{"id":794,"date":"2010-02-18T22:26:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T22:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/?p=794"},"modified":"2020-10-26T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:16:48","slug":"a-wild-gaucin-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/blog\/2010\/02\/18\/a-wild-gaucin-chase\/","title":{"rendered":"A wild Gaucin chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Off to Gaucin on Sunday in search of the first recorded mention of football in Spain. After much hunting around we were directed to the Hotel Nacional.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned_image alignnone\" style=\"width: 640px\"><span id=\"attachment_796\"  class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_es.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-796 size-full\" title=\"Hotel Nacional in Gaucin\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_es.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Nacional in Gaucin\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_es.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_es-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_es-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_es-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_es-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_es-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><small class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel Nacional in Gaucin<\/small><\/div>\n<p>Inside, a guestbook apparently exists with the note in it written by a certain Captain W F Adams &#8212; but the hotel was closed and looked like it wasn&#8217;t likely to be opening again in the near future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned_image alignnone\" style=\"width: 640px\"><span id=\"attachment_795\"  class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_blind.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-795 size-full\" title=\"Gaucin hotel blind\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_blind.jpg\" alt=\"Gaucin hotel blind\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_blind.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_blind-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_blind-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_blind-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_blind-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_hotel_blind-320x180.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><small class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaucin hotel blind<\/small><\/div>\n<p>Some doors won&#8217;t open and not all roads lead to Rome.<\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned_image alignnone\" style=\"width: 640px\"><span id=\"attachment_797\"  class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_view_to_africa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-797 size-full\" title=\"Andrew contemplates the view to Africa\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_view_to_africa.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew contemplates the view to Africa\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_view_to_africa.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_view_to_africa-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_view_to_africa-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_view_to_africa-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_view_to_africa-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/02\/sp_gaucin_view_to_africa-320x180.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><small class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew contemplates the view to Africa<\/small><\/div>\n<p>Africa, however, is beckoning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off to Gaucin on Sunday in search of the first recorded mention of football in Spain. 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