Just stealing a bit of Dutch’s thunder but It’s a great city to visit is Malaga. go to the Picasso museum it’s brilliant. And the tapas in Malaga is ace.
Not expecting much from Malaga - finished 18th in the 2nd division in Spain. They've had a fall from grace!
Marbella means beautiful sea. In Roman times, it was called Salduba (city of salt). There are 17 rivers and streams in Marbella, as well as several waterfalls. Marbella has its own species of Sea Slug, the Tambja Marbellensis, which green with yellow lines. In the 80s an image of the Virgin Mary which was damaged and repaired during the Spanish Civil war was paraded around the local streets with a false eye made from a painted ping-pong ball. After the famous Alhambra in Granada, the second most visited place in Spain is the La Cañada shopping centre on the outskirts of Marbella. The guttural accent of southern Spaniards comes from the Moors who ruled Andalucia from the 8th to the 15th century. The accent continued, even after the Moors left and the heavy dialect is still very much in evidence today. At one point, Marbella produced 75% of Spain’s iron. The Iglesia de la Encarnacion has one of the largest organs in Spain. Málaga was founded by the Phoenicians in 770 BC and named Malaka, which stems from 'salt factory' The Cathedral is nicknamed La Manquita, which means one handed...I'm not sure if that's related to the organ. Malaga's Pablo Picasso is the world's most prolific artist. Málaga boasts around 40 museums, which is the second largest number after Madrid. Málaga’s (human) residents call themselves boquerones, which is the name for fresh anchovies and popular tapas. Every Good Friday, Malaga releases one of its prisoners. The clocks in Malaga's railway staion only display 58.5 seconds. They follow the Swiss system, displaying only 58.5 seconds instead of 60. As it marks 58.5, the second hand stops and waits for the minute hand to strike and then resumes. Malaga held its first game of football in 1904 when two local teams got together on an improvised pitch in the city centre and played in front of 3,000 people. Malaga Football Club officially appeared in 1921 when the team met regularly for matches on the beach at the Baños del Carmen. The locals have a special name for the bread roll they eat at breakfast. Known as a pitufo (literally Smurf). Actor Antonio Banderas was born in Malaga on the 10th of August 1960, and was destined to be a footballer until he suffered an injury when he was 14. The street of Calle Larios is known as the most elegant street in Spain and is classed as one of the most expensive commercial rents streets in the country. Malaga has the warmest winters of all European cities with a population of half a million or more.
Around the docks area is wonderful, looking out over the sea while having your breakfast is something everyone should experience. The size of the ****ing cruise liners that dock there are unbelievable, how the **** they don’t topple over is beyond me lol. The walk along the beach there is one to do, early morning when all the joggers are out is eye popping lol… if you know what I mean, wink, wink, nudge, nudge… not sexist I promise….
Closer to our level than Fenerbahce. Should be a better indicator of where we are and perhaps give more of an idea of how we plan to play and set up. What happened to the Brighton game earlier in the day?
That I haven’t had time to do some extensive research on Brighton weekends ruined i can only apologise
