

Lorient (FCLBS)
Football Club Lorient-Bretagne Sud:
Founded 1926
In Ligue 1 since 2006
Week 13: Grenoble Nolonger Pointless, Several Suffer Strokes Over OL-OM
By: Thomas |One of the most exciting weekends in memory culminates with “The Match of the Century” (That last part of the title is a joke, in case you were worried)
Le Mans UC 72 0 – 1 AJ Auxerre
AJA pushed into the top three, at least temporarily, as they eked out a win against Paolo Duarte’s side, [...]
Matchday 12: Saturday Highlights
By: Thomas |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 [...]
Matchday 10: Saturday Highlights
By: Thomas |If you’re lazy like me you’ll appreciate having all of these in one place.
FC Girondins de Bordeaux 3-0 Le Mans UC 72
Bordeaux, inspired by their victory against Bayern midweek, got back to winning ways against a Le Mans side currently sitting in the relegation zone.
Ligue 1: Matchday 9
By: Thomas |The games happening this weekend are
Debate: The Best Players in Ligue 1
By: Thomas |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 [...]
Matchday 8 Highlights
By: Thomas |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
Ligue 1 Jerseys: Part 2
By: Thomas |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 [...]
Matchday 7: Saturday Report
By: Thomas |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 [...]
Ligue 1: Matchday 7
By: Thomas |Since this blog has only recently restarted, and many of you may not have followed Ligue 1 in its absence, I’ll start this post with the current table:
(Click on full standings for complete table)
Now that everyone knows whats going on in terms of the table, I’ll fill you on the probable lineups for today’s matches.
Goal Of The Week: Round 16
By: Sam |Twenty-eight goals to choose from, and but three chosen. Pity, pity. But that’s the way it is here for the Goal of the Week, and I’ve got a fresh trio of beauties for you to pick from this week, after Stéphane Brison won last week’s competition. With that all history, here are, in order of [...]






