November 1st, 2007

League Cup: Business As Painfully Usual

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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 [...]

Category: Caen (SMC), Coupe de la Ligue, Cup Matches, France Ligue 1, Le Mans (MUC 72), Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Monaco (ASMFC), Paris (PSG), Rennes (SRFC), Valenciennes (VAFC)

Tags: Caen (SMC), Coupe de la Ligue, Cup Matches, France Ligue 1, Le Mans (MUC 72), Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Monaco (ASMFC), Paris (PSG), Rennes (SRFC), Valenciennes (VAFC)

October 1st, 2007

League Cup Round of 16 All Set Up

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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)

August 30th, 2007

Goal of the Week: Round 6

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So basically, last round had no contest. Daisuke Matsui’s ninja flick has to be one of the best scored in Europe this year. Which is a bit of a letdown for this week, which produced many, many, ball-is-loose-in-the-area goals. Regardless, here are, in alphabetical order of keeper scored against, the candidates for this week’s goal [...]

Category: France Ligue 1, Goal Of The Week, Nice (OGCN), Rennes (SRFC), Valenciennes (VAFC)

Tags: David Hellebuyck, France Ligue 1, Goal Of The Week, Jimmy Briand, Nice (OGCN), Rennes (SRFC), Sébastien Roudet, Valenciennes (VAFC)

August 16th, 2007

Goal of the Week Competition: Round 3

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Boy oh boy, goal-avid readers, I certainly did have a tough time deciding which goals to nominate this week, there were quite a few scored, more than in last week’s round which Valter Birsa of Sochaux happily won with his powerful volley. I may post some honourable mentions later on, but for now, here are [...]

Category: Bordeaux (FCGB), France Ligue 1, Goal Of The Week, Strasbourg (RCS), Valenciennes (VAFC)

Tags: Bordeaux (FCGB), David Bellion, France Ligue 1, Goal Of The Week, Kevin Gameiro, Steve Savidan, Strasbourg (RCS), Valenciennes (VAFC)

August 3rd, 2007

VALENCIENNES: Savidan and a few Friends

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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 Valenciennes AFC, the team that’s kind of like Jesus and ten other less important disciples.
The team: For a club of VAFC’s stature, it has [...]

Category: France Ligue 1, Team News, Valenciennes (VAFC)

Tags: David Sommeil, France Ligue 1, Sheffield United, Southampton, Steve Savidan, Team News, VA-OM, Valenciennes (VAFC)

June 5th, 2007

Goals of the season: 2) Christophe Landrin, Saint-Étienne

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December 16, 2007.
Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne.
84th minute, vs Valenciennes.
Midfielder Christophe Landrin, having a disappointing until that minute, was first of all part of an extremely well brought-out team effort, with the defenders and midfielders getting perfect touches and keeping the ball at their feet. Diatta played a ball down the side for Feindouno, who spotted [...]

Category: France Ligue 1, Highlight Videos, Saint-Étienne (ASSE), Valenciennes (VAFC)

Tags: Christophe Landrin, France Ligue 1, Goals of the season, Highlight Videos, Le chaudron, Pascal Feindouno, Penneteau, Saint-Étienne (ASSE), Valenciennes (VAFC)

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

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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

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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 [...]

May 8th, 2007

Matchday 35 - All Eyes on Lens, Bordeaux, and Marseille

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So, back am I from my fantastic weekend, and I’ve got some juicy-ass stuff to report from everyone’s favourite league. Three games left for the lot, and the way it is right now, the three clubs mentioned above will be the ones grabbing spots two thru four, synonym of Europe (of course, fifth gets Intertoto, [...]