## Metadata * Author: [[Colin Millar]] * ASIN: B08HBF72LR * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HBF72LR ## Highlights In 2015, a survey by the Andalusian survey centre found 42.8 per cent of Seville supported Betis, while 36.2 per cent leant their fandom to Sevilla. A year later, the city’s Chamber of Commerce produced different results – Sevilla edging out Betis 39.4 per cent to 36.7 per cent. — location: [77](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=77) ^ref-53262 --- “Sevillians have a level of narcissism, there is a popular belief that we are from the most beautiful city in the world,” — location: [93](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=93) ^ref-20354 --- Between 2006 and 2016, Sevilla won five major European titles – more than any other club on the continent — location: [104](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=104) ^ref-19342 --- “The fact that it’s so big, when both clubs have achieved things during their histories but neither has quite reached the continental elite level, feels like a manifestation of the city’s character. — location: [113](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=113) ^ref-61671 --- understanding Spanish football and the culture which surrounds it is impossible without a knowledge of the nation’s history, geography, socioeconomics and politics. — location: [157](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=157) ^ref-17190 --- Fewer than one in ten Spaniards buy a newspaper, a lower rate than 27 other European nations and one of the lowest sales per capita in the developed world. — location: [162](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=162) ^ref-25658 --- A survey in 2016 found it had over two million readers per day, almost double that of second-placed El País, the left-leaning national paper. — location: [165](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=165) ^ref-1904 --- The three poorest neighbourhoods in Spain are all located in Seville, according to a study from the National Institute of Statistics. — location: [255](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=255) ^ref-469 --- “You are no city, you are a universe,” – Fernando de Herrera, ‘divine’ poet from Seville — location: [456](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=456) ^ref-34530 --- The air is so parched and stagnant that it sticks in your nose and mouth, offering a taste of suffocation. — location: [459](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=459) ^ref-58791 --- Lonely Planet award for being the world’s best city to visit in 2018. As — location: [514](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=514) ^ref-28961 --- It was White, a resident of Calle Bailén in the centre of Seville, who evidently engineered not only the birth of Sevilla Football Club but also the first reported football match in the entire nation. — location: [700](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=700) ^ref-18805 --- General Franco’s government issued a decree forcing all companies with a ‘foreign title’ to be changed to Castilian Spanish. Whilst this was primarily targeted at those in the Basque Country and Catalonia, consistency ensured the Anglicised ‘Football’ was removed from the title and the club were subsequently known as Sevilla Club de Fútbol. — location: [894](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B08HBF72LR&location=894) ^ref-41163 ---