Working Class Heroes Quotes

“This is evident in the fact that St Pauli have a club shop in New York, selling all sorts of memorabilia and apparel even though it’s not actually anything to do with the fans and their beliefs. There’s another place in Madrid that sells official St Pauli gear. During my travels, I am yet to encounter a shop that sells Rayo gear.”
― Robbie Dunne, Working Class Heroes: The Story of Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Forgotten Team

“If soccer really is a ‘a slum sport played in slum stadiums increasingly watched by slum people’ as declared by the Sunday Times in 1985 after the Bradford fire disaster that took 56 lives, then Rayo Vallecano wear their slum affiliation like a badge of honour.”
― Robbie Dunne, Working Class Heroes: The Story of Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Forgotten Team

“On 4 June 1924, an advertisement was sent to Madrid-based newspaper, La Libertad, that read: ‘The new sports group, El Rayo, wants to say hello to all other sport groups and are accepting challenges any time and any place that is convenient for them, starting next Sunday. Please respond to this newspaper or in writing to our registered office, Carmen 28.”
― Robbie Dunne, Working Class Heroes: The Story of Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Forgotten Team