Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid may rule La Liga, but cast your eyes away from the glitz, glamour and silverware and head north to the Basque Country. There's a new Spanish fairytale in SD Eibar. On Sunday, the minnows will play their first ever Spanish top flight game against Real Sociedad in front of a few thousand fans at their Ipurua Stadium home. With this, they become the smallest ever team to play in the top division. With a capacity of 5,250 - less than 18 of the current Vanarama Conference grounds - it will be a cramped, rowdy but overall celebratory affair. That's because Eibar's place in La Liga was nearly taken away from them.
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SD Eibar are gearing up for their first-ever season in La Liga
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Spanish minnows won promotion from Segunda last season
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Spanish FA threatened the club with double relegation after demanding the club had to raise 1.7million euros to play in the top flight
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Xabi Alonso and David Silva, two former players, helped support the campaign to see the club in La Liga
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Over 8,000 people from 48 countries now own part of the Basque minnows
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Club's Ipurua Municipal Stadium holds a capacity of 5,250
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Kit colours of red and blue stripes originated from Barcelona's strip
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Eibar's nickname is 'the Gunners' and town's population is 27,000
A campaign, Defiende al Eibar – Defend @placeholder – was created by the club and supported by former loan players David Silva and Xabi Alonso, who echoed these concerns.
In fact, Eibar are miles from any @placeholder side in size.