Penya Blaugrana London

Great crowds and athmosphere at Bar&Co to watch the first two matches of the season, against Levante and At. Madrid, the latter despite the silly kick off time of 10pm.  Also we welcomed several families from Barcelona currently visiting London in holidays that came to visit!

Come and join us!

PB London attended the XXXIV Penya Congress in Barcelona, where many important issues of the penya movement were discussed.

As usual, PBL members took the opportunity to socialise with other penyas and have a great time in Barcelona, topped up by the trashing of Santos at the Gamper by 8-0.

This year’s congress was highlighted by the Penyista Census.  According to FCB, there is a total of 1354 penyes with 138,454 penyistes worldwide.

Over 35 PBL members enjoyed a great barbeque party on the Thames at our premises Bar&Co. 

It was a glorious day in London, and PBL members made full use of it!

Penya Blaugrana London attended the Final 4 at the O2 arena to help FC Barcelona reach European glory.  In the end, the dream was not possible, mostly due to so many injured players.  Our members, however, enjoyed two great days with fantastic basketball.

Penya Blaugrana London is well known for the great group photographs that their members take with the penya flag.  Another lesser known fact the art, hard work, and order out of chaos that is required to achieve them.

This article tries to gives an inside into how to make the perfect penya group photo.

Step 1. Somebody says something along the lines... alright boys, too much beer already, let’s get to work, shall we take a penya photo?

Step 2. Noise, confusion, chaos, grumblings, people finishing off their drinks quickly, others vaguely planning how to pose...

Step 3. Among all the confusion, penya members slowly fall back into position without realising, as if attracted by a dark and mysterious force...

Step 4. Alright, everybody ready..... smile.... HOLD ON, WHERE IS THE FLAG????

Step 5. Ups sorry, I’ve got it... hold on, I don’t seem to be able to take it off...

Step 6. Ok, now the flag is ready, but still among the chaos the two members kneeling down (and still posing in their earlier posture) haven’t noticed they are completely covered by the flag

Step 7. Smile!!!!

Trying to get members in the mood for a weekend of Final 4 in London, and the chances of Barça Regal reaching European glory, we decided to organise the first ever basketball match in the penya.  As the pictures show, it was a great success! 

A contingent of PBL members went to Paris to support our team against the difficult match against PSG.

Fantastic atmosphere at PBL to watch the second leg Champions League match against PSG.  It was a tense and stressful game, accompanied by very poor playing from our team that had to resort to a limping Messi.  

This is a secret no more.  A full inside behind the scenes at what really goes on at PBL after a match...

Few PBL members visited Milan to support FC Barcelona in their Champions league tie against AC Milan.  Judging by the pictures, it was a great day... just until the match started...