December 8th, 2007

Your Guide to Ligue 1 Kits This Year (3/4)

By: Sam |

Fear not, readers, I’m still here and I haven’t forgotten to finish up my exposé of every shirt in the league this season. Here are the penultimate bunch.
MONACO: True, they’ve barely changed since the dawn of man, but they’re still nice. The red and white defines them, and they’ve stayed true to that. Then again, [...]

Category: France Ligue 1, Monaco (ASMFC), Nancy (ASNL), Nice (OGCN), Paris (PSG), Rennes (SRFC)

Tags: France Ligue 1, Monaco (ASMFC), Nancy (ASNL), Nice (OGCN), Paris (PSG), Rennes (SRFC)

November 25th, 2007

Goal of the Week: Round 15

By: Sam |

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Never mind the Bollocks, here’s the Goal of the Week! After Aruna Dindane won the last edition with his improbable chip, I’ve got a fresh new batch of crackers for you to choose from. It’s a pity I’m limiting it to three goals, because there’s at least half a dozen that could’ve been featured. Nevertheless, [...]

Category: Auxerre (AJA), France Ligue 1, Goal Of The Week, Marseille (OM), Nancy (ASNL)

Tags: Auxerre (AJA), France Ligue 1, Goal Of The Week, Marseille (OM), Nancy (ASNL)

October 30th, 2007

League Cup: Thrills,Spills and 13 Goals in 3 Matches

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I say it way too often: Nobody cares about la Coupe de la Ligue. Well, results like the ones we witnessed today might be enough for me to reconsider that statement. While we’re still waiting for the other five matches to be played (tomorrow and thursday), the three today earned the right to be talked [...]

Category: Auxerre (AJA), Coupe de la Ligue, Cup Matches, France Ligue 1, Marseille (OM), Match Recaps, Metz (FCM), Nancy (ASNL), Nice (OGCN)

Tags: Auxerre (AJA), Coupe de la Ligue, Cup Matches, France Ligue 1, Marseille (OM), Match Recaps, Metz (FCM), Nancy (ASNL), Nice (OGCN)

October 8th, 2007

Goal of the Week: Round 10

By: Sam |

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We’re back with le but de la semaine here on the France Offside, where you, the reader, get to pick which goal you think tops the bunch. Olivier Monterrubio’s volley won him all the cookies last time around, but it’s time to move on and see what’s going on with the goals scored in this [...]

Category: France Ligue 1, Goal Of The Week, Lyon (OL), Nancy (ASNL), Saint-Étienne (ASSE)

Tags: France Ligue 1, Geoffrey Dernis, Goal Of The Week, Karim Benzema, Kim, Lyon (OL), Nancy (ASNL), Saint-Étienne (ASSE)

October 1st, 2007

League Cup Round of 16 All Set Up

By: Sam |

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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 [...]

Category: Auxerre (AJA), Bordeaux (FCGB), Caen (SMC), France Ligue 1, Le Mans (MUC 72), Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Marseille (OM), Metz (FCM), Monaco (ASMFC), Nancy (ASNL), Nice (OGCN), Paris (PSG), Rennes (SRFC), Valenciennes (VAFC)

Tags: Auxerre (AJA), Bordeaux (FCGB), Caen (SMC), France Ligue 1, Le Mans (MUC 72), Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Marseille (OM), Metz (FCM), Monaco (ASMFC), Nancy (ASNL), Nice (OGCN), Paris (PSG), Rennes (SRFC), Valenciennes (VAFC)

September 30th, 2007

The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.30)

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+ 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 [...]

Category: Caen (SMC), France Ligue 1, Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Marseille (OM), Nancy (ASNL), Paris (PSG), Team News, Toulouse (TFC), UEFA Champions League

Tags: Caen (SMC), Champions League, France Ligue 1, Jean-Claude Darcheville, Jerome Rothen, Karim Benzema, Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Marseille (OM), Nancy (ASNL), Paris (PSG), Rangers, Team News, Toulouse (TFC), UEFA Champions League, Youssouf Hadji

July 27th, 2007

NANCY: Same old Plainness

By: Sam |

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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 AS Nancy-Lorraine, the team that reminds you of that guy at school/the office that just stands around and listens to conversations.
The team: Here’s another [...]

Category: France Ligue 1, Nancy (ASNL), Team News

Tags: France Ligue 1, Kim, Marcel Picot, Moncef Zerka, Nancy (ASNL), Pablo Correa, Team News, Uruguay

May 29th, 2007

Matchday 38 - Talk About a Crazy Finish

By: Sam |

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That’s all, folks. Forget the fact that the first 37 weeks of the season were short of goals, that Lyon walked away with their sixth title whilst laughing in the face of suspense itself, that French clubs put forth a lukewarm effort in European leagues… The last day of Ligue 1 was something to behold. [...]

May 21st, 2007

Matchday 37 - Marseille is in the Champions League! Suspense Still not Over Elsewhere

By: Sam |

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First off, sorry for waiting until today to bring you this palpitating and intense piece of Ligue 1 info. Laziness, The Simpsons and the fact that I had written it but my internet shut down for a split second are to blame. But enough of this technologico-analyctical babble. Let’s get down to it. Marseille’s in [...]

May 10th, 2007

Matchday 36 - Don’t Look Now But Marseille Have Just Gone Second And Are Looking Fine

By: Sam |

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Oh my goodness gracious me, what a twist we had this week in the table, particularly up top. Marseille benifited from Lens and Bordeaux’s losses to go second, two points of the two others. Sadly, we have official relegations as well. First and foremost, after 44 years of service in Ligue 1, FC Nantes-Atlantique will [...]