February 10, 1929, saw the birth of what we now know to be LaLiga with the amount of opposition to the creation of the league at the time making it a long and difficult journey for the division to get to the point it is at today.
There was not great enthusiasm for the league being created back then and it came at a time of national crisis in Spain following the death of Queen Maria Cristina inside the Palace of Madrid.
Mourning took place for six days and it dominated the national news with the formation of a new Spanish football division rather understandably slipping under the radar for most.
The first LaLiga season was a good one for Barcelona as they secured the title on the final day with a victory over Real Union, yet all eyes were again on matters rather more serious.
Violence cascaded across Mexico following a failed assassination attempt on President Portes Gil whilst the Italian government and the Holy See signed the Lateran Treaty which gave the church compensation for the loss of the Papal States.
LaLiga is now a sporting behemoth in 2017 with it holding the best teams in the world within it, and the finance on offer across the Spanish footballing landscape is now almost unfathomable when you consider the humble beginnings of the league.
Rather ironically there is some semblance of consistency with Real Madrid being involved in the title picture in the very first LaLiga campaign given that they were involved in it in the latest one as well.