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To Basque...or Not to Basque?

By Elizabeth Hanchett, writing from Toronto

Athletic Bilbao is famous among football circles for being the only club in the world that insists on signing only local players to their team. Â Athletic was formed in 1898 in Lamiako (now part of the town/municipality of Leioa, about eight kilometers north of Bilbao), Bizkaia by British industrial workers living in the area.

Read the full article at A Football Report.

A Football Report @ Oct 12, 2011 2:28 AM EDT | Blog Profile

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