A fairy tale with a sad ending

There will be almost two decades of smiles and joys left for the memory and the newspaper archives, as well as surprises and making it bigger and bigger under the baton of Alsina on the bench and Tarragó in the presidency. Nine promotions, historic participation in the King’s Cup and an endless collection of indelible memories is what will remain in the retina of the fans, few but faithful, lobsters. The ascent to second against him disgusting al Municipal surely it was the zenith of a Llagostera that touched the sky and confirmed that there was no roof that could resist Alsina. After two seasons in the Second Division, the club was relegated to Segona B and returned to Third a year, to then recover the bronze category and premiere the First RFEF last year The relegation to Segona RFEF, the uprooting of Llagostera and the lack of income and support has meant, 78 years later, the disappearance of the club.

The fairytale began in 2004. Alsina, a former player at the club, accepted the challenge of managing the team and raised it to Second Regional. After a parenthesis al Casathe Maresmenc returned to Llagostera to lead a project that, few thought, would spread the town’s name everywhere, not only Catalonia but of the whole state. Alsina was burning stages. First Regional, preferably, First CatalanThird Division… There was no category that could resist Llagostera, which captured the best and the best of the Girona teams to go up the ladder. here, Big house, blacksmith, Aimar, David Costa, Vallho, grain, Beach, Seven… In 2011, almost without wanting to, he planted a Cerceda (Galicia) in the final to move up to Segona B with a 2-0 first leg win and celebrated promotion. The ceiling? Not even close. “We dream it, we do it”, said the club’s anthem. Ambitious by nature, Alsina was not enough. First was in 2012 the visit of Valencia at Municipal in the Cup and, the following year (13-14), was champion of League. Champions tie against the Racing de Santander it went badly (0-0 and 1-0) and promotion went to the Cantabrians. The team seemed to write the final chapter of the dream a Aviles, with a 2-0 defeat, but in the second leg, led by the magic of Pitu Comadevall, they came back 3-0 to qualify for another final, where Nàstic was waiting for them. The Girona lost 2-1 to Tarragona and, at Municipal, in an unrepeatable atmosphere, they went back to extra time in a game full of tension and controversy (3-1).

The legend would expand in the Second Division, already in Palamós as a base of operations. Llagostera would become the revelation of the season in the premiere (14-15) and would rub the places of play-off a First with names like Sergio Leon, Perea, René, Imaz o Alcala. The adventure would end the following year and the team would return to Segona B at the beginning of a fall that would even take them to Tercera (17-18). Alsina, however, revived the team and brought it back to Segona B in the promotion against the Portuguese (18-19) until taking it to the new Primera RFEF. Limited financial resources and unable to meet the demands of the Federation, Tarragó and Alsina tried to sell the club last fall. The businessman from Barcelona Carlos Sanchez he was good at it and even invested money in it and, in style Piterman, sat on the bench for a few games. Despite this, the sale was never finalized and, troubled by the debt with the players, the club found in Badalona the expected buyer for their place, now in Segona RFEF.