La Liga Lowdown

This is the latest episode of a new La Liga Lowdown podcast series where we're telling the story of each LaLiga Santander club, this time looking at Celta Vigo. Euan McTear (@emctear) hosts and starts the episode by looking at some of the Galician club's all-time highlights, before Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) go through the club's history, Andrew Miller (@AndrewMil...

Although some matches were postponed due to the wild weather that hit Spain this weekend, we’ve got seven matches to sink our teeth into in this match recap. Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) looks at the draw between Osasuna and Real Madrid at an icy El Sadar, Sam Leveridge (@samleveridge) rounds up the drama from Sevilla’s thrilling win over Real Sociedad, Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) explains what’s...

In the first episode of this brand new La Liga Lowdown podcast series, we tell the story of Athletic Club. Over the coming weeks, we'll have a podcast dedicated to every one of the LaLiga Santander clubs and we're starting with one of the most prestigious. Euan McTear (@emctear) starts the podcast by looking back over some of the club's all-time highlights. Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Paco P...

It’s our first LaLiga matchday recap podcast of 2021 and there’s so much to talk about. Real Betis fan and journalist David Whitworth (@DCWh1tw0rth) and host Euan McTear (@emctear) start the podcast off by discussing the weekend’s Seville derby, while there’s also the lowdown from Bilbao from Beñat Gutiérrez (@beinatguti) on why Gaizka Garitano was sacked by Athletic Club and what to expect from n...

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid were held to 1-1 draws this week by two of the minnows of LaLiga and we discuss those games in this Matchday 16 recap, looking at Barcelona’s draw with Eibar with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and talking about Real Madrid’s draw with Elche with Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim). There’s also a listener question for Román, this week from Diana Yeow (@dy158). Also in this we...

There was a midweek round of football to welcome in Christmas week and there were some important wins for the teams at the top of the table. In this matchday recap podcast, host Euan McTear (@emctear) speaks to SB Nation’s Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) and Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo) about Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid respectively. They’ll share top spot of the table over Christmas. There’s also a look...

It was the Ronald Koeman derby this weekend as his Barcelona side drew 2-2 against his former club Valencia. We start this week’s episode by discussing that match with Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), before Alex Brotherton (@alex_brotherton) looks back on Atlético Madrid’s win over Elche and the best commentary clips from that game. In part two of the podcast, host Euan McTear (@emctear) outlines Real...

In our Matchday 13 recap pod, we start by praising Huesca and Javi Ontiveros after their first win, before host Euan McTear (@emctear) discusses the Madrid derby and Real Madrid's victory with Emily Wilson (@wilson_emt). Also in this week's episode, there's a discussion with Dom Tancock (@dorsetdom1905) about Getafe's recent woes, there's Román de Arquer's (@Aeroslavee) views on Barcelona's latest...

We start this week’s episode by analysing new Celta Vigo coach Eduardo 'Chacho' Coudet’s first three matches in charge of the club, with Ian Morris (@CeltaUSA) explaining why he believes this might be something more than the club’s annual new manager bounce. There’s also discussion of Barcelona and Real Madrid’s very different trips to Andalusia, with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) looking at Barça...

This Matchday 11 recap episode looks back over the weekend in which LaLiga said goodbye to Diego Maradona. At Barcelona, Leo Messi did so in his own special way and host Euan McTear (@emctear) and Barça correspondent Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) start this week’s episode by discussing that touching moment. We also hear from Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) on Atlético Madrid’s new tactics and their title...

Atlético Madrid achieved a statement win over Barcelona this weekend, the first ever time Diego Simeone has won a LaLiga game against Barça as a coach. That's the main topic of discussion in this week's episode, with Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) offering his opinions to host Euan McTear (@emctear). We hear Ronald Koeman and Diego Simeone's thoughts on the game too. Then, Alan Feehely (@azulfeehel...

In this week’s episode, our lead story is the Real Sociedad vs Granada match, with the latter only having seven first-team players available due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Granada fan Heath Chesters (@HeathGCF) laments the fact that it wasn’t called off. Real Sociedad supporter Phil Ball (@PhilBallTweets) then agrees that it shouldn’t have taken place, before explaining what has made Real Sociedad so...

Eden Hazard is back and he marked his return with a wonder goal in Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Huesca in Matchday 8. Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim) joins host Euan McTear (@emctear) at the start of this week's episode to discuss that Real Madrid victory, while we also hear what Hazard himself had to say in his post-match interview. Then, we have Román de Arquer's (@Aeroslavee) thoughts on Barcelona's d...

El Clásico was the blockbuster fixture of Matchday Seven and this week's episode starts by discussing Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over Barcelona, with Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) taking us through the action and the best commentary clips, before Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and host Euan McTear (@emctear) break down the key details of the game. That includes the Ramos penalty incident, Griezmann's b...

Cádiz and Getafe each earned 1-0 victories on the Saturday of LaLiga's Matchday Six, defeating Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, and we start the podcast by discussing these two giant-killing victories. Alex Brotherton (@alex_brotherton) explains what this win means to Cádiz, to the club and the city. Then Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) explains what Getafe did to frustrate Barcelona. Host Eu...

In this episode of La Liga Lowdown, we start by trying to work out what went wrong for Atlético Madrid, who went from scoring six in one game to failing to register a shot on target. Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) of @intothecalderon joins host Euan McTear (@emctear) for that discussion on all things Atleti. We also hear from Gregor Chapelle (@gregorchappelle) on Barcelona vs Sevilla and Paco Polit (@pac...

We’ve just had the first midweek round of the 2020/21 LaLiga season, so here comes our first midweek matchday recap. We start by discussing Elche's win over Eibar and hear about Eibar’s problems from Basque journalist Beñat Gutiérrez (@beinatguti). There’s also praise for league leaders Getafe, with Geta fan Dom Tancock (@dorsetdom1905) joining the pod to explain what they’re doing so well. Barcel...

The big story this week in Spanish football is Luis Suárez’s transfer from Barcelona to Atlético Madrid. Both sides had huge wins in this weekend’s matchday, so both parties will feel they’ve won this divorce. At least so far... Barcelona-based Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and host Euan McTear (@emctear) get stuck into Barça and Atleti’s wins, especially the great performance of Ansu Fati. There’...

Matchday two of the 2020/21 LaLiga season saw Real Madrid back in action and saw Martin Ødegaard travel back to the Reale Arena. He was on loan there with Real Sociedad last season and then, in his first game back with Real Madrid, he took on the Basque club. The match finished goalless and this week’s episode starts off with host Euan McTear (@emctear) looking at the ins and outs of the result wi...

The 2020/21 LaLiga Santander season has started! So, here comes La Liga Lowdown's matchday one recap, where the main story is Valencia. Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) is on hand to explain the club's latest crisis and how they somehow finished matchday one top of the table. Host Euan McTear (@emctear) also speaks to Beñat Gutiérrez (@beinatguti) about Athletic Club's difficult pre-season and opening w...

We're back with the second of our two La Liga Lowdown preview podcasts, ahead of the start of the 2020/21 campaign. After preview podcast one looked at the title race, this time host Euan McTear (@emctear) is joined by Matt Clark (@MattClark_08), Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) to discuss the fight to qualify for Europe and the relegation battle. How good will thi...

A brand new LaLiga Santander season is just around the corner, with the first match to kick off on Friday, September 11th. It's time, then, to look ahead to the new campaign and that's what Euan McTear (@emctear), Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) do in this episode, the first of two preview shows being released by La Liga Lowdown thi...

Here comes a special La Liga Lowdown podcast in the hours after the news on Friday night that Lionel Messi is staying at Barcelona. The transfer saga has ended, but there’s so much to discuss. In this episode, host Euan McTear (@emctear) is joined by Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG) to reflect on the winners and losers of the saga, on what Barcelona’s attack will look l...

Sevilla are Europa League champions once again, for a sixth time. In this episode, we look back at their 2019/20 campaign and at how they managed to win this tournament yet again. Gregor Chappelle (@gregorchappelle) looks back to the group stages and to the Round of 32, when Sevilla almost went out to Cluj. Then Matt Clark (@MattClark_08) charts the team’s progress through the Round of 16, the qua...

The 2019/20 season has been completed, so it's time to review the campaign as a whole. We held an LLL Live show just after the season ended, with host Euan McTear (@emctear) joined by Paco Polit (@pacopolitENG), Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee) and Hasan Karim (@TheHasKarim). The entire show is available right here in audio-only format, or the full video version can still be viewed on our @LaLigaLowd...