Archive for the 'Ligue 1' Category

September 28th, 2008

Rennes 1 – Nice 0 – Briand Goal

The win puts Rennes in a tie for 7th place with 10 points, 9 pts behind leaders Lyon who they'll face next week.
August 31st, 2008

Ligue 1 Round Up

August 18th, 2008

Rennes Vs Grenoble

What an absolute bust by Grenoble's Akrour.  You just can't do anything about that. Great PK save by Douchez to keep Rennes in the match.
August 10th, 2008

Rennes 4 – Marseille 4

An amazing and exciting match for the opening round of Ligue 1 between Rennes and Marseille.
June 24th, 2008

Bocanegra To Join Stade Rennais FC – Confirmed

UPDATE - Done deal as I just got confirmation from Los and should be on Sky Sports tonight. Peep the grey BP shirt. Good looking out man! image via Stade Rennais FC According to L'Equipe US National Team Captain Carlos Bocanegra has signed a three year deal with Ligue 1 side Rennes, but I'd hold off as an official announcement has ...
February 21st, 2008

Remember the guy who used to kiss Barthez and his bald head

Manchester United fans refer to him as Larry White, but you'll know Laurent Blanc as being the French sweeper who used to kiss the bald head of Fabian Barthez before every match. After retiring from the game in 2003 with Manchester United, the 42 year old had some time to sit and reflect on the amazing playing career he had. Now back in the game as ...
February 17th, 2008

Now this is a start

Unfortunately Racism still exists throughout the world of football, but if Ligue 1 president Frederic Theriez has his way, any fan or player caught will be punished by the full extent of the law and banned from entering any ground for games. In a game last night, Moroccan and Valenciennes captain Abdeslam Ouaddou went into the stands after a "fan" ...
January 15th, 2008

The Substitute quits

(image via Leblogfoot.com) One of the more outspoken characters of the game, French International Vikash Dhorasoo officially announced the end of his career this weekend.  After almost signing for Fulham (achilles injury) after playing for Lyon, Milan and PSG, the creative midfielder might be best remembered for his Documentary about being a ...