Spanish clubs face uncertain new year

Christmas festivities are much the same the world over these days, but not in Spain.

The Spanish still jump over bonfires, they still throw flour at each other and on the Day of Holy Innocents they still play the old practical jokes: the coin glued to the pavement, the sugar swapped for salt, the clock put forward one hour and of course the hoax news report that has everyone up in arms.

Innocents Day is next Saturday but this year the story came early, and it wasn’t a hoax.