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Barca, Maradona and now Beckham at Real Madrid – where did your interest in Spanish football stem from?
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| Tuesday, October 21, 200816:21:38 |
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| Comment by jimmy_burns |
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The simple answer is that despite having a Scots surname - after my father - my mum is Spanish and I was born in Madrid. I've spent most of my childhood and adulthood going backwards and forwards to Spain, when not living there, and also spent an extended period living in South America, when I was posted as a journalist to Buenos Aires. Growing up in Spain during the long dictatorship of Franco, I got to realise how the game was mixed up with the politics of the country, gave it its particular edge, its power, and passion. I grew up getting to know cities like Madrid and Barcelona with some of the biggest stadiums in the world and some of the biggest stars in the history of football- players like Di Stefano, Gento, Kubala, Cruff. Add to that the experience of living in Argentina and Diego Maradona and it's not hard to guess why I became increasingly immersed in latino football. |
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 16:25:30 |
