So last night I got curious about Spain’s second division standings after watching highlights. Grabbed my laptop thinking “this’ll be quick.” Googled “segunda division table” expecting a clean chart to pop up first thing. Nope. Top result looked ancient – some club names I swear haven’t played there since 2018. Closed that trash immediately.
Tried adding “2024” to the search. Slightly better. Saw a familiar site name… clicked it. Loading spinner took forever like dial-up internet. Finally saw the table – tiny font, crammed with ads flashing beside it. Barely could read Murcia’s position. Brutal. Zoomed in till the whole table filled my screen. Still messy.
My dumb move? Started typing the whole damn table into my notes app. Got through the top four teams – Ponferradina, Racing Santander, Espanyol, some others – before realizing my thumb was cramping. Saw this tiny “copy” button near the table header. Clicked it. Nothing happened. Clicked harder. Still nothing. Damn thing reset the page instead. Felt like throwing the laptop.
Ugh. Fine. Old school time. Snatched a pen and sticky note off my desk. Peered at the screen like a detective squinting at clues. Wrote down:
The Painstakingly Copied Top Half
- Ponfe – P38, 70 pts (How they leading? Wild.)
- Racing – P38, 68 pts (Solid!)
- Espanyol – P38, 65 pts (Big club, fighting hard)
- Gijon – P38, 61 pts
- Eibar – P38, 60 pts
Bottom half was worse. Tiny text blended with ad banners. Leaned in so close my nose almost touched the screen. Copied maybe three more teams before my back started yelling at me for hunching. Gave up. Stuck the half-finished sticky note right on my desktop wallpaper as a reminder of failure. Not my proudest blogging research moment.
Point is? Official sources sometimes suck. Simple data hunting turns into an archaeology dig. Next time? Probably just screenshot the mess and circle the leaders with a big red digital marker. Or better yet, find a mate who keeps up and ask them. Laziness wins sometimes.
