| Nobody says "Gijon", excepting maybe people >50 yo, because in the dictatorship English name were forbidden. The team is Sporting (the best one), Sporting de Gijón or Real Sporting. The same with Athletic, and specially in this case because Bilbao is not in the official name: Athletic Club.
BTW, in Spain Real Madrid is called Madrid. So many teams are "Real" and it is only used in a few teams like Real Sociedad or Real Unión. |