

Articles tagged with "french-football"
Reviews Galore
By Corey | August 26th, 2008Here is a quick recap of the weeks action for you, with some of our very own blogs providing the reviews! Read this while I ...
Ligue 1 Is Up and Running
By Corey | August 11th, 2008Finally! We had an action packed weekend that saw more goals than all of last year (no not really, but it felt like it!). As ...
Weekend Preview
By Corey | August 7th, 2008Ligue 1 starts this weekend! Its been to long Le Championate, but we are once again reunited with our French League. As I did from ...
PSG Hogs the Headlines
By Corey | July 29th, 2008PSG has been all over the headlines this summer, with some high profile signings, the possible apointment of Lillian Thuram to their front office, arbitration ...
PSG Now A Retirement Home
By Corey | July 21st, 2008PSG has just announced another exciting (depends on where you fit in the Ligue 1 scheme) signing, with the addition of Claude Makelele from Chelsea. ...
The Scoop
By Corey | July 14th, 2008Yeah..... So here is a lowdown of all the transfer activity that is going on in France right now as the country celebrates its birthday. First, there ...
Domenech Stays, France Is Disappointed
By Corey | July 3rd, 2008The LFP announced what most French football fans had already suspected today, that Raymond Domenech would stay on as boss under certain conditions. He tentatively ...
The Short Lived Summer Transfer Saga
By Corey | July 2nd, 2008So while most leagues are awash with transfer rumors and some big name deals in the works that turn into transfer sagas that span the ...
End of an Era for France
By Corey | June 18th, 2008So after being humiliated at the European Championships yet again, we now see that the national squad will be undergoing significant changes. It seems logical ...
How Do You Say???
By Corey | June 13th, 2008How do you say fire Domenech in French? Does not matter what language, he is rubbish and has ruined our EURO campaign. Feel free to ...
A Flurry of Activity in Ligue 1
By Corey | June 5th, 2008Hey everybody, I am back. As Sam has come back to action I thought I would too, as I have nothing to do at work ...
Games To Watch Next Season
By Sam | June 1st, 2008Ah, the new schedule. Who knew that something so simple as mixing and matching twenty different names thirty-eight times could spark so much discussion and ...
Domenech Releases France Squad
By Corey | March 20th, 2008Ohhh boy, here is Ray Ray's new squad list, all the possible player he will evaluate to take to the EURO this summer, because late ...
Coupe de France: You Say Barnsley, I Say USJA Carquefou
By Sam | March 19th, 2008Everyone knows that every year there's that one lower-division club that makes a mockery of a few bigger names in the domestic cup, wherever it ...
All That Talent?
By Corey | March 12th, 2008Everyone seems to know about Benzema and Ben Arfa at Lyon, Nasri and Valbuena at Marseille, even Menez and Gakpe at Monaco. What people dont ...
Ligue Dooo
By Corey | February 11th, 2008Not to many people watch Ligue 2 outside France. And whether you can admit it or not, people dont really watch Ligue 1 much out ...
The Stupid Sending-Off To Rule Over All Other Stupid Sendings-Off
By Sam | February 8th, 2008Ever since I really got into professional football a few years back, I'd been wondering if it had ever been done, but I never in ...
France Squad Announced
By Corey | January 31st, 2008So Ray Ray Domenech looked at the stars and checked the back of the Enquirer to figure out some horoscopes and came up with a ...
Matchday 23: Cissé Is Definitely Back! Coupet Is Not!
By Sam | January 28th, 2008Sometimes things just go your way, don't they? Ask a Marseille fan, and they won't really know what to tell you. OM have had their ...
Transfer Gossip !?!
By Corey | January 24th, 2008Lots of stuff goin on this week as the winter market is winding down, so here we go. - Sergio Almiron has moved on loan to ...
Reviews and Previews
By Corey | January 24th, 2008We had a full slate of action on Wednesday in Ligue 1, some entertaining affairs if I do say so. I enjoyed a Lyon victory ...
Goals of the Week 01/22
By Corey | January 22nd, 2008A little late, I aplogize, I just moved into a new on campus apartment and was busy doing that the past two days. I didnt ...
Your Weekend-At-A-Glance
By Corey | January 10th, 2008With Coup de Whatever action subsided, the league program roles around again, with two ties certain to catch the eye of neutral fans. The under-the-radar ...
Transfer Window Is Open
By Corey | January 8th, 2008Who let all the cold air in? Haha, very funny. Welcome to my first post here on The France Offside, I will be teaming up ...
Halfway Through: Let's Have A Look At What's Going On
By Sam | January 5th, 2008It's time to look back at the first half of the season and talk about who's hot and who's not, who's coming and who's going, ...
Want To Write For The France Offside?
By Sam | December 18th, 2007Do you not giggle when a Nancy boy dives? Do you know Bruno Cheyrou from Benoît Cheyrou? Do you hate every other league for stealing ...
Marseille-Liverpool: Aw Hell
By Sam | December 11th, 2007So! The first two matches of your Champions League campaign can only carry you so far, as we learned today. Four-nil at home. Unreal. A goal ...
Matchday 17: PSG Good, Lyon Bad
By Sam | December 10th, 2007Well, it wasn't at home, and death threats are perhaps still in circulation, but come on- do a jig, PSG are no longer part of ...
Your Guide to Ligue 1 Kits This Year (3/4)
By Sam | December 8th, 2007Fear not, readers, I'm still here and I haven't forgotten to finish up my exposé of every shirt in the league this season. Here are ...
Wanna Know More About France's Most Futile and Made-Fun of Players?
By Sam | December 6th, 2007I'll bet you do. One of my favourite websites, Les Cahiers du Football, presents each year, to the most underachieveing/foolish/media-blasted/you get the idea Ligue 1 ...





