They are known as Lehoiak (The Lions) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés, which was named after Saint Mammes, an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. [5 ] Mammes pacified the lions and was later…
This, together with my mistake in thinking that the Argentine community would be involved in the project, meant that of the 1,500 season tickets sold last season, only 980 were renewed and the average attendance was 450 paying spectators…