As explained in the previous chapter, as president of the Penya Solera, Nicolau Casaus had a lot of influence. He was almost a board member of the Club despite not holding any position, he followed the team in almost every trip and had friendships with the new players and with the veterans who were already, … Read more
If there is a penya that deserves a wider mention and to be highlighted above the rest, this is the Penya Gol de Dalt, official in the 30s but which is said to have already had activity in the times of the pitch in Industria street. The great feature that distinguishes this penya from the … Read more
Nowadays, it is less common to name penyes after players. In fact, if we are not mistaken, the last penya founded with the name of a player was the Peña Pedrito, in the Canary Islands, dedicated to Pedro Rodríguez, who came out of La Masia and is very well remembered by FC Barcelona fans. There … Read more
Currently, there exists in Tarragona the Penya Casal Barcelonista Francesc Serra. This last name has been added lately in honor of the person who at all times was the backbone of a penya that was growing. Francesc Serra left us a few years ago unexpectedly and, despite this hard blow for the penyes in general … Read more
Joan Gamper, founder and five-time president of FC Barcelona, committed suicide in his apartment in Barcelona, located in Girona Street, on July 30, 1930. Ruined by Wall Street Crash of 1929 and suffering from depression since he was turned away from the Club, Gamper had suffered a deterioration of his health in the previous five … Read more
FC Barcelona had not yet completed its first twenty years when the Club’s members were already moving among sporting groups known as the Fourth Teams and also among opposing internal tendencies, where the polemics between the followers of the military man Peris de Vargas (with monarchist tendencies) and the new friends of Gamper (with Catalanist … Read more
As we have seen in previous chapters, Barça supporters’ clubs already existed and were very active in the 1920s. A very illustrative example of this can be found in 1927 with the Penya Gol de Baix, which organised this peculiar “friendly game” on the morning of the same day that a match was played in … Read more
Josep Samitier was the promoter of the Penya Solera in 1944, when he returned to Barça to take charge of the bench. The prodigal son’s return could not have gone better, as FC Barcelona won the league title for the second time in 16 years. The Golden Age Barça star’s passion for the supporters’ clubs … Read more
The Spanish Championship final held on 16 May 1926 meant a lot in the evolution of the supporters’ clubs’ world and in the collective euphoria of FC Barcelona fans in general. It should be remembered that the Spanish Championship, currently the Copa del Rey (the Spanish Liga would still take three years to appear) was … Read more
The mystery of this supporters’ club has survived to the present day due to its great creation and momentum, but short-lived. What happened? Initially, in April 1923, to celebrate the Club’s silver jubilee, the Penya Esportiva Esquerra was founded, made up only of “independent-minded” members. A year and a half later, on the eve of … Read more