Lens (RCL)

Racing Club de Lens:
Founded 1906
In Ligue 1 since 2009

November 1st, 2009

Matchday 12: Saturday Highlights

By: Thomas | Comments No Comments

AJ Auxerre 2-1 Montpellier Hérault SC

Montpellier are beginning to lose their sheen. It seems they can’t hold up against traditional tough midtable sides like Rennes and Auxerre. They’ve also lost the surprise effect. Opposing managers now have an idea of what they’re up against, and have discovered the club’s weaknesses. Getting Ireneusz Jelen [...]



October 17th, 2009

Ligue 1: Matchday 9

By: Thomas | Comments 2 Comments

The games happening this weekend are

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 4th, 2009

Matchday 8 Highlights

By: Thomas | Comments 3 Comments

Here are the complete highlights from another thrilling weekend of Ligue 1 action. Twenty-nine goals were scored, 48 yellow cards were handed out along with three reds. Giants Marseille and Bordeaux lost while Grenoble remain without a single point.
Grenoble Foot 38 2-3 Montpellier HSC

October 2nd, 2009

Ligue 1 Jerseys: Part 2

By: Thomas | Comments 7 Comments

The Ligue 1 Jersey tournament continues with group two of the competition, containing giants Lyon and Marseille, as well as Nord-Pas-de-Calais rivals Lens and Lille with Lorient rounding out the five. Let us begin…
Racing Club de Lens

I’ve always been a fan of the RCL shirts, but this year…I’m not so sure about the weird pinstripe [...]



September 30th, 2009

What’s New on the France Offsides: 2009

By: Thomas | Comments No Comments

Corey did this a little over a year ago, and I decided to do something similar since their have been many changes around here this past summer.
1) Let’s start here, on the general Ligue 1 blog. We’ve got two new writers here after a year of inactivity. Sarah and myself have teamed up to make [...]

September 27th, 2009

Week 7’s Biggest Tops and Flops

By: Sarah | Comments 2 Comments

First, let me introduce myself. I’ve recently started blogging for The Offside-OM, and I will be contributing to the Ligue 1 blog as well.
Now, on to the the players that most impressed and disappointed us this week…

September 26th, 2009

Matchday 7: Saturday Report

By: Thomas | Comments 4 Comments

In another surprising and unpredictable day in Ligue 1, Valenciennes steal the headlines when they come back from a goal down twice to beat Olympique de Marseille 3-2. Nineteen goals were scored in only seven matches–2.74 goals per match–and 26 yellows and 2 red cards were awarded.
AS Monaco 1-2 AS Saint-Etienne

(0-1 Sanogo 3′, 1-2 [...]

November 26th, 2007

Your Guide to Ligue 1 Kits This Year (1/4)

By: Sam | Comments 5 Comments

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 [...]

November 5th, 2007

Goal of the Week: Round 13

By: Sam | Comments 4 Comments

What’s that you say? You want goals? Well have I got a proposition for you! Watch these. You, the readers, have voted Rodrigo’s goal the best of the best from last week’s batch, and now you can do the same with this trio of wickedness. Here are, in order of number of letters in their [...]






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