El Partido

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 ep...

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! Available now wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like...

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...

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! Available now wherever you get your podcasts. If you're at a game in Sp...

We are less than one week away from the return of the football season in Spain but teams are still playing their last pre-season fixtures in an effort to get minutes in before the long campaign ahead. Friend of the podcast, Matt Harrison is spending the Summer in Granada and has kindly sent us in his report from the Estadio Los Carmenes, where the home side welcomed Abu Dhabi based Al Ain for thei...

It's not every day you can hop in the car and watch a team from the Costa del Sol play in the UK's premier university city but this is what was on offer this weekend as Malaga played Oxford United in a pre-season friendly. It was a weekend full of fixtures with 7 Spanish sides on UK shores for friendlies but none of them were as well attended as the Guiri Army descended on the Kassam stadium. Join...

The World Cup in 2010 was a tournament of firsts. First one to held in Africa, first to have a scientifically enhanced ball. Not the first appearance for North Korea weirdly... But it was a first for Spain and a first that they had been waiting to achieve for decades. 15 years ago today, Vicente Del Bosque led his side into the cauldron of 'Soccer City' with a chance to become Kings of the World a...

The new season is a matter of weeks away and clubs across Spain are bringing out their shiny new shirts for the year ahead. We have some hits, some misses and some absolute classic throwbacks, but we're not here for that... We are nostalgia! Join Nick and Paul as they bring their favourite ever La Liga shirts to the table but with one rule - they must have a collar! Available now in all your usual...

This week, Nick and Paul explore the brilliant footballing connections between Spain and Japan, looking at some of the finest Blue Samurais who have graced La Liga in the past 25 years. We discuss the cultural impact their clubs made on them, the fan favourites, Spaniards in the J League and the explosion of La Liga love over in the land of the Rising Sun. Available now wherever you get your podca...

And with that the 2024/2025 Primera RFEF season comes to a close, with Andorra and Real Sociedad B emerging victorious in the play off final second legs and winning promotion to the promiseland of the Spanish Segunda. In the final episode of the season, we review both games from the weekend as well as bringing you the latest news from across the Primera Federacion. To keep up to date with all thin...

In our second installment of 'Sleeping Giants', we're looking back at a well known yet often underappreciated side, who during the 90's beat Premier League opposition in a European final and became experts in winning the Copa del Rey. We're delighted to be joined by Liam Bambridge of the Spanish Segunda show and El Pozo to talk about the rise and fall of Real Zaragoza! Available now in all your us...

There may have only been two games this weekend, with the first legs of the play off finals underway, but there was still plenty of action. Real Sociedad B put one foot in the Spanish Segunda with a win away at Nastic but there's still all to play for at El Toralin after Ponfe drew away Andorra. Nick and Liam bring you a full review of both of those games and look ahead to the final games next wee...

In a change to our usual broadcasting schedule, due to Google Servers going hangwire, we bring you the first of our El Partido Stories. In this first episode, Nick looks back on the story of Hércules reaching La Liga after a 13 year absence - playing bold football and making a splash in the transfer market. In a season that started with high hopes and big ambitions, eventually would crumble and se...

We have our finalists for the Primera RFEF play-offs and they didn't pass by without any controversy. We look back across all the games, including an electric Ponfe, a wonderful team goal from Nastic, a bore fest at Can Misses and the penalty that never was given at Zubieta. We also bring you all the latest news from the Spanish Third Tier as per usual! Available now wherever you get your podcasts...

The Primera RFEF Play Offs kicked off this weekend, with the first leg of the semi finals now complete. Join Nick and Liam as they look back over the 4 games from the weekend as well as bring you the latest news from around Primera Federacion, with the so called 'Manager Merry Go Round' well underway, especially in Galicia! To hear more from us and everything Primera RFEF, give us a follow on soci...

Nick is doubly excited for this one, as he gets to regail you all about his beloved Malaga Club de Futbol! We're looking back at a very interesting time at La Rosaleda, as the new owner tried to break the mould in Spanish by spending big. We analyse the signings they made and the impact they had, plus some more Manuel Pellegrini admiration from the Nick and Paul! Available now wherever you get you...

It was the final weekend of the Spanish Segunda season and we're delighted to bring you our first report from the Spanish second tier! We join Luke Chambers as he heads to watch his beloved Malaga Club de Futbol take on Burgos at La Rosaleda on Saturday evening. Both of these sides have secured safety already but there will be a party atmosphere in La Rosaleda, with a chance to celebrate staying u...

In our second series on the podcast, we are looking into a brilliant time for Spanish Football - specifically, in the Copa del Rey. During 1999 and 2009, the Copa del Rey refused to be dominated by the Galaticos of Real Madrid and the dominant force of Barcelona - instead, it gave us some of the most fascinating finals and ultimately some brilliant winners who had waited years if not decades to ac...

The regular season is over but the fun is just beginning in Primera RFEF. Cultural Leonesa have been crowned Grupo 1 Champions and will play in the Spanish Segunda next season along with Ceuta but the best of the rest will have to navigate the play-offs for theie chance to join them. We also lost clubs this weekend in dramatic fashion with the likes of Yeclano and Sestao still alive within the las...

It's the final jornada of the Primera RFEF season and Marbella find themselves looking at an immediate return down El Pozo to Segunda RFEF. However, if they can better the results of Yeclano Deportivo or Atletico Sanluqueno, then they could give themselves a final day reprieve and stay in Primera RFEF for next season. Matt Harrison and his special guest have sent us their report from the Banus Foo...

We're back with another dose of Spanish football nostalgia and once again bringing back the memories of two strikers who took themselves to another level in Eastern Spain. Bit part players, often ridiculed, whilst in the North West of England but under the wing of Manuel Pellegrini they became two elite European strikers. This is the story of Diego Forlan and Guiseppe Rossi at Villarreal! Availabl...

It was the penultimate jornada of the Primera RFEF season at the weekend and we had drama. Nick and Liam are back to talk about how Ponfe denied their fierce rivals Cultu the title in the most dramatic of fashions, how some historic clubs cemented their play off places for a last gasp shot at promotion and the relegation battle that is going down to the wire, with 12 sides still in danger of slipp...

We are delighted to receive a report from our El Pozo colleague, Liam Bambridge, as found himself in Madrid this weekend and in pursuit of Primera RFEF football, he hopped onto a train and headed an hour North to the beautiful city of Segovia to watch Gimnástica Segoviana CF v Gimnàstic de Tarragona. We also have bonus action from Sunday's Tercera Play Off Semi Final first leg between Villaverde S...

In a follow up to our popular episode 'Our Favourite Argentine La Liga XI', we thought what nation would possibly have the calibre of player to go toe to toe in a game with them? Naturally it only led us to one place... Brazil! The country of samba, beautiful football and Joga Bonito! We're delighted to be joined by Matt Harrison of the Lost Boyos podcast once again to build our favourite Brazil L...

Fresh on the back of their weekend trip to Yecla to see Yeclano Deportivo beat Villarreal B, Nick and Liam are back to bring you their review of all this weekend's games from the Spanish third tier. We discuss the fight for play-off survival hotting up, a big fish that is falling 'Down The Well' and celebrate our first Champions! Available now wherever you get your podcasts and also available on Y...