Articles tagged with "france-ligue-1"
Plane tickets from Glasgow to Paris are selling like hotcakes
By Sam | January 25th, 2007Because when Paul Le Guen bails out of a coaching job with Rangers, which he never seemed comfortable doing in the first place, and heads ...
Matchday 21 - Pigs fly, Pope converts, Lyon loses two in a row
By Sam | January 25th, 2007Which of the above three statements is the most credible? I don't know for sure, but if you asked me a month ago, it'd been ...
Why, that's awful nice of them, no?
By Sam | January 22nd, 2007Them meaning Marseille, the club that's offering their supporters free tickets to the Coupe de France match featuring the two olympiques, Marseille and Lyon. Oh, ...
Transfer Time: Baros hopes the third time's le charme with Lyon
By Sam | January 22nd, 2007Just as both my index fingers suddenly come down with injuries (bagel slicing, you know), Lyon and Bordeaux go and decide to get active with ...
My Coupe runneth over: To be cool, you gotta wait 122 minutes to score the game's first goal
By Sam | January 21st, 2007The last 32 of the Coupe de France saw not many upsets. I mean, argh, only one team from a lower division then its opponent ...
I started it: Canadian businessman to buy Olympique de Marseille, I mean it
By Sam | January 20th, 2007It's no longer a secret, but what will come of it remains a mystery. Will Jack Kachkar, future owner of the prestigious French club Olympique ...
My Coupe runneth over: There, Laurie, just for you
By Sam | January 17th, 2007Please excuse the title if you're not familiar with my ever-so-obssesive sister-in-blog Laurie at WBC. But the fact of the matter is, when Juninho, Coupet, ...
Frédéric Piquionne rejects Saint-Étienne shirt, whip marks on back
By Sam | January 16th, 2007It's a rule of thumb in professional football, at least in France. When a player cleverly compares himself to a slave under the totalitarian and ...
PSG finally get a move on, sack coach
By Sam | January 16th, 2007Alain Cayzac, proud president of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, is a brave man. Boldly defending head coach Guy Lacombe for their short-lived relationship in the ...
Matchday 20 - Lyon manages to lose against Toulouse
By Sam | January 14th, 2007O God, how the mighty have fallen! Olympique Lyonnais, leader of Ligue 1! Humiliated! With a slender lead of 14 points over second place, got ...
The Sam Awards: Here they are!
By Sam | January 12th, 2007The wait, the suspense, is over. Due to your numerous clamoring comments about needing to know the winners of the immensely sought-after Sam Awards, I've ...
Transfer Time: Lyon to buy Milan?
By Sam | January 10th, 2007Rid yourself of that puzzled look, especially you, Martha, I'm not talking about no Italian nothing, it's the guy I like to call The Wasted ...
Dubai Cup: Be ashamed, be very ashamed
By Sam | January 10th, 2007I don't think the majority of you will have heard of the Mohamed bin Rashid International Football Championship, aka Dubai Cup. What it consists of ...
My Coupe runneth over: All the big guns are still there, barely
By Sam | January 7th, 2007Not only in France, but everywhere, it's no secret that amateur clubs love Cup competition, it gives them a chance to earn some media attention ...
Transfer Time: From Russia with love, maybe
By Sam | January 7th, 2007Hola amigos, I know it's been a while since I rapped at ya, but I've been quite the busy bee of late. Here's more on ...
Transfer Time: Strikers A Go-Go
By Sam | January 3rd, 2007Dario Srna (Croatia), Frédéric Piquionne (France), Gonzalo Vargas (Uruguay), Paulo Cesar (Brazil), Luigi Pieroni (Belgium), Bakari Sagna (France), Nilmar (Brazil), Pauleta (Portugal), Nicolas Anelka (France)... Sigh. ...
Transfer Time: Meh, ManU won't notice if he's gone
By Sam | January 2nd, 2007Shh, it's a secret. Manchester United's left-back Gabriel Heinze, who's currently not having the time of his life riding the bench at Old Tratford, has ...
Transfer Time: Much ado about Ribéry
By Sam | January 2nd, 2007Sure seems that tabloids and footie magazines can't get enough of my buddy Franck Ribéry as the transfer window opens. Strongly expected to stay in ...
Ribéry to a Serie B club? Guess which!
By Sam | December 28th, 2006Only once in a few thousand blue moons will you hear a Serie B club go on about signing players such as Miroslav Klose, Florent ...
Midway Report: The Sam Awards
By Sam | December 27th, 2006At the end of 2006, it's of course the time to look back and comment on the issues that touched the soccer world. This year, ...
Matchday 19 - Lyon doesn't win. No, I mean it
By Sam | December 23rd, 2006It's been done by Toulouse, Rennes and Real Madrid. Monaco, now. That's the prestigious club of clubs (oooh) that have managed to not lose against ...
Matchday 19 - Cissé gets haircut, scores
By Sam | December 22nd, 2006Well what, you didn't expect him to keep the same hair for more than two games, did you? For his third game in bleu et ...
My Coupe runneth over: Lyon, check. A team you've never heard of, check.
By Sam | December 20th, 2006In the Coupe de la Ligue action this week, we saw Bordeaux beat Saint-Étienne in extra time and Le Mans eliminate Sochaux on the road, ...
Hey, us Frenchies can score spectacular bicycle kick goals, too
By Sam | December 19th, 2006Christophe Landrin scored his first goal of the season, his first for Saint-Étienne, his first in the crazy atmosphere of Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, and it was ...
Matchday 18 - Business as somewhat usual
By Sam | December 18th, 2006Gotta love that picture! This weekend, one match was on everyone's mind. THE big 'un, the newest 2nd-place team, Racing Club de Lens was welcoming ...
Barthez back in business
By Sam | December 17th, 2006As previously mentionned, retired goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has evoked an eventual return to Ligue 1. And here he is! On the French television show Téléfoot this ...
Shut up, Lille isn't a free ticket to the quarters
By Sam | December 16th, 2006Lille isn't a bad team! Grr! They beat Manchester United! They have more than enough talent to compete with anyone! Just watch! That is all.
Man U and Roma? Oh, it's on
By Sam | December 16th, 2006I was hoping for something along the lines of Lyon-Barca or Lyon-Inter, but I got AS Roma instead. Not bad. I wanted Manchester United, and ...
Ricardo Costa, Laurent Blanc, Gonzalo Higuain, Oh my!
By Sam | December 14th, 2006Mucho transfer rumours as we approach the winter window... Olympique de Marseille have seemingly found the perfect piece for the always-almost-finished puzzle that is their defence. ...
Paris-SG turns it on, finally, and what's this about Barthez?
By Sam | December 13th, 2006If you're going to win a game after a long and painful slump, you might as well make it a 4-0 win at home against ...
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