Ahead of Northern League Day, Andy Hudson looks at a famous old football club.

Jamie McGregor examines the current state of one of Spain's most viscerally-supported football clubs.

Faith in youth due to financial turmoil is not uncommon but Espanyol have had to place more in their Cantera than others. Welcome to IBWM David Cartlidge.

If true strength can come from real adversity, can ideals of beauty be pulled from an ugly defeat? Welcome to IBWM Brian McDonnell.

They're fighting for promotion on the pitch, but off it, they're barely staying afloat. Welcome to IBWM, Richard Martin.

Who isn't inspired by Xavi....or Sid Lowe?  Here's Dan Leydon on a conservation success story.

Mark Pitman on a brief period when the reds turned rojo in the Welsh Premier. 

Here's Jamie McGregor on a very distorted punching above/below ratio.

Jamie McGregor describes a surprising trip to El Sardinero.

A true giant of world football, but not necessarily who you might think.  Here's Jamie McGregor.

Referring to Real when talking football means only one club.  However, dominance of Spanish soccer by a Real was once not the exclusive claim of a club from Madrid.  Welcome to IBWM Jamie McGregor.

Don't take one defeat as a sign of decline, after ten straight years in La Liga, the Yellow Submarines show no sign of relenting.  Welcome to IBWM Ross Mackiewicz.

Who are your top 3 players in the world?  Naturally it changes every couple of years as new stars emerge.  At the end of 2011?  Here's Luke Colbourne on a contender.

Or so it was in 1931.  Here's a fantastic retrospective on 'the science of the long ball' from Nick Wright.

It can't be this good at Barca forever can it? Can it?  Here's Caleb Cousens on the production line par excellence.

Everyone knows the impact that Johan Cruyff had footballing philosophy of Barcelona. But what if there had been another totemic figure present at the Camp Nou? What if El Tel had decided to depart a season early? Alex Dimond, ladies and gentlemen.

When is it reasonable for the next global superstar to be the first name on a teamsheet? Can one goal define a career? Bojan Krkić, still waiting to make that final step up, must be hoping it cannot.  Alex Dimond wonders whether momentum is slowing.

There really was only one story in town this week & it wasn't Villarreal winning again. Tim Hill brings us this week's El Clasico ... sorry ... I mean La Liga round up.

When Sir Alex Ferguson decides to let a young player go, it's unlikely that they will ever reach the  top.  Guiseppe Rossi is still determined to buck that trend.  With the latest on Twitter's favourite Italian American Spanish footballer, plus the rest of La Liga, here's Tim Hill.

We can spend months discussing World Cup bids and votes, but what about getting to the root of racism in football FIFA? No more lip service.  Welcome to IBWM, Sam Lee.

Who is going to say it first?  David Villa and Barcelona.  It should be perfect, but it just isn't........yet.  Maybe we'll give him a bit longer.  Time for your weekly dose of Spanish football and dairy produce from Tim Hill.

Karl Marx, Erich Honecker, Brian Clough and Carol Smilie.  Clearly it's time for the IBWM La Liga update.  At the pulpit, it can only be Tim Hill.

They have, they really have!  Hercules are making something of a splash in La Liga this season in that way teams do just before they lose 28 games on the trot.  But the new Diego?  Tim Hill would like you to squint.  Lots.