

Caen (SMC)
Stade Malherbe de Caen-Calvados Basse-Normandie: Founded 1913 In Ligue 1 since 2007
Your Guide to Ligue 1 Kits This Year (1/4)
By: Sam |It’s every football fan’s soft spot: Shirts. Everyone loves discussing new shirts, sponsors, colour schemes, and so forth. And just because I love you all, I’m letting you in on pretty little images of each, with my unique interpretations of all. Hope you enjoy them!
AUXERRE: Never wavering from the handsome and solid blue and [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (2007.11.22)
By: Sam |Things are a bit slow club-wise during the international break (HAHAHAH ENGLAND SUCKS), so bear with me if the newsy bits are not all that captivating during the next little bit. I’m trying out a bit of a new format for these daily (Daily? Feel free to laugh at me.) news posts.
Auxerre: AJA were saddened [...]
League Cup: Business As Painfully Usual
By: Sam |The Round of 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue rounded to a close today, with Le Mans beating Ligue 2 misfit Chamois Niortais. Here’s a rundown of what went down and what is scheduled to go down in the quarter finals.
Lyon laid down the law against upstarts Caen yesterday, with goals from Bodmer, Keita [...]
League Cup Round of 16 All Set Up
By: Sam |With all the buzz surrounding tomorrow and Wednesday’s Champions League matches featuring Lyon-Rangers and Liverpool-Marseille, not many people took the time to check out what went down at France Televisions headquarters in Paris, where the draw for the Last 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue was taking place. After LFP president Frédéric Thiriez went [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.30)
By: Sam |+ This weekend we had the chance to catch up on late matches from Week 3, and the first one was Lyon-Lens at Gerland. Lyon could go top if they took it by three goals. They did. A smart goal by Fabio Santos (I know! Isn’t that weird?), and two spectacular ones from Kimmy Kallström [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.28)
By: Sam |+ Djibril Cissé charged for attempted murder? Maybe! Besiktas’ Brazilian midfielder Ricardinho has recently announced he plans to sue Marseille’s international striker for the tackle he gave him during Day 1 of the Champions League, two weeks ago. Because Ricardinho will miss roughly two months, his salary is set to lower (foreign players in Turkey [...]
CAEN: Back to the Future
By: Sam |As the start of the season looms, it’s time for the France Offside to give you an in-depth look at each of the 20 teams vying for Hexagoal. Today, we meet SM Caen, the team that just doesn’t know whether it likes Ligue 1 or Ligue 2 better.
The team: For a team making the leap [...]







