[1][2] The Campa de los Ingleses in Bilbao can be referring to three different enclaves: the old dock [es], the current park or the tavern at the San Mamés stadium.

It became known as La Campa de los Ingleses because this quay housed a British cemetery from the 17th century until 1908,[3][4] when the City Council ordered it to be closed for reasons of health and also morality, since being a secluded place, there were numerous couples who came there to have their moment of privacy.

[5] Modern football was introduced to the Basque Country in the late 19th century by a combination of mostly British immigrant workers, visiting sailors, and Spanish students returning from Britain.

[4] These miners, who had only seen the sea for the previous week, were desperate to leave the ships and find a patch of grass to play their favorite sports.

[3][4] By 1892 the sheer quantity of Englishmen playing football on La Campa de los Ingleses forced them to seek another pitch that could properly accommodate the growing population of Brits, and so, in November 1892, the president of Club Atleta, Enrique Jones Bird, asked for permission to play in the Hippodrome of Lamiako.

[4][7] It was from Lamiako that the sport of football took off in Bilbao, with several Bilbainos swarming the field to watch the teams of British workers challenge each other every weekend.