Real Oviedo are facing financial ruin. The Spanish third-division club need to raise $2.5 million to avoid liquidation and they're calling on the world's football community to save them ...

Once calling on anyone and everyone to help with its finances, Real Oviedo, one of Spain's novelty clubs, has come a long way—despite losing the La Liga playoff final.

Indeed, Los Blancos are often depicted as being the favoured team of General Francisco Franco - the dictator who ruled Spain from the late 1930s until his death in 1975 - and his regime.

When General Franco took control of Spain at the end of the Civil War in April 1939, he began an oppressive national centralising project. His ascent to power came after three years of conflict ...

The two chief European Super League rebels, and Spain’s biggest clubs, have clashed anew in spectacular fashion, with Real Madrid accusing Barcelona of being the favourites of the country’s ...

"The really obscene thing about all this is that Madrid, as General Franco's club, has a history of getting whoever they want and doing whatever they want," said Ferguson.