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Due to a tragedy Rayo Vallecano turned out to be Laurie Cunningham's last club; he was killed in a car crash just outside Madrid in 1989, after a sole season. He had recently won an F.A. Cup winners medal with Wimbledon F.C. in England the previous year and had also represented neighbours Real Madrid for four years.
- Jose Maria Ruiz Mateos
- The Back Wall
- Zozulya – Not Welcome
- Sabotage
- The Fondo
“I’m going to hit you, fucker,” said Jose Maria Ruiz Mateos. He stood outside the courthouse dressed up as Superman. “I had to call my friend, Clark Kent, to sort out the injustice,” he continued in protest of how his company, Rumasa, was being taken off his hands and how he was being chased for several illegalities. The former owner of Rayo Vallec...
Rayo Vallecano and the fans would be nothing without their principles. There was a time when the back wall at Vallecas had a couple of rows before Juande Ramos, the manager at the time, arrived and said to get rid of the shoddy looking bleachers and make the pitch a few metres longer. The people of Vallecas are ‘poor but proud’, and in every game t...
“Vallecas is no place for nazis,” was the sign the Bukaneros brought to the training ground on the day after Rayo had signed Roman Zozulya. On a Wednesday in the suburbs of Madrid, the Bukaneros descended on the ciudad deportivo and made it clear where they stood on the idea of having Roman Zozulya, a Ukrainian nationalist, donning the Rayo jersey....
It was an act of pure defiance. The big boys were coming to town and everyone was expected to gather and fawn over them. Obviously, someone had other plans. “Footballing terrorism,” was how it was explained as Raul Martin Presa said that “cables don’t just cut themselves.” It was an inside job too because whoever did it knew exactly where to cut th...
Historically, fans of El Rayo have never had much to sing about, but that has never stopped them. The source of Rayo Vallecano’s carnival atmosphere can be traced to the Fondo. The Bukaneros come in their droves every week to watch their team play and there has been many an infamous protest in the Fondo too. The stand behind the goals has been rena...
May 17, 2023 · Interview conducted in May. This article was first published on May 17, 2023, when Andoni Iraola was still head coach of Rayo Vallecano. Rayo, with their crumbling, three-stand stadium...
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Sep 25, 2024 · After Matchday 8, Rayo Vallecano remain in 9 position in the LALIGA EA SPORTS table. Rayo Vallecano come off the back of a Rayo Vallecano 1 - 1 CD Leganés and they face Real Valladolid CF on the coming matchday.
Oct 27, 2021 · Ansu Fati has been ruled out of Wednesday’s trip to face Rayo Vallecano due to a knee injury. The Barcelona forward was taken off with 16 minutes to go in the defeat to Real Madrid at Camp Nou...
Sep 4, 2021 · Colombia striker Radamel Falcao has completed his move to Rayo Vallecano after leaving Galatasaray on Wednesday. The 35-year-old returns to Spain's La Liga eight years after he left Atletico...
Feb 26, 2022 · Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Real Madrid. A strange one. Real Madrid are on the attack and suddenly a second ball appears in the penalty box. Rayo have the ball now (the real one).
