Perfil en LinkedInAfter one year in Primera Division, Sporting de Gijon almost returned to Hell. But a last game victory turned fears into one more year of celebration.
Subhankar Mondal signs an insightful article on the nature of Sporting de Gijon's followers, at goal.com. It is worth a read.
"Sporting’s fans are a strange lot, and a whole lot better too. They never lose their voice or their spirit, are at their loudest when their side are at their lowest, have a party throughout the 90 minutes and welcome the opposition - any opposition - with open arms. In Spain they have this habit of booing their own players and walking out on the team at the worst of times but in Asturias and especially in Gijon they don't follow this tradition at all."
Read it all here.