[3] Campo de Lamiako was founded on 18 September 1887, on the right bank of the Nervión, next to the electricity factory, towards Las Arenas, and near the train track.

In that same year, the Nervión Shipyards were founded by the Martínez de las Rivas brothers (José María and Francisco) and an English partner named Charles Mark Palmer from Newcastle.

[1] Lamiako was thus the home to one of the first great rivalries in the history of Spanish football, with the first game between the two sides taking place on 10 November 1901, ending in a goalless draw.

[7] The edges of the Lamiaco field did not give rise, not even remotely, to conflicts of agglomeration despite the public being made up of the relatives and friends of the players.

[8] In 1903 the same group would win the Copa Athletic, the biggest local tournament at the juvenile level, as well as play a match against Club Ciclista de San Sebastián, the precursor to Real Sociedad.

Because of the recurrent field invasions, Lamiaco was fenced with barbed wire in January 1902, and a sentry box was put up, right in the center of the train stop, for the sale of tickets and crowd control.

Campo de Lamiako had its record attendance on the day (31 March) Burdigala faced Bizcaya, the very first visit by a foreign team to Bilbao, gathering a crowd of three thousand spectators, a tremendous amount at the time.

[1] For the occasion, Lamiaco's international debut, and for the most respectable part of the audience, chairs were rented and brought from the Royal and Holy House of Misericordia.

[1] Lamiako thus missed the debut of Athletic's definitive uniform, red and white, which took place in January 1911 at Tiro del Pichón, in Madrid, and against its then owner Sociedad Gimnástica.