Although they continued to have players of the standing of Josep Escolà

On 14 June 1925, the crowd in the stadium jeered the Spanish national anthem and then gave ovation to God Save the King in a spontaneous protest against Miguel Primo de Rivera's dictatorship. The ground was closed for six months as a reprisal, and Gamper was forced to relinquish the club presidency.[19] This coincided with the club's transition to professionalism; in 1926 the directors of Barcelona...

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