A clash between Athletic and Granada in LaLiga staged at San Mamés at this time of the year would have passed off inadvertently as just another game.

Mirandés have done it again! After knocking out Celta and Sevilla, their latest scalp was Villarreal last night, eliminating the top-flight side to march into the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

"Push forward with verve and daring, overpower the opposition with the force of a hurricane..." Those are the words of Mirandés' club anthem...

I saw her whilst watching the first league game of the new season at San Mamés. During the interval Athletic Club's women's team were paraded and received a warm ovation from the crowd.

The weekend in LaLiga was all looking rather boring, until the final game, which was a fantastic exhibition of football.

Radio and TV journalists often say they're sharpened up by the pressure of going out live...

And finally the new LaLiga season starts. The new campaign gets underway at San Mamés between two classic sides, Athletic y Barça

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the latest round of fixtures in the Copa del Rey, with Atlético Madrid out to GIrona, and Real Madrid through despite defeat to Leganés.

'Athletic, Athletic, club de limpia tradición...' That was the first anthem I knew of the old and beloved Athletic Club, 'world football's unique case', as L'Équipe once wrote.

It was a happy night at the Bernabéu, crowned with a resounding 3-0 result, where Mariano scored the final goal that was the icing on the cake.

After opening victories for Barcelona and Atlético Madrid, against PSV and Monaco respectively, Alfredo Relaño looks at the strong start from LaLiga.

The final whistle blew and the players hugged each other, satisfied with their night's work and safe in the knowledge they had done all that could be asked of them...

San Mamés will open its gates to welcome Madrid, amounting to an evening of excitement and emotion. For time immemorial nothing has stoked up San Mamés quite like Real Madrid coming to town.

Real Madrid still don't have a women's team, because the club's president, Florentino Pérez, doesn't want one, won't be budged on the issue...

After the incidents in San Mamés ahead of the Athletic Bilbao-Olympique Marseilla match, Alfredo Relaño discusses how the French ultras tarnished the night.

Alfredo Relaño analyses the officiating of Mateu Lahoz, a LaLiga referee that appears to want to differentiate himself from the others.