Real Madrid and Franco

Wanted to share a small chronology of Real Madrid's links with Franco and the franquist regime.

-1933
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Real Madrid’s socio, founded the Falange Española, ruling party of the Fascist Spain under Franco.
-1936
Josep Sunyol i Garriga, FC Barcelona’s president, is murdered by Franco’s troups for his political ideas.
-1937
Antonio Ortega Gutiérrez, anti-fascist and republican who was the leader of the Republican forces in the Gipuzkoa military campaign and then...

Real Madrid and Franco