Eibar the Brave

The Extraordinary Rise of La Liga's Smallest Team

Euan McTear

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785311031
• Year: 2015

Sociedad Deportiva Eibar is the Basque side from a passionate soccer town one-third the size of the Camp Nou. Eibar the Brave tells the amazing Cinderella story of La Liga's smallest club, which has seen Barcelona and Real Madrid playing top-tier football at Ipurua, the 5000-capacity stadium that Eibar calls home. Promotion-party pitch invasions are not uncommon; but the night of May 25, 2014 saw a promotion with a difference, involving a wildly unorthodox club. There weren't enough fans to cover the pitch. The celebration was 45 minutes after the final whistle. The team was wearing their away kit despite having played at home. And Eibar could still potentially be relegated! Having followed Eibar and witnessed the madness first-hand, Euan McTear documents the club's first season in La Liga and discusses all the pieces put into place over the years to make 2014/15 a season like no other.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1. A Fairytale Season: Act 1
• 2. Modelo
• 3. A Fairytale Season: Act 2
• 4. Ipurua
• 5. A Fairytale Season: Act 3
• 6. Ascenso
• 7. A Fairytale Season: Act 4
• 8. Ánimo
• 9. A Fairytale Season: Act 5
• 10. Justicia
• Photographs