This football club is famous for it's association with the culture of it's home region Catalonia. In the 1930s it's club president was executed by the country's fascist regime due to this club's sympathies with the opponents of the government. They also faced the ultimate humilation of having to loose deliberately against their arch rivals because of threats made on the lives of the players by the Secret Police? It is the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1954 and is the second richest club in the world?