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