Most people who either know Cruz Tours (AKA The Higgins Family) or have visited Caravaca with us know that when it comes to football our allegiances are firmly Black and White i.e. Newcastle United FC. So it will come as surprise to most people that during a recent visit to the UK Bradley and I (Tony) made a visit to enemy territory the Stadium of Light the home of Sunderland AFC.
The reason for this visit was to see Sunderland’s opponents Liverpool who have a massive Spanish connection, managers and players. Hero of the Spanish Euro 2008 triumph Fernando Torres is also centre forward for Liverpool and he duly scored what was the winning goal in a 1 – 0 victory for Liverpool.
During our visit to the Stadium of Light we bumped into an old friend of Cruz Tours, Fr. Philip O’Brien.
Fr. O’Brien was part of our first group ever to visit Caravaca with Cruz Tours and it is interesting that in the photo I took of him with Bradley he is actually wearing a Caravaca de la Cruz hat!....it certainly is a small world!!!!
Incidentally O’Brien is a favourite name amongst Newcastle fans as both Liam O’Brien and Andy O’Brien have scored goals for the Toon in a number of NE derby games.
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