Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Jamie McGregor (Founder and Editor)
Jamie started writing about Spanish football in 2009 when he set up the blog El Camino de La Liga, which documented a challenge to visit every La Liga ground in one season. The following year he set up spanishfootball.info and with the help of a lot of people, it’s grown into the site we have today.
“Personally, my favourite thing about football is visiting new grounds and sampling new atmospheres. I’ve been to 30 different stadiums in Spain, from La Liga to Segunda B but I still get excited when I visit a new one.”
When it comes to writing, his favourite subjects are those related to fans’ traditions, philosophies and rights. As well as writing on this site, he contributes to In Bed With Maradona. Jamie has lived in Spain for four years, although he’s currently on a sabbatical in South America where he’s working on El Camino de La Liga 2!
David Cartlidge (Co-Editor)
David has been writing about Spanish football for just over a year now, and joined the team just after the 2010/2011 season got underway.
He follows Primera División extensively but also retains a keen interest in the Segunda División. His predominant passion though, is following the progress of Spain’s youth system from a domestic and International perspective right down to Juvenil and Under-16 levels respectively.
“My dream is to one day have a season ticket for Sporting de Gijón”
More of David’s work can be found at Hasta El Gol Siempre, In Bed with Maradona and other online footballing outlets such as Mirror Football. You can follow him via Twitter here.
Kieran Canning (Co-Editor)
Kieran started writing about Spanish football in 2009 during a year’s study in Pamplona. He joined the spanishfootball.info team for the 2010/11 season.
“I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to tactics and analysis of games and I love watching football from all over the world to compare and contrast different styles of play.”
As well as writing on spanishfootball.info Kieran writes on Spanish football for the Press Association and contributes on all matters of European football for The Scotsman newspaper. You can follow him via Twitter here.
Richard Martin lived in Spain between 2008 and 2011, first residing in Pamplona, where he developed an affinity for Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao, and then moving to Madrid, where he became a season ticket holder at Rayo Vallecano and would make the odd trip to see Madrid’s other sides in action.
“When it comes to watching football, the atmosphere in the stands is as important, if not more so, than the quality of the game on the pitch. This probably explains why I’d much rather be at El Estadio Teresa Rivero or San Mames than the Bernabéu or the Camp Nou”
He joined the Spanish Football team when it started up in August 2010 and he has also written for When Saturday Comes, In Bed With Maradona, Caught Offside and the Madrid ex-pat magazine, InMadrid.
William’s interest in Spanish football began to grow during a short stay in Salamanca in 2003, and was confirmed by six months studying in Galicia following the fortunes of Celta Vigo. He is now based in the Basque capital of Vitoria working as a teacher and translator, and is quickly becoming another member of Deportivo Alavés’ much-suffering fan base.
“One of my students was offered the Alavés youth team job and was going to make me his assistant, but somehow it fell through. Until then I’ll be rooting for them from the stands – I’m not leaving Vitoria until Alavés are back in Primera again”
Before coming to Spain, William reported on Scottish Football League matches, and began writing for this site during the 2010/11 season.
James started writing about spanish football in 2011 when his passion for Segunda side Celta Vigo was expressed through his blog Celtiñas. He joined the spanishfootball.info team for the 2011/12 season to cover the segunda division.
“Since my beloved Celta have been relegated to the Segunda División, I have been enthralled by the twists and turns of Spain’s second tier.”
You can follow James via Twitter here
Regular Contributors
Phil is a professional sports journalist working as a reporter for a network of commercial radio stations in central London. He visits Spain at least once every couple of months to watch his team Sevilla FC and also do some work for Real Madrid TV.
“Spanish football has always fascinated me, not just because of the matters on the pitch, but because I find every team has a great story behind it as well as an incredibly strong identity.”
You can follow Phil via Twitter here.
Will Unwin
Will is a freelance journalist, who mainly writes for the various publications of Manchester City – the team he has always supported. For this site, he only writes about Athletic Bilbao, who he has followed closely since spending his year abroad in the Basque city. He maintains an interest in all things Basque; from terrorism to cider.
“I am intrigued by Athletic’s history and traditions, and I one day aspire to write a book about it.”
Will’s words have also graced The Guardian, Observer and Daily Mirror, but he refutes any claims that he has appeared in the News of the World. At the weekends, he reports on lower league football, but is open to better offers. His life was completed when he met Gaizka Toquero.
You can follow Will via Twitter here
