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- Levante bring breath of fresh air to La Liga - 15:54 UK time, Friday, 28 October 2011
- Barcelona and Real Madrid set to battle for supremacy again - 20:16 UK time, Thursday, 25 August 2011
- What now for Cesc when he gets to Barca? - 20:04 UK time, Thursday, 11 August 2011
- Why Spain thinks Chicharito is Barca's biggest worry - 16:42 UK time, Monday, 23 May 2011
- Cristiano Ronaldo homes in on La Liga landmark - 13:21 UK time, Tuesday, 17 May 2011
- Milan aim to rejoin Champions League elite - 08:34 UK time, Friday, 13 May 2011
- Will Champions League row affect Spain's Euro 2012 chances? - 14:03 UK time, Wednesday, 4 May 2011
- Real and Ronaldo show that Barca can be beaten - 15:58 UK time, Thursday, 21 April 2011
- El Clasico enters new dimension - 20:51 UK time, Thursday, 14 April 2011
- Can Madrid make Real Champions League strides? - 12:02 UK time, Monday, 4 April 2011
- Spain's strike is off, but for how long? - 15:35 UK time, Thursday, 31 March 2011
- Are the bad days behind France? - 11:03 UK time, Wednesday, 23 March 2011
- Gullit's new challenge in Grozny - 07:30 UK time, Wednesday, 16 March 2011
- Dynamo Kiev aim to revive glory days - 11:50 UK time, Wednesday, 9 March 2011
- Roma could pave the way for foreign owners in Italy - 15:09 UK time, Tuesday, 1 March 2011
- Manchester United face improving Marseille - 17:21 UK time, Tuesday, 22 February 2011
- Ibrahimovic and Robinho prove me wrong - 19:13 UK time, Monday, 14 February 2011
- Contract cat and mouse games at the Nou Camp - 17:51 UK time, Wednesday, 9 February 2011
- Deadline drama grips Europe, not just Premier League - 22:26 UK time, Tuesday, 1 February 2011
- Is Adebayor the answer to Real's problems? - 17:54 UK time, Wednesday, 26 January 2011
- Goodbye to Hell - 10:04 UK time, Thursday, 20 January 2011
- Did the wrong man win the Ballon d'Or? - 12:03 UK time, Tuesday, 11 January 2011
- McClaren finds life tough at Wolfsburg - 09:00 UK time, Wednesday, 5 January 2011
- Who's in your Uefa Team of the Year? - 12:22 UK time, Thursday, 30 December 2010
- Europe's best and worst - The Phil Awards - 16:52 UK time, Thursday, 23 December 2010
- Villas-Boas makes Porto the toast of Portugal again - 16:23 UK time, Thursday, 16 December 2010
- Lucescu transcends Subbuteo at Shakhtar - 22:13 UK time, Tuesday, 7 December 2010
- Where do Mourinho and Guardiola go from here? - 12:44 UK time, Tuesday, 30 November 2010
- El Clasico and the Boomtown Rats - 19:30 UK time, Friday, 26 November 2010
- Legendary clubs heading in opposite directions - 12:07 UK time, Tuesday, 23 November 2010
- Jerez, Hoddle and a British takeover - 12:40 UK time, Thursday, 18 November 2010
- Revolution on the rampage in France's Ligue 1 - 15:21 UK time, Wednesday, 10 November 2010
- Lazio hit the heights while Roma wait in the wings - 18:17 UK time, Thursday, 4 November 2010
- What does the Ballon d'Or say about English football? - 14:35 UK time, Tuesday, 26 October 2010
- Mourinho, Milan and Rooney's 'move to Madrid' - 10:17 UK time, Tuesday, 19 October 2010
- Does Prandelli really have the answers for Italy? - 17:18 UK time, Monday, 11 October 2010
- Unfamilar faces light up Germany and France - 10:03 UK time, Wednesday, 6 October 2010
- From the sticks to top-flight management - 13:41 UK time, Tuesday, 28 September 2010
- Valencia, valour and violence - 21:39 UK time, Monday, 20 September 2010
- Platini plan for Champions League takes shape - 20:20 UK time, Monday, 13 September 2010
- Have Milan made a big mistake by signing Ibrahimovic? - 22:10 UK time, Monday, 6 September 2010
- Benitez struggles to fill Mourinho's shoes at Inter - 15:00 UK time, Tuesday, 31 August 2010
- Can Mourinho make a difference to Real Madrid? - 18:36 UK time, Tuesday, 24 August 2010
- Will more Bayern success make the Bundesliga a bore? - 17:31 UK time, Tuesday, 17 August 2010
- What now for world champions Spain? - 10:01 UK time, Tuesday, 10 August 2010
- Europe's best shine in South Africa - 20:40 UK time, Monday, 5 July 2010
- Spain debates the Torres dilemma - 15:05 UK time, Sunday, 27 June 2010
- Antic the Entertainer aiming to restore Serbian pride - 09:36 UK time, Saturday, 12 June 2010
- World Cup Q&A - 09:08 UK time, Tuesday, 1 June 2010
- Spain and Del Bosque enjoy calm before the storm - 16:37 UK time, Thursday, 27 May 2010
- Is Mourinho making a Real mistake? - 13:07 UK time, Sunday, 23 May 2010
- The great European Cup final of 1960 remembered - 17:03 UK time, Wednesday, 19 May 2010
- Atletico flourish under Flores - 14:10 UK time, Tuesday, 11 May 2010
- St Pauli ready to hoist the Jolly Roger over the Bundesliga - 21:21 UK time, Monday, 3 May 2010
- Mourinho's defining moment nears - 12:24 UK time, Tuesday, 27 April 2010
- Lyon's chance to set the record straight - 07:45 UK time, Tuesday, 20 April 2010
- Buoyant Barcelona close in on title - 13:11 UK time, Sunday, 11 April 2010
- Let's hear it for the unheralded heroes - 17:23 UK time, Friday, 9 April 2010
- Is Messi the greatest ever? - 12:24 UK time, Tuesday, 30 March 2010
- Di Natale rises from the ashes again - 07:49 UK time, Tuesday, 23 March 2010
- Distractions looming as Barca bid for the double - 12:14 UK time, Tuesday, 16 March 2010
- Real defeat leaves Pellegrini doomed - 11:30 UK time, Thursday, 11 March 2010
- Who will be Europe's first major football financial failure? - 16:36 UK time, Tuesday, 9 March 2010
- Ribery provides more questions than answers - 10:29 UK time, Tuesday, 2 March 2010
- Sevilla getting serious - 08:20 UK time, Tuesday, 23 February 2010
- Porto aim to confound the pundits - 22:14 UK time, Monday, 15 February 2010
- Why do Brits wilt abroad? - 07:00 UK time, Wednesday, 10 February 2010
- Now is the time for The Neverkusen - 18:45 UK time, Monday, 1 February 2010
- Spain's new World Cup sensation? - 21:38 UK time, Monday, 25 January 2010
- McClaren silencing critics with FC Twente - 10:30 UK time, Tuesday, 19 January 2010
- Juventus, a rather sick and tired old lady - 15:24 UK time, Tuesday, 12 January 2010
- Logic often gets lost in winter transfer window - 14:06 UK time, Wednesday, 6 January 2010
- Spain's best and worst - The Phil Awards - 09:00 UK time, Tuesday, 29 December 2009
- A European team for the 'noughties' - 18:34 UK time, Monday, 21 December 2009
- Colour barrier finally broken at Athletic Bilbao - 06:30 UK time, Wednesday, 16 December 2009
- The luck of the draw means Europe's time has come - 20:05 UK time, Sunday, 6 December 2009
- Spain can end Europe's historical failure - 08:00 UK time, Tuesday, 1 December 2009
- Why El Clasico is the biggest derby of them all - 08:15 UK time, Tuesday, 24 November 2009
- France, not Ferguson's successor, should be Blanc's future - 08:00 UK time, Tuesday, 17 November 2009
- Can Blazevic work his magic for Bosnia? - 09:30 UK time, Tuesday, 10 November 2009
- Pellegrini's future still in the balance - 19:19 UK time, Monday, 2 November 2009
- Valero and Vieri: the future and the past - 20:30 UK time, Monday, 26 October 2009
- Real, the Rossoneri and Ronaldinho - 08:30 UK time, Tuesday, 20 October 2009
- Hiddink's Russian revolution still on track - 07:45 UK time, Tuesday, 13 October 2009
- Italian renaissance for Sampdoria - 07:00 UK time, Tuesday, 6 October 2009
- Testing times for Van Gaal at Bayern - 20:06 UK time, Monday, 28 September 2009
- Atletico facing the abyss... again - 06:30 UK time, Tuesday, 22 September 2009
- Morbo, 'El Mega Duelo' and Mourinho - 07:30 UK time, Tuesday, 15 September 2009
- Real deals put La Roja in the shade - 06:11 UK time, Tuesday, 8 September 2009

Hi, I'm Phil Minshull. I've lived in Spain since 1997 and covered Spanish football since the first day I got here. My blog aims to provide some insight into what's happening in La Liga, and there is much more to it than only Real and Barcelona, as well as elsewhere around Europe.