A never-told-before history of F. C. Barcelona
The Blaugrana Spiderweb is, conceptually, a work that has never been written before. Although innumerable books detailing the club’s history exist, its sporting and institutional history has rarely been interwoven the way it has here, where the spotlight is on the power struggles and pressures that have governed the club’s trajectory over 125 years.
The account, narrated in chronological order, begins in the period before the club’s founding in 1899 and goes up to Josep Maria Bartomeu’s resignation. Basing his work on an extraordinary amount of documentation that brings to light unpublished information, the author constructs of plot of powers -in both politics and business- which has given shape to the club as it is today, and which in a certain way reflects the historical evolution of Catalonia: from the foreigners who founded the club, linked to the beginnings of industrialization, to business leaders in the textile, cotton and construction sectors, and including the influence that Catalan nationalism and Franco’s regime had on it.
An alternative history of F.C. Barcelona, told with the intention of becoming a reference book for members and fans of the club.
A unique look at the 125-year history of one of football’s greatest clubs and a review of the various powers that have shaped it.
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