Bet you never knew this!

[Pennywise]

He played football till he was 14, then he got injured and went to Madrid for acting. I don't know which club he played for, maybe Malaga youths or something.

Btw, he is a Real Madrid and Malaga supporter.

[Pat Murphy]

Originally Posted by Pat Murphy

This is pinched from somewhere else.....

The last 7 La Liga/Premiership Champions:

2001 Real Madrid - Manchester United
2002 Valencia - Arsenal
2003 Real Madrid - Manchester United
2004 Valencia - Arsenal
2005 Barcelona - Chelsea
2006 Barcelona - Chelsea
2007 Real Madrid - Manchester United


It's one of those ones that will be very interesting to everyone or no one will care

Would just like to bump this stat as it has come true for another year in a row. Real Madrid and Manchester United won again so the run now looks like this.....

The last 8 La Liga/Premiership Champions:

2001 Real Madrid - Manchester United
2002 Valencia - Arsenal
2003 Real Madrid - Manchester United
2004 Valencia - Arsenal
2005 Barcelona - Chelsea
2006 Barcelona - Chelsea
2007 Real Madrid - Manchester United
2008 Real Madrid - Manchester United


C'mon Chelsea

[Pat Murphy]

This is a list of the club members of each of the clubs in Spain. The list is slightly outdated as I know Barca have over 160,000 now and also Madrid have a weird system where they could have so many more but these are the figures according to the LFP website....


Barcelona - 155428
Real Madrid – 90699
Valencia - 44962
Sevilla - 42309
Atletico Madrid - 42000
Betis - 39500
Bilbao – 34373
Espanyol - 29150
Deportivo – 22722
Valladolid – 18007
Villarreal - 17340
Recre – 17050
Racing Santander - 16505
Osasuna - 15016
Real Mallorca - 15000
Almeria - 14600
Sporting Gijon – 14000
Getafe - 12000
Malaga – 11734
Numancia - 4100


Los Beticos are suprisingly high, they've got a strong gypsy following. Bilbao should probably be higher and Villarreal and Getafe are relatively new to the scene.

[Pennywise]

Real Madrid have put a limit on offical members (who can vote)

The fact is that Carnet Madridista got member number 500 000 last year, but they've 'only' 90 000 as Club Members.

[Pat Murphy]

Originally Posted by Pennywise

Real Madrid have put a limit on offical members (who can vote)

The fact is that Carnet Madridista got member number 500 000 last year, but they've 'only' 90 000 as Club Members.

Yeah that's right, they have less than they possibly could.

Another one.

Only 9 teams have won La Liga Primera. Those sides are....

Real Madrid - 31
Barcelona - 18
Atletico Madrid - 9 (2 as Atlético Aviacion)
Athletic Bilbao - 8
Valencia - 6
Real Sociedad - 2
Deportivo - 1
Sevilla - 1
Real Betis - 1


Maybe not that amazing but I think it's a low amount

[Pennywise]

Real Madrid could have 600 000 club members, but for some reason they want a 90 000 limit.

Btw, did you guys knew that Real Madrid and FC Barcelona not are that great enemies?

Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta are good friends with Casillas, Ramos and Raul. Calderon and Laporta are good friends and when Barca had to be 'guard of honors' you could see the good relationship between the players.

Calderon is actually helping Laporta these days. He wants to avoid any bid for C.Ronaldo after the president election in Catalunya, so Laporta not will get that blow in his face (too) if Madrid buys the best player of them all.

Its not the same hate between the fans as it once were either, but of course, there are still much evil blood between the clubs and fans.