Legan¨¦s roll out the red carpet for loyal, 102-year-old fan

Oldest living Legan¨¦s fan

On Saturday, Legan¨¦s will pay tribute to Salustiano Toribio, the club's oldest season ticket holder who turns 102 on Sunday. 'Salus', as everyone knows him in the San Nicasio neighbourhood of Legan¨¦s where he lives, will take the? honorary kick-off before the Pepineros league meeting with Sevilla (13:00 CEST).

And that isn't the only tribute - Madrid brewers Mahou have commissioned a video documenting Salustiano's life and how his family moved to Legan¨¦s when it was a small town of around 4,000 inhabitants on the outskirts of Madrid, some 15 kilometres from the capital.

He was just a 14-year-old teenager when? 'The 11 Lions' ('Los Once Leones') formally became known as CD Legan¨¦s. He has accompanied the club throughout its 88 years of existence and says proudly: "I have five great grandchildren - and all of them club members at Legan¨¦s".

Salustiano recalls Lega's first grounds - Jard¨ªn Santa Ana, then the Rodr¨ªguez Luis Miguel ground but hasn't been to Burtarque much recently because of health problems but says he never misses a game on television. Legan¨¦s, he says, are a proper club "with solid fans, we're a decent bunch".

Cucumbers fit for a King

And he gives an explanation of how Legan¨¦s became known as the Pepineros (Cucumber growers): "The King had a maid who served him cucumbers; he really liked them and asked where they were from. The maid replied that they were grown in allotments in Legan¨¦s and that¡¯s where the name comes from, since then, we have been known as the ¡®Pepineros¡¯".