http://cultureofsoccer.com/2006/10/01/team-focus-athletic-bilbao/ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://cultureofsoccer.com/2006/10/01/team-focus-athletic-bilbao/comment-page-1/#comment-90532 Enrique Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:19:56 +0000 http://cultureofsoccer.com/2006/10/01/team-focus-athletic-bilbao/#comment-90532 This article is trying to relate Athletic Club with the whole basque country and with nationalism, well this is completely wrong. Athletic existed and became an esential part of Bilbao (not the whole basque country) long before the short minded nationalism started spreading widely in the basque country, and only in the last years of democracy when Nationalism has become almost an exclusive religion for the some basques, has the link with Athletic Club been created. Athletic is one of the main things that unite both nationalistic and non nationalistic basques from Bilbao. But only those from Bilbao, since you will notice that people from the neighbour provinces of Guipuzcoa (San Sebastian) and Alava (Vitoria) will reject strongly any link with Athletic Club, actually the rivalry (sometimes exagerated) is the major feeling. Hope this first hand opinion from someone from Bilbao will share some light over some of the confussion in this page. A part from that thanks for speacking about us and AUPA ATHLETIC!!! ;-) This article is trying to relate Athletic Club with the whole basque country and with nationalism, well this is completely wrong. Athletic existed and became an esential part of Bilbao (not the whole basque country) long before the short minded nationalism started spreading widely in the basque country, and only in the last years of democracy when Nationalism has become almost an exclusive religion for the some basques, has the link with Athletic Club been created. Athletic is one of the main things that unite both nationalistic and non nationalistic basques from Bilbao. But only those from Bilbao, since you will notice that people from the neighbour provinces of Guipuzcoa (San Sebastian) and Alava (Vitoria) will reject strongly any link with Athletic Club, actually the rivalry (sometimes exagerated) is the major feeling. Hope this first hand opinion from someone from Bilbao will share some light over some of the confussion in this page. A part from that thanks for speacking about us and AUPA ATHLETIC!!!

]]> http://cultureofsoccer.com/2006/10/01/team-focus-athletic-bilbao/comment-page-1/#comment-39280 jennifer Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:19:15 +0000 http://cultureofsoccer.com/2006/10/01/team-focus-athletic-bilbao/#comment-39280 heyyy guys i really like ur team...GO ASSYRIANNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all the way mwaaa....byeeee tc... heyyy guys i really like ur team…GO ASSYRIANNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all the way mwaaa….byeeee tc…

]]> http://cultureofsoccer.com/2006/10/01/team-focus-athletic-bilbao/comment-page-1/#comment-10 cultureofsoccer.com » Blog Archive » Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:32:46 +0000 http://cultureofsoccer.com/2006/10/01/team-focus-athletic-bilbao/#comment-10 [...] Athletic Bilbao represents that city in Spain. They also see themselves as representing the entire Basque region and as such only use Basque players (there have been some exceptions, click here for more information). [...] [...] Athletic Bilbao represents that city in Spain. They also see themselves as representing the entire Basque region and as such only use Basque players (there have been some exceptions, click here for more information). [...]

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