

Articles tagged with "france-ligue-1"
Ligue 1 Team of the Decade
By Thomas | December 29th, 2009[gallery] We're continuing the "Best of the Decade" awards with the Ligue 1 team of the decade. Five players are nominated for each position (using a ...
Ligue 1 Week 19 Review
By Thomas | December 23rd, 2009Thirty goals were scored in Ligue 1 these past two days, nearly twice as many as last week, 39 yellow and 3 red cards were ...
Ligue 1 Goal of the Decade
By Thomas | December 22nd, 2009Here on the Ligue 1 Offside we're starting a few best of the decade posts as 2009 comes to an end. Vote for the best ...
Matchday: Lens-Saint Etienne (Stade Félix Bollaert)
By Xavier | December 22nd, 2009On the final day before the winter break Lens will have a chance to actually end up on the positive side of the league table ...
LOSC Lille: the Best in the League?
By Thomas | December 21st, 2009I'm going out on a limb here and saying that LOSC Lille Metropole are the best team in Ligue 1 at the moment. Lille have ...
Goal of the Week: Round 18
By Thomas | December 20th, 2009There were so few goals this week this shouldn't be to hard, especially since one of them was truly stunning. The last time I did ...
Matchday 18: Saturday Review
By Thomas | December 19th, 2009Grenoble 1-1 Nice Grenoble are slowly gaining a few points, and Nice are displaying their complete lack of quality aside from Mounier and Remy. They may ...
Ligue 1 Preview: Matchday 18
By Sarah | December 19th, 2009It has been a while since I did a weekend preview- there have been a lot of things going on so I just haven't had ...
The State of the Ligue: Part 2
By Thomas | December 18th, 2009I'm continuing to attempt to cover all that has gone on since I last posted. Here's the review of week 11. Matchday 11: Hello children, we're learning ...
The State of the Ligue: Part 1
By Thomas | December 18th, 2009Sorry I've been away for a while, the end of the semester has been busy. However, with the start of vacation, posts should be much ...
Ligue 1 News Roundup
By Sarah | December 14th, 2009Racism and Football - translation anyone? How will CAN Affect Ligue 1? Tunisia has already announced their pre-selected players. In anticipation of the CAN, check out how ...
Liveblog: Bordeaux vs. Lyon
By Thomas | December 13th, 2009Come join us to talk about the game! Lyon vs. Bordeaux
Matchday 16: Sunday Recap
By Thomas | December 6th, 2009Auxerre 1-3 Nancy Remember how I called Valenciennes "the poster child of inconsistency" in yesterdays post? Well Nancy are the less good poster child of inconsistency. ...
Matchday 16: Saturday Highlights
By Thomas | December 5th, 2009Saint-Etienne 0-0 Sochaux Neither of these teams seem to be going anywhere up or down the table. There have been a few matches when they've shown ...
Ligue 1 Matchday 15: Tops and Flops
By Sarah | November 30th, 2009Who excelled and who crashed? Several "big" teams suffered some surprising results this weekend-- OM lost at the final moment to Lens, former league leaders ...
Ligue 1: Matchday 15 Preview
By Sarah | November 28th, 2009While most football fans will be looking forward to the El Classico Derby between Madrid and Barcelona at Camp Nou, Ligue 1 has a few ...
Transfer Rumors: Ligue 1
By Thomas | November 27th, 2009The January window is approaching, I think it's time to take a glance at the rumors floating around... 1) Florent Sinama-Pongolle of Ateletico Madrid is being ...
AJ Auxerre: Rise to the Top
By Thomas | November 26th, 2009Due to AJ Auxerre's spectacular league position and their current lack of a blogger (send Daryl an email if you're interested), I thought I'd profile ...
Ligue 1 in Europe: Matchday 5 (Champion's League Only)
By Sarah | November 24th, 2009European matchweek is already here again! Matchday 4 was an amazing success for each of the Champion's Leagues teams. Here's to a repeat of those ...
Ballon de Plomb: 2009
By Thomas | November 23rd, 2009The Ballon de Plomb (the lead ball in English) is the Ligue 1 version of the Bidone d'Or. Since 2003 it has been awarded to ...
Ligue 1 Internationals: African Cup of Nations
By Sarah | November 23rd, 2009It is hard to believe that the qualifications are complete for the World Cup and African Cup of Nations already this year. It really just ...
French Football Dose: 11/15/09
By Thomas | November 15th, 2009Hoda Lattaf puts Montpellier past Bayern in the Women's Champions League round of 16... 1) A Day in the Life of Raymond Domenech (Dirty Tackle) 2) How ...
Ligue 1 Internationals Recap (Saturday Only)
By Sarah | November 14th, 2009This weekend brings us a a mix of World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers, World Cup Playoffs and friendlies. Ligue 1 was represented ...
Debate: The Biggest Club in Ligue 1
By Thomas | November 12th, 2009This is a question without a clear answer and one which causes fraught arguments among Ligue 1 fans worldwide, so we at the Ligue 1 ...
Goal of the Week: Round 13
By Thomas | November 8th, 2009Congrats to last week's winner Fahid Ben Khalfallah, who won for his goal against Rennes. There were plenty of goals to choose from this weekend, ...
Week 13: Grenoble Nolonger Pointless, Several Suffer Strokes Over OL-OM
By Thomas | November 8th, 2009One of the most exciting weekends in memory culminates with "The Match of the Century" (That last part of the title is a joke, in ...
Liveblog: The Battle of the Olympiens
By Thomas | November 8th, 2009At the request of those at the Lyon Offside, the Ligue 1 page is hosting a liveblog for today's match at the Gerland. Lyon vs. Marseille ...
Ligue 1: Matchday 13
By Sarah | November 7th, 2009It's been a busy week with the European games, but matchday 13 is already here! It's already November and the Ligue 1 table has already ...
Ligue 1 in Europe: Matchday 4 (Europa League)
By Sarah | November 4th, 2009While Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille have already been grabbing the headline this week with their performances in the Champion's League, the attention now ...
Ligue 1 in Europe: Matchday 4 (Wednesday Games only)
By Sarah | November 4th, 2009So can Ligue 1 make it 3-0 today? Bordeaux and Marseille both managed some amazing wins yesterdays with Bordeaux beating Munich 2-0 in Germany and ...





