SEVILLE FUTBOL CLUB AND BAETIS.

I am in Seville, on a city break. I have tried quite hard to find a match to watch but the international week has just finished and well there are no games. I did fly in over the stadium.

I wrote about the History of Seville FC a year ago. It is the oldest sporting club in Spain solely devoted to football and this is it;
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com.es/2017/05/they-make-great-marmalade.html

Vic Buckingham also gets on the roster when he spent some time with the club during his wonderful career as a coach.
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com.es/2016/01/push-and-run-totally-great-football.html

There is a host of lower league clubs in the region and the closest La Liga one is Real Betis Balompie. Founded in 1907 they won the Segunda Division in 2014-15 and now play in La Liga. They have won the "League title" in 1934 and the Cope del Rey 1977, 2005. Here is an early team photo.

Betis comes from the Roman "Baetis" the name the invaders gave the river running through the city of Seville, now known as the Guadalquivir.
Balompie is the literal translation for "football". Students from the Polytechnic Academy were playing a form of football in 1905.
The club wears green and white stripes to honour Paddy O'Connell, their Irish manager, who led them to the League championship in 1934.