Jokin Aperribay on Real Sociedad finals, memories that endure | OneFootball

Real Sociedad’s story has been written daily since 1909, yet finals do more than turn a page. They close one chapter and sketch the first line of the next, a shared pride and a fresh beginning.

In Diario Vasco, Jokin Aperribay recalls his first final through his father, the 1967 promotion in Puertollano that lit a flame. That baton passed to a generation that stayed unbeaten for 32 league matches in 1980 until the penultimate round in Seville.

He listened to that match with an ear to the radio. There was no win, but there was a way. A year later in Gijón came the first league title, he was 14 and time seemed to stop.

That side taught supporters to sing ever louder as champions. Two titles in a row followed and the first Supercopa at Atotxa, then the Copa in Zaragoza in 1987, plus runners-up in both league and cup in 1988.

In 2003 at Vigo, the club came close to a third league crown. The years after demanded resilience, until promotion in 2010. That decisive push arrived in two acts, first in Cádiz, then back home against Celta.

In May 2019 the women’s team lifted the Copa in Granada, a day defined by the energy the players radiated. In April 2021 came the Seville final, when the team felt supporters’ warmth despite their absence. Many were remembered amid Covid, a cup won for you.

After 116 years, that emotion keeps growing from Gipuzkoa to the world. However you live a final, you do it together. A final begins something special, a memory for ever. Guazen Reala.

Source: Diario Vasco