NEW SIGNINGS FOR NEXT SEASON
EDMILSON-------- FROM BARCELONA ON A FREE TRANSFER FOR 2 SEASONS
LLORENTE---------FROM VALLADOLID FOR THE NEXT 4 SEASONS
VILLARREAL TO INCREASE SEATS AT EL MADRIGAL
With Villarreal on course to compete in the Champions league next season
the President Fernando Roig is keen to have additional seating in place for this
campaign. Extra seats will be put in the North Stand, around 3,200, and this will
greatly increase capacity.
Only ten years ago there were just about 7,000 seats.
RIQUELME MOVING TO BOCA JUNIORS ------- transfer completed 28/11/07
ANTONIO "RIO" MAVUBA JOINS FROM BORDEAUX AND HAS MOVED TO LILLE
FORLAN MOVES TO ATHLETICO MADRID
ROBERTO AYALA SIGNS FROM VALENCIA-----AND THEN MOVES ON TO ZARAGOZA!!!
Villarreal,from near Castellon on Spain's eastern coast, made their debut in the top flight in 1998 and brought an unusual kit story with them. Nicknamed rather obscurely, the Submarines (allegedly after the Beatles song) their yellow shirts date back to 1947 when the son of the club's president travelled to the nearest big shopping city (Valencia) to buy some replacement white shirts and black shorts - then the team's official colours. Unfortunately, when he got to the store there were no white shirts in stock and, with the season about to start, he panicked and bought the only batch remaining, which happened to be yellow. On returning to Villarreal the players thought the shirts were fine,but that they didn't go to well with the black shorts. The president's son, decisive if nothing else, travelled to Castellon this time and bought a batch of white shorts which he subsequently had dyed blue on the vote of the players. The club still sports the combination initiated by this act of democratic aesthetics.
(p198/199 from MORBO by Phil Ball published by WSC Books Ltd copyright WSC Books 2001)
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The team play in an all yellow strip now.
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