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**Pat Murphy** · 07-02-2007, 03:45 PM

- Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid and Barcelona are the only 3 teams not to play outside of the first division since it's formation in 1928. These 3 teams are also the 3 most succesful teams from Spanish League history.

- Athletic Bilbao are now the only large professional club team in Spain to never have a shirt sponsor on the shirts. The nearest they've come is a local TV station's logo on the sleeve of their arm in a Copa del Rey game.

- Bilbao only play Basque players but Real Sociedad won't play Spanish players unless they're from the Basque region, they have no problems with playing players from other nationalities tho.

Not 100% on that last one.

07-02-2007, 03:45 PM	#26 (permalink)
Pat Murphy Tengo Hambre Favourite Team: Barcelona Pat Murphy is Offline Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,246 vCash: 50 Rep: Rep Points: 2007	- Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid and Barcelona are the only 3 teams not to play outside of the first division since it's formation in 1928. These 3 teams are also the 3 most succesful teams from Spanish League history. - Athletic Bilbao are now the only large professional club team in Spain to never have a shirt sponsor on the shirts. The nearest they've come is a local TV station's logo on the sleeve of their arm in a Copa del Rey game. - Bilbao only play Basque players but Real Sociedad won't play Spanish players unless they're from the Basque region, they have no problems with playing players from other nationalities tho. Not 100% on that last one. Last edited by Pat Murphy : 07-02-2007 at 03:47 PM.