Yet since then and a drop of a level the Scottish connection has persisted and needs to be encouraged. There are three clubs n Spanish football that owe their origins to Scots; in Barcelona CE Jupiter, Aguilas FC from Murcia with its beautiful blue and white ground, the oldest in the country, and Recreativo from Huelva in Andalusia, again with its shimmering, blue and white stadium, the oldest club still playing throughout all the national tiers. But they are forever tied to our country by history, whereas Eibar's connection is by choice, a right choice but one which might wither if not fed. And nothing in football at all clubs feeds better than income; ticket money through the turnstiles. And youse can contribute. Recreativo is and hour and a half coach-ride crossing the border directly from Faro Airport and less by from Seville by train. CE Jupiter is seven stops on the metro from Catalunya, four from Sagrada Familia. Aguilas is more difficult; an hour by hire-car from Murcia Airport, a good two from Alicante but three times that by public-transport. And by contrast Eibar is a doddle - a couple of hours from Bilbao airport but access also possible from Santander, Pamplona, Vitoria and even Biarritz across the border in France. Rock up and watch a game. Youse might even consider The Spanish Trail, a week or ten days of travel to a couple, even to all four plus Borgonya; from Huelva and the Spanish Atlantic via the Mediterranean Coast, inland from Barcelona to Borgonya, then to Eibar and the Bay of Biscay or vice versa. - IPCW