The £10,000 Maestro: Angel Rangel's Swansea City Legacy

[swansnews]

The £10,000 Maestro: Angel Rangel's Swansea City Legacy

On June 29, 2007, Swansea City, then a League One club, announced the signing of a relatively unknown Spanish right-back from semi-professional side Terrassa. T

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[bakajack]

There are so many other spectacular stories about him that go unwritten in that piece.

He met his wife here in Swansea and was as close to a naturalized Welshman as you could find.

There is also the story about how he and his wife spent one Christmas driving around donating sandwiches to food banks after realizing that they had made too much for themselves.

His partnership with Dyer truly brought out the best of both of them, their one twos and telepathic understanding getting in behind full backs was a work of art and one that I still rarely ever see replicated today even by the top teams.

 

[Bluenile]

There are so many other spectacular stories about him that go unwritten in that piece.

He met his wife here in Swansea and was as close to a naturalized Welshman as you could find.

There is also the story about how he and his wife spent one Christmas driving around donating sandwiches to food banks after realizing that they had made too much for themselves.

His partnership with Dyer truly brought out the best of both of them, their one twos and telepathic understanding getting in behind full backs was a work of art and one that I still rarely ever see replicated today even by the top teams.

Not quite correct, but mainly yes. They hadn't made too many for themselves, but had been eating in, I believe, a Subway in Swansea, late at night. They asked the manager what happened to all the remaining food, and on learning that it would all be binned, they realised that it could do more good helping the homeless. I get my hair cut in Atilla's in the Arcade, and Atilla says that Rangel is regularly in there for a haircut, so still a local boy, last Thursday Atilla said that he's coaching a boys team in Pontardawe, as his son plays for them. A true Jack Bastard.

 

[J_B]

He lives across the road from me. He's a lovely guy who still loves the Swans.