

Toulouse (TFC)
Toulouse Football Club:
Founded 1937
In Ligue 1 since 2003
Absurdly Random Profile of the Week: Johan Elmander
By: Sam |Name: Johan Elmander
Date of birth: 27 May 1981
Place of birth: Alingsås, Sweden
Current club: Toulouse FC
Position: Striker
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Shirt number: 9
Randomness of selection: I added the number of goals scored in the four Coupe de la Ligue matches today (10), found the club who’s currently in that position in the table, then decided to [...]
European Round-Up: Lyon Awakens, Marseille Rides Luck, UEFA Cupsters Kick Off
By: Sam |Here’s an interesting role-change: Usually French clubs are lacking a bit of everything in the Champions League, and solid in the UEFA Cup. This week’s European fiesta had that changed around, with Lyon and Marseille winning and drawing respectively, and the UEFA Cup contenders gathering a win to go with two losses.
The big story was [...]
Peut-être! Allez! Oui! Égalisation! But! But! C’est fabuleux! Gignac surgit! Oui! Toulouse est qualifié!
By: Sam |Sometimes words speak louder than actions.
Misson Somewhat Accomplished for UEFA Cupsters
By: Sam |With one quarter of the Ligue 1 clubs competing in the first round of the UEFA Cup, whose second leg was disputed this week, you knew not all of them would go through, especially since it wasn’t by any means the top of the crop repping the ligue. Well, out of the five, three 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 [...]
Représente ta ligue: Not a Bad UEFA Cup Start for our Boys
By: Sam |If you’re a France fan, it’s hard not to be a UEFA Cup fan. We rock at it, before the knockout round at least. If we could only be as good in the Champions League, we’d be set. Regardless, the lesser-cup fans were delighted today with the 38 matches being played from Russia to Scotland [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.19)
By: Sam |The big news on the French football front today was of course Lyon’s slap-in-the-face trip to Barcelona, but let’s not forget the other goings-on around the league, with other clubs gearing up for their UEFA Cup matches tomorrow, Ligue 2’s Week 7, and what Raymond Domenech has to say about Marseille’s chances in the Champions [...]
Goal of the Week: Round 7
By: Sam |Of the seven Goal of the Week posts I’ve done so far, none have been harder than this one. Last week’s edition saw Jimmy Briand through as winner, but I really don’t know who’s going to come away with it this time around. With apologies to Grégory Proment, Bakary Koné and Jérôme Leroy, who all [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.08.31) Transfer Special!
By: Sam |Hear that creak? That’s the sound of the window closing. Forever. aka a few months. Boy-oh-boy did everyone’s favourite league produce some fresh comings and goings today! Let’s get straight down to them.
+ Man, Le Mans are fast. Bad news first: Backheel-master Grafite has signed with Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg! For a cool eight million euros, [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.08.17)
By: Sam |Breaking into the burning house of news and rumours, the valiant firefighter rallied his squad. “We’ve got to get in there and salvage every single bit of Ligue 1 info we can!” With that, the brave crew rushed in to do just that. These quick fixes about Sylvain Wiltord, Matt Moussilou, Kim Kallstrom, Luigi Pieroni [...]







