It is almost two months since the Rojillos have been permitted to train together and two and a half months since their last competitive match. Yesterday evening the players were notably excited about returning to the sport they love but unfortunately the squad have just one week to prepare themselves for a gruelling schedule. In […]
The Las Palmas Football Federation has given the league the go ahead to restart without UD Lanzarote this weekend. If Lanzarote believed that things couldn’t get worse this season this announcement proves that theory wrong. Whilst all the other teams have been in training, this has been denied to Lanzarote for over a month and […]
The Canarian government suspended the league two weeks ago due to the spike in Covid cases and at this moment no date has been set for the restart. Lanzarote have had their season put on hold by their local government for some time now and have not kicked a ball competitively since a week before […]
Lanzarote´s home match this Sunday 17th January versus UD Guía has been postponed due to the latest spike in Covid. This won’t come as much of a surprise to anyone as Lanzarote´s government has moved up to Phase 3. This means sports centres, gyms etc will have to close. Other measures include a curfew from […]
The Rojillos are due to play UD Guía at home this Sunday 17th January at 12 noon. The Gran Canarian side are in sixth position and are six points ahead of Lanzarote in the table though the Rojillos have a game in hand. Even though Lanzarote´s form has been poor, if Lanzarote can claw back […]
The first match of the New Year is away in Gran Canaria against third placed side UD Las Palmas C this Saturday 9th January. The Rojillos begin 2021 at the foot of the table but the squad are certainly not lacking the determination to climb out of trouble. The league structure this season is very […]
Today Spain celebrates Kings Day. Last night the Three Kings visited all the villages on the island in open top cars with an entourage of police cars, ambulances all beeping their horns letting the children know that the Kings are on their way. For many Spanish children it will be the Kings delivering the presents […]
Every 10 Euros gives you the chance of winning 1 weeks superb accommodation in either a villa, hotel or an apartment. All properties kindly donated by people who love this island and all money raised goes to the club. In times of no gate receipts, sales of season tickets and bar takings this is a […]
If you are looking for a gift for someone this Christmas then maybe the answer is one of the new UD Lanzarote “50 Aniversario” shirts. They are available online at https://mercancialanzarote.com/shop/ and delivery is normally around 10 days though with Christmas looming its best to order now. The shirts are available at 6 months of […]
The club has just signed 32 year old right back Oriol Dot Codina to replace Kevin Castro who has had to leave the club to pursue work commitments. Oriol is from Barcelona and has plenty of experience at this level and the league above. He is predominantly a right back though can switch flanks and […]
Tomorrow, Sunday 22nd November will be the first time Rojillo fans have been able to see their side play since March. Many thanks to Gran Tarajal for allowing our fans to attend and also to the Fuerteventura Cabildo who have seen the common sense in allowing supporters into open air stadiums. To all fans going […]
Jonathan Pérez Olivero otherwise known to everybody as Jotha has decided to end his playing career aged 38. Jotha was born in the village of Tinajo in Lanzarote and began and ended his playing days with his local side that had introduced him to his love of the game at the age of six. At […]