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Spanish Fly

23 Monday Dec 2013

Posted by laurencereade in C

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Cacerabo, Cadiz, Estadio Ramon de Carranza, Segunda B, Spain

Friday 20th December 2013 ko 20.30

Segunda B Grupo 4

CÁDIZ CF 3 (Josete 19 Villar 47 Fall 63) Luque sent off 69 (denying clear goalscoring opportunity)

CP CACEREÑO 4 (Valverde 24 Carrizosa 48 Elias 69p Gaspar 80)

Att c2,500

Entry €18 (around £15.10)

Programme FREE

After our successful tour of Budapest a few weeks ago Andy and I decided to repeat the formula, albeit with a different destination! We flew to Seville, and booked into a hotel in the city’s historic Old Town, the idea being to watch Real Betis on the Saturday and Huelva on Sunday.

For the groundhopper a bugbear of football in Spain is that kick-off times are often not fixed until a few days before the game, so you have to be flexible. I discovered on Wednesday that Cádiz were now playing on Friday night and so checked times with Renfe the Spanish train operator. Despite the Estadio Ramón de Carranza having its own station, the last train departed for Seville 15 minutes after kick-off!

We hired a car, and I spent the 10 miles from the airport to the hotel learning how to drive a left-hand car on the right-hand side of the road. That wasn’t difficult in the Old Town with its one-way system, and narrow streets! Continue reading →

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