Cup game in Spain too

[Village Idiot]

And this time I got a dream fixture.

CF Badalona has been seeded with Barça!

Badalona is the city where I was born (a huge commuter town 8 km east of Barcelona centre), and CF Badalona the team I played for as a keeper in their youth teams before giving up footie for going to the Uni.

So tonight I'm heading to the old Avinguda de Navarra Stadium, the place where I first saw football live (sneaking in as a kid with my friends jumping over the fence), to see FC Barcelona. Which is something HUGE. Given Barça's frankly terrible record against lower league sides in the cups I'm hoping for a bit of giant-killing.

Hope my old CF Badalona kit still fits (bloody unlikely I'm a few pounds heavier now )

Anyway, good luck with Charlton!

[TANGODANCER]

And this time I got a dream fixture.

CF Badalona has been seeded with Barça!

Badalona is the city where I was born (a huge commuter town 8 km east of Barcelona centre), and CF Badalona the team I played for as a keeper in their youth teams before giving up footie for going to the Uni.

So tonight I'm heading to the old Avinguda de Navarra Stadium, the place where I first saw football live (sneaking in as a kid with my friends jumping over the fence), to see FC Barcelona. Which is something HUGE. Given Barça's frankly terrible record against lower league sides in the cups I'm hoping for a bit of giant-killing.

Hope my old CF Badalona kit still fits (bloody unlikely I'm a few pounds heavier now )

Anyway, good luck with Charlton!

Good luck with the feature VI, but 8km "east" of Barcelona would surely put Badalona in the Med?

[Village Idiot]

Well, it's rather northeast. A coastal town too

[officer_dibble]

Hope you are paying and not leaping any fences.

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Hope you are paying and not leaping any fences.

I hope he's not paying and sneaking in still. Like the good old days.

[TANGODANCER]

Hope you are paying and not leaping any fences.

I hope he's not paying and sneaking in still. Like the good old days.

Once a Scouser, always a Scouser.

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Once a Scouser, always a Scouser.

Thank you for following it up so expectedly!

[Village Idiot]

Back from the match 1-2 for Barça.

Boring first half, with Badalona holding off a not-really-there Barça. They got their act together in the second and Eidur scored a brace.

Funny how Badalona got a last minute penalty and all the players were arguing who would take it thus scoring against FCB

[Batman]

Anyone else thinking that Badalona couldn't be arsed thinking of a decent name for their team, so they just adapted that of a more famous one?

It's like that famous Italian team, Inter MiNan.

[Village Idiot]

Anyone else thinking that Badalona couldn't be arsed thinking of a decent name for their team, so they just adapted that of a more famous one?

It's like that famous Italian team, Inter MiNan.

That name comes from Roman times actually.

Barcino -> Barcelona
Baitolo -> Badalona

My stinking teachers made us visit the darned Roman ruins and pass a paper on them every fecking year.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Anyone else thinking that Badalona couldn't be arsed thinking of a decent name for their team, so they just adapted that of a more famous one?

It's like that famous Italian team, Inter MiNan.

That name comes from Roman times actually.

Barcino -> Barcelona
Baitolo -> Badalona

My stinking teachers made us visit the darned Roman ruins and pass a paper on them every fecking year.

Barcino? Perhaps Phoenician times? - I thought it was founded by the Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca (Hannibal's father) and named after him.

[Village Idiot]

Anyone else thinking that Badalona couldn't be arsed thinking of a decent name for their team, so they just adapted that of a more famous one?

It's like that famous Italian team, Inter MiNan.

That name comes from Roman times actually.

Barcino -> Barcelona
Baitolo -> Badalona

My stinking teachers made us visit the darned Roman ruins and pass a paper on them every fecking year.

Barcino? Perhaps Phoenician times? - I thought it was founded by the Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca (Hannibal's father) and named after him.

No, there never were permanent Phoenician settlements in Catalonia. They settled mostly in the south and southeastern coast of nowadays Spain. "Barcino" is believed to be a Latin adaptation of a former Iberian name. (iberians being the original inhabitants of the place).

[Montreal Wanderer]

That name comes from Roman times actually.

Barcino -> Barcelona
Baitolo -> Badalona

My stinking teachers made us visit the darned Roman ruins and pass a paper on them every fecking year.

Barcino? Perhaps Phoenician times? - I thought it was founded by the Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca (Hannibal's father) and named after him.

No, there never were permanent Phoenician settlements in Catalonia. They settled mostly in the south and southeastern coast of nowadays Spain. "Barcino" is believed to be a Latin adaptation of a former Iberian name. (iberians being the original inhabitants of the place).

Well, you could be correct since they made you study it at school - and I am far from my reference books right now. However, I did find this entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia (generally reliable) at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02288e.htm

Barcelona

(Barcino).

One of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Tarragona. The city of this name is the capital of Catalonia and of the province of Barcelona. It is situated on the coast of north-eastern Spain, and is familiarly known as the "Queen of the Mediterranean".

HISTORY
Barcelona is one of the most ancient cities of Spain, and the most important after the capital. Founded by Hamilcar in the ancient region of Laletana, it was in the possession of the Carthaginians until they were driven out of Spain when it passed under the power of the Romans, who favoured it in many ways.

And from a tourist site - http://www.seebarcelona.com/hist.htm

History

Barcelona’s origins go back more than 2,500 years when Phoenicians and Carthaginians settled in the area and chose to have a commercial port. The name of Carthaginian ruler Amilcar Barca is often referred to as the origin of the name Barcino, later used by the Romans. The Carthaginians were replaced by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. who preferred Tarraco (modern day Tarragona) as their regional capital. Barcelona has several surviving monuments from this period, concentrated around the Plaça Sant Jaume and the gothic quarter.

However I found another site that said it was founded by Romans.

I'll look for more information tomorrow (or ask my friend who is a prof at UAB).

[jetsetwilly]

Going to Barca v Athelico in Dec.

Is the Stadium easy to get to from La Ramblas

[Village Idiot]

Going to Barca v Athelico in Dec.

Is the Stadium easy to get to from La Ramblas

Yes. You need to take the Metro at Liceu or Drassanes and go to Les Corts. No need to switch lines or whatever so it's easy.

[Village Idiot]

That name comes from Roman times actually.

Barcino -> Barcelona
Baitolo -> Badalona

My stinking teachers made us visit the darned Roman ruins and pass a paper on them every fecking year.

Barcino? Perhaps Phoenician times? - I thought it was founded by the Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca (Hannibal's father) and named after him.

No, there never were permanent Phoenician settlements in Catalonia. They settled mostly in the south and southeastern coast of nowadays Spain. "Barcino" is believed to be a Latin adaptation of a former Iberian name. (iberians being the original inhabitants of the place).

Well, you could be correct since they made you study it at school - and I am far from my reference books right now. However, I did find this entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia (generally reliable) at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02288e.htm

Barcelona

(Barcino).

One of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Tarragona. The city of this name is the capital of Catalonia and of the province of Barcelona. It is situated on the coast of north-eastern Spain, and is familiarly known as the "Queen of the Mediterranean".

HISTORY
Barcelona is one of the most ancient cities of Spain, and the most important after the capital. Founded by Hamilcar in the ancient region of Laletana, it was in the possession of the Carthaginians until they were driven out of Spain when it passed under the power of the Romans, who favoured it in many ways.

And from a tourist site - http://www.seebarcelona.com/hist.htm

History

Barcelona’s origins go back more than 2,500 years when Phoenicians and Carthaginians settled in the area and chose to have a commercial port. The name of Carthaginian ruler Amilcar Barca is often referred to as the origin of the name Barcino, later used by the Romans. The Carthaginians were replaced by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. who preferred Tarraco (modern day Tarragona) as their regional capital. Barcelona has several surviving monuments from this period, concentrated around the Plaça Sant Jaume and the gothic quarter.

However I found another site that said it was founded by Romans.

I'll look for more information tomorrow (or ask my friend who is a prof at UAB).

This Hamilcar Barca thing is a legend. A bit like the one that says that Rome was founded by Aeneas. It was usual in ancient times hagiography to attribute the founding of cities to famous characters. Actually, if my memory serves me right, Hamilcar died in the siege of modern Elche, and thus never reached Catalonia.

[Bruce Rioja]

if my memory serves me right, Hamilcar died in the siege of modern Elche.

Good Lord. How old are you?

[Montreal Wanderer]

if my memory serves me right, Hamilcar died in the siege of modern Elche.

Good Lord. How old are you?

Even older than me

[James B]

Guilemme Balague (sp?) was saying some of the Barca fans are on Gudjohnsen's back a bit in Revista de La Liga.

hope not because he is god.

[Village Idiot]

Guilemme Balague (sp?) was saying some of the Barca fans are on Gudjohnsen's back a bit in Revista de La Liga.

hope not because he is god.

He was *terrible* in the game against Madrid. Missed several sitters...

Anyway, the lad has had some good games too.