So what exactly is it with Stade Rennais? On the face of it, everything is in place for a successful club. A billionaire owner, premier club in the region, financially sound, an excellent stadium, and arguably the best youth set-up in France and possibly Europe. Despite all this, year after [...]
16th January 2013: as referee Stéphane Lannoy signalled the end of the League Cup semi-final between Rennes and Montpellier, the Stade de la Route de Lorient exploded. The Rouge et Noir fans jumped over the barriers and rushed towards the centre of the pitch to congratulate their players. Four days [...]
These clips are available to all viewers in Europe (except France & Spain), Sub Saharan Africa and Australasia. Excluded in North Africa, Asia and N&S America. WEEK 32 Sunday 14 April LYON v TOULOUSE NICE v SOCHAUX LILLE v MARSEILLE Saturday 13 April EVIAN v RENNES BORDEAUX v MONTPELLIER LORIENT [...]
Welcome to the 2nd edition of Le50. This is a collection of the best young footballers currently playing in France – all the players featured were born on or after the 1st of January 1991. The French Football Weekly team have spent the last few months deliberating and voting on [...]
Road to the Semi-Final: Back in September, the third round-success against Nancy (3-2) was the trigger to a spectacular return to form for Stade Rennais after their difficult start of the season. It also was the epiphany for Romain Alessandrini, whose flying backheel flick remains one of the goals of [...]
Time to re-join Theo Benneworth as he continues his two day football journey around two of Ligue 1′s greatest stadiums. Game 2 (Friday 26th October 2012, Kick-Off 20h45 local time): AS Saint Etienne 2-0 Stade Rennais / Stade Geoffroy Guichard / Ligue 1 On Thursday night at Gerland, the weather had [...]
Another great weekend of football in Ligue 1, with a bumper 33 goals scored over the 10 matches – great for all Ligue 1-ophiles looking to spread the good word about the Championnat. Matchday 8 saw some great matches, and was a good week for, amongst others, Lille who grabbed [...]
It has been yet another magical weekend in Ligue 1. 22 goals, unbeaten records smashed and managers earning a stay of execution, what else could you want….good goals? Well we’ve got them too. Frederic Antonetti had three games to have his job at Rennes and on Friday night he made [...]