Fredbargate

The Spanish Government has attempted to expel a local hockey club from a tournament in Catalonia

http://www.gbc.gi/news/1054/spanish-...rom-tournament

Fredbargate

Spain meanwhile has reiterated its intention to fight Gibraltar getting full UEFA acceptance as a member.


http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=27724

Domino

have you been out to oil the chains on the drawbridge Fred ??
did you manage to get enough leña to keep the oil boiling on the ramparts ??

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Fredbargate

No need Dom

When the brown stuff finally hits the fan I am relying on the workers from La Linea to sort out the Spanish politicians rather than loose their jobs.

jackytoo

There was this last year where the spanish booed the Gibraltar schoolchildren

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-ceremony.html

Fredbargate

Just hours after the GFA’s historic win against San Marino, the Spanish government has once again renewed its public opposition to Gibraltar joining UEFA.

In answers to questions from Basque delegates in the Spanish Congress, the government said its position is ‘immovable’, and Spain will continue to oppose Gibraltar’s membership of UEFA with every legal weapon in its armoury.

The PP government (led by Mariano Rajoy - pictured here) says it cannot allow Gibraltar to have an increased say in international sporting matters, as if it was a separate country to the UK

http://www.gbc.gi/news/1188/spain-re...b-joining-uefa

Pocaloca

I remember seeing that on TV and I think it was the flag they were booing, rather than the kids. The protesters were a small group of nutters (a bit like Rajoy's govt). Most Spaniards deplore this sort of thing and believe sport is a way of bringing people together. The organisers were really embarrassed and promised that the team would be treated with respect if they cam back this year (which they did).