Gearing Up

By: Paul | July 10th, 2009

The boys have already been training (as we all should know by now) and today the La Liga 2009-10 schedule was released. Here’s the team’s preseason and league schedules for 09/10:

Preseason

16-07-2009 Athletic Club-Benfica
18-07-2009 Athletic Club-Andelecht/SC Olhanense
22-07-2009 San Roque-Athletic Club
30-07-2009 Europa League Third Qualifying Round (1st Leg- Draw to be made 17-07-2009)
02-08-2009 Portugalete-Athletic Club
06-08-2009 Europa League Third Qualifying Round (2nd Leg- Draw to be made 17-07-2009)
12-08-2009 Sporting-Athletic Club

2009-2010 Season

30-08-2009 Athletic Club-Espanyol
13-09-2009 Xerez-Athletic Club
20-09-2009 Athletic Club-Villarreal
23-09-2009 Tenerife-Athletic Club
27-09-2009 Athletic Club-Sevilla
04-10-2009 Valladolid-Athletic Club
18-10-2009 Athletic Club-Sporting
25-10-2009 Getafe-Athletic Club
01-11-2009 Athletic Club-At.Madrid
08-11-2009 Racing-Athletic Club
22-11-2009 Athletic Club-Barcelona
29-11-2009 UD Almería-Athletic Club
06-12-2009 Athletic Club-Valencia
13-12-2009 Zaragoza-Athletic Club
20-12-2009 Athletic Club-Osasuna
03-01-2010 Mallorca-Athletic Club
10-01-2010 Málaga CF-Athletic Club
17-01-2010 Athletic Club-Real Madrid
24-01-2010 Deportivo-Athletic Club
31-01-2010 Espanyol-Athletic Club
07-02-2010 Athletic Club-Xerez
14-02-2010 Villarreal-Athletic Club
21-02-2010 Athletic Club-Tenerife
28-02-2010 Sevilla-Athletic Club
07-03-2010 Athletic Club-Valladolid
14-03-2010 Sporting-Athletic Club
21-03-2010 Athletic Club-Getafe
24-03-2010 At.Madrid-Athletic Club
28-03-2010 Athletic Club-Racing
04-04-2010 Barcelona-Athletic Club
11-04-2010 Athletic Club-UD Almería
14-04-2010 Valencia-Athletic Club
18-04-2010 Athletic Club-Zaragoza
25-04-2010 Osasuna-Athletic Club
02-05-2010 Athletic Club-Mallorca
05-05-2010 Athletic Club-Málaga CF
09-05-2010 Real Madrid-Athletic Club
16-05-2010 Athletic Club-Deportivo

The team kicks off the season at home on August 30 against Espanyol. Schedule for next season looks pretty good- I don’t see any stretches where we’ll be playing strong teams back-to back-to back (i.e. last season’s run from Oct.5-Nov.1 where we played, in this order, Sevilla, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Villareal). Also, maybe Los Leones can get some points toward the end of the season- of the final six matches four will be played at home. Two of those are back-to-back against Mallorca and Málaga.

Before I go, here’s a random question. Does anyone else think that David López looks like an old lesbian?