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November 1st, 2009

Goal of the Week: Round 12

By: Thomas | Comments 8 Comments

Congrats to last weeks winner Asamoah Gyan, who narrowly beat out Nene.
Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse), 27th minute, against Steve Mandanda

(first goal)
This spectacular long range effort from Sissoko silenced the Velodrome and bring his tally up to five league goals.



November 1st, 2009

The Debate Continues: The Best Players in Ligue 1

By: Sarah | Comments 12 Comments

Who are the best players in Ligue 1?

A few weeks ago, Thomas proposed his list of Ligue 1’s top 50 players.  While there were some suggested changes to move a few players a few slots up or down in the comments– in general the readers (or at least those who felt strongly enough [...]

October 20th, 2009

Ligue 1 in the Champions League- Matchday 3

By: Sarah | Comments 3 Comments

It is that time again– the time where heroes are made and dreams are crushed (at least until the next game).  But, seriously I think that games 3 and 4 of the group qualifications are the most important games in the competition.  By important, I mean that they are the most critical moment in the [...]

October 19th, 2009

Ligue 1 Internationals Update from Day 2

By: Sarah | Comments No Comments

So, the internationals games and World Cup Qualification round has come to an end– at least until the play-off games in November.  This post is a starting point to help track the Ligue 1 player’s success on the international level.  I’ll continue to update it based on the tips received in the comments section…

October 14th, 2009

The Latest Tragedy in French Football

By: Thomas | Comments 2 Comments

First it was Savidan’s heart problem (Best Goal.com article I’ve ever seen by the way), than the tragic death of Brice Taton, and now this. Sochaux’s Charlie Davies was involved in a fatal car crash early Tuesday morning.



October 13th, 2009

Ligue 1 Internationals

By: Sarah | Comments 2 Comments

Update! Thanks to Thomas for pointing out some of the players I missed last night! I’ve updated the post to reflect a more accurate (I’m pretty sure a few are still missing…) aggregate list.
This post is slightly late– half of the games have already happened– so apologies for my [...]

October 12th, 2009

Debate: The Best Players in Ligue 1

By: Thomas | Comments 17 Comments

Recently, Rob posted an article on the main page about FourFourTwo’s latest ‘Top 100 Players’ list. This made me think about how much I love arguing over things like this, but also reminded me that there are shockingly few lists and debates of this sort about Ligue 1 in English. I think it’s [...]

October 8th, 2009

Despite collapse, Gomis is “100% healthy”

By: Dave Trotter | Comments 2 Comments

Despite the collapse suffered by Bafe Gomis yesterday as a result of this vasovagal condition episode during Wednesday’s practice, Olympique Lyonnais physician Emmanuel Orhant said that the club isn’t worried about Gomis’ physical condition and that the striker is “100% healthy”. In fact, Orhant said that Lyon has been aware of his condition for some [...]

October 3rd, 2009

The Signing of the Summer

By: Thomas | Comments 3 Comments

Sainté began the season with three strait losses, including one to newly promoted US Boulogne. It seemed as if the ten time champions would have another season fighting relegation. Then the scouts in Argentina reported back. Gonzalo Bergessio of San Lorenzo was available and interested in a move to France. Augusto Fernandez of River [...]

December 6th, 2007

Wanna Know More About France’s Most Futile and Made-Fun of Players?

By: Sam | Comments 7 Comments

I’ll bet you do. One of my favourite websites, Les Cahiers du Football, presents each year, to the most underachieveing/foolish/media-blasted/you get the idea Ligue 1 player, le ballon de plomb, meaning the lead ball.
The voting ended today, so sadly I can’t entice you to weigh in, but nevertheless I’ll tell you a little about [...]






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