Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:57 pm
Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:59 pm
wez1927 wrote:Athletic bilbao have a policy where only players native to the Basque Country are eligible to play for them. This means that every player who pulls on the famous red and white shirt is drawn from the communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France. can't be many top clubs in the world doing this
Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:50 am
Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:53 am
Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:53 am
wez1927 wrote:Athletic bilbao have a policy where only players native to the Basque Country are eligible to play for them. This means that every player who pulls on the famous red and white shirt is drawn from the communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France. can't be many top clubs in the world doing this
Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:47 pm
Bazforth wrote:Its Atletico Madrid, not Athletico.
Bilbao use the anglicised version of Athletic due to their heritage and links to the UK when formed.
Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:02 pm
Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:26 pm
Jock wrote:wez1927 wrote:Athletic bilbao have a policy where only players native to the Basque Country are eligible to play for them. This means that every player who pulls on the famous red and white shirt is drawn from the communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France. can't be many top clubs in the world doing this
Think this used to be standard policy for all the Basque Clubs, wasn’t Toshack the first Real Sociedad manager to sign a non Basque.
Bilbao is a fantastic city to visit.
Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:21 pm