Scunthorpe Hasta La Muerte: The Extraordinary Story of English football's Spanish Pioneer

by Iñigo Gurruchaga

In September 1996, Alex Calvo Garc a, a largely unknown Basque footballer arrived in England. Recently released by Eibar in the lower reaches of the Spanish league, the journey represented the 24 year-old's final opportunity to make it as a professional footballer. Without a word of English and at a time when foreign players were rare on British soil - and unheard of in the town of Scunthorpe - the odds seemed stacked against him.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917064535
• ISBN13: 9781917064538
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Mount Vernon Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"