It's not every day that you get to celebrate your 125th birthday, and after Friday night's spectacular show at the Liceu opera house, the festivities switched to the Estadi Olimpic for the home fixture against UD Las Palmas.
CAT the cat
One of the biggest pre-game attractions was the chance to see the new mascot CAT make his Montjuïc debut. After being introduced the night before, the blaugrana feline leaped onto the field to the sound of Un Dia de Partit, one the most popular club songs, joined the players for the team photo, and even got to take the honorary kick off!.
L'escut al pit
Another of the highlights of Friday's gala was the announcement of L'Escut al Pit as the winner of the anniversary song contest, which also sounded over the stadium PA in the build-up to the game.
But that wasn't the only tune we heard. We got to hear all of the different anthems that have played over the years, from the earliest melody that never had any words through to the world famous Tot al Camp tune that every Barça fan knows by heart.
Honouring origins
There was another curious touch. While Barça are now famed worldwide for the dark blue shorts, they wore white on this occasion. And that's because it was the colour of the shorts the very first Barça teams wore back in 1899. What's more, the shirt was in blaugrana halves rather than stripes, again honouring the very first colours the team wore a century and a quarter ago.
