December 22, 2014

The Miracle of Sociedad Deportiva Eibar: The town of Eibar, Spain, population 27,000, has a club playing in La Liga's top division for the first time in its history. Sociedad Deportiva Eibar has a $22 million budget compared to $934 million at Real Madrid, but after 16 games it has five wins and five draws and is in ninth place, seven points above the relegation zone. The club, the smallest ever in Primera Division, is debt-free and self-sustaining. "We could be a little bit uncomfortable for a lot of clubs, because they have done things in the opposite way," said club president Alex Arranzabal.

posted by rcade to soccer at 01:35 PM - 2 comments

Anyone else here a fan of Joe McGinness' The Miracle of Castel di Sangro?

posted by rcade at 10:32 AM on December 23, 2014

Loved that book. I think I heard of it from Tim Vickery.

posted by sbacharach at 02:50 PM on December 24, 2014

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