Recently, we were asked to collaborate with the excellent Spiel Magazine, to provide the words for one of their beautiful designs in the Ballon D’raw series. FFW teamster Jeremy Smith wrote this essay on the legend Michel Platini – the original can be seen here, and you can buy limited [...]

With apologies for last week’s hiatus, we’re back for the penultimate FFW TOTW of the season. OMG! The most straightforward match of the weekend saw already-crowned champions PSG beat already-relegated Brest 3-1. Three goals to the good at half time, the Parisians, many of whom had dyed their hair/goatees/scalps (in [...]

There’s only one place to start this week – the Parc des Princes. PSG’s title celebrations remain on ice for (probably) one more week after their 1-1 draw with Valenciennes, but for the second consecutive week, the football and the result were secondary to the behavior of certain members of PSG. Yes, referee Castro’s [...]

Matchday 34 was a bit of a random one, with tensions turned up to 11, tempers fraying, and almost as many red cards (a high 7 – or maybe 8? We’re not sure about Salvatore Sirigu at the time of writing – 3 – or 4 – of which came in post-match [...]

We start this week’s review with a big congratulations to Christophe Galtier and his Saint-Etienne team, after their 1-0 win at the Stade de France saw them lift the Coupe de la Ligue – their first trophy since 1981. In an entertaining match played in good spirit, they were simply [...]

Some sporting events become so ingrained in the public consciousness that a shorthand has developed, whereby a two- or three-word phrase immediately conjures up a wealth of images. For American football fans, The Catch will forever mean Montana to Clark for the San Francisco 49ers in 1982. For cricket fans, [...]

A bit of a goalfest in Ligue 1 this week, with 29 goals in eight matches, bookended by two poor goalless draws to start and end the weekend. It was another good week for PSG, who yet again were unimpressive but continue to limp to the title after despatching Troyes 1-0. [...]

Another eventful week of Ligue 1 football is over, with some interesting trends beginning to develop. The weekend began with a tenth 1-0 win of the season for Marseille, this time against Bordeaux (I couldn’t watch it as I had some paint that I urgently needed to watch dry). Les [...]