the most incredible stories that you may or may have heard of from Spanish football. In this episode, we'll talk to Brendan about his story with football in Spain, the 'Black Armbands' and how carnival in Cadiz created one of the most popular himnos!

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He's back to make it a trilogy to rival all trilogies. Matt Harrison follows up on the breakout hit of Granada CF v Al Ain with two fantastic games from the wonderful city. During this week, he's been to two games between sides based in 4th and 5th tiers of Spanish football and visited some brilliant barrios estadios to tick off the list!

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We are being well and truly spoilt this weekend with not one, but two EP en Directo entries and this one is our FIRST ever top table La Liga report direct from the Estadio. Thank you to Russ Pearce (Seagulls over Spain) for sending us his report from the Estadio Martinez Valero where La Liga newcomers Elche take on Europa Conference League Finalists, Real Betis in their opening game of the 2025/26 season!

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FOOTBALL IS BACK as the top two tiers of Spanish football resume for the 2025/2026 season. We're delighted that the man behind the newly established Costa del Futbol page, Luke Chambers, is taking us on a trip to the costa as he heads off to watch his beloved Malaga at La Rosaleda in this seasons opener to the Spanish Segunda!

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