While Las Palmas’s history might look modest when it comes to trophies – though they were very, very close to winning the league all the way back in 1969 – the club from the Canary Islands has always had a sort of special mystique surrounding it and their return to the top flight of Spanish football has been met with approval from most.
It wasn’t by any means an easy promotion; in a playoff played in June with a place in La Liga at stake, Las Palmas lost 3-1 at Saragoza before mounting a comeback at home with a 2-0 win, in a match that had an undescribably emotional finish, with Las Palmas scoring the winner 5 minutes before the final whistle.