There’s an interesting cocktail of expectation and trepidation apparent in lifelong UD Las Palmas fan Cristina Hernández Sánchez’s evaluation of the upcoming La Liga campaign.
Definite optimism and a firm belief that the team from the biggest city in the Canary Islands can further extend their lead at the top of the table of Spanish island teams with the most experience in Spain’s premier division is clear, yet there’s still the fact that the club’s most recent soirées into La Liga have been brief.
There were three seasons from 1985 to 1988 prior to two taster years from 2000 to 2002; hardly a wealth of survivalist precedence over the past 30 years. “Next season, the table will be tight,” Cristina admits.
Where are they now? Deportivo de La Coruna’s La Liga winning side of 1999/2000
It’s a point echoed by many, including Spanish football writer, Canarian football expert and founder of El Rondo Jamie Kemp, who insists: “The goal is to survive by any means necessary. If that’s by having superior head-to-head advantage to the 18th placed team on the final day, everyone concerned will take it and run.”
The task is a monumental one. The discrepancies in Spanish football are notorious, with the rich getting stronger and the poor hanging on to a crumbling cliff edge for dear life, as crippling debt and a perpetual merry-go-round of transfers tugs at their limp, dangling legs.
But Las Palmas have clawed themselves up a rung, and are on the verge of rubbing elbows with the blue and red of Barcelona and the royal white of Madrid. They have a chance at imposing themselves against some of Europe’s best teams with the hope of retaining their La Liga berth – an incalculable financial and sporting privilege most other sides are seldom afforded.
There’s an interesting cocktail of expectation and trepidation apparent in lifelong UD Las Palmas fan Cristina Hernández Sánchez’s evaluation of the upcoming La Liga campaign.Definite optimism and a firm belief that the team from the biggest city in the Canary Islands can further extend their lead at the top of the table of Spanish island teams with the most experience in Spain’s premier division is clear, yet there’s still the fact that the club’s most recent soirées into La Liga have been brief.There were three seasons from 1985 to 1988 prior to two taster years from 2000 to 2002; hardly a wealth of survivalist precedence over the past 30 years. “Next season, the table will be tight,” Cristina admits.Where are they now? Deportivo de La Coruna’s La Liga winning side of 1999/2000It’s a point echoed by many, including Spanish football writer, Canarian football expert and founder of El Rondo Jamie Kemp, who insists: “The goal is to survive by any means necessary. If that’s by having superior head-to-head advantage to the 18th placed team on the final day, everyone concerned will take it and run.”The task is a monumental one. The discrepancies in Spanish football are notorious, with the rich getting stronger and the poor hanging on to a crumbling cliff edge for dear life, as crippling debt and a perpetual merry-go-round of transfers tugs at their limp, dangling legs.But Las Palmas have clawed themselves up a rung, and are on the verge of rubbing elbows with the blue and red of Barcelona and the royal white of Madrid. They have a chance at imposing themselves against some of Europe’s best teams with the hope of retaining their La Liga berth – an incalculable financial and sporting privilege most other sides are seldom afforded.
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