Archive for category: Valenciennes FC
Valenciennes FC – 2012/13 Season Review
It was a real Jekyll and Hyde season for Valenciennes. They were situated just one point off 3rd place after 15 games and at the halfway stage of the campaign they were in a very competitive 6th position on 29 points. However, they managed to obtain only 19 more points [...]
Philippe Montanier, Real Sociedad and their French connection
While Monaco were busy announcing their massive coup in luring Porto duo Joao Moutinho and James Rodriguez to the Principality, having bounced back to the French top-flight after a two-year exile, another Ligue 1 club were securing their own coup. More understated than that of the Portuguese international or the [...]
Ligue 1 Highlights: Week 37
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 37 Sunday 19th May NICE v LYON Saturday 18th May ST-ETIENNE v MARSEILLE PSG v BREST SOCHAUX v TOULOUSE RENNES v AJACCIO MONTPELLIER [...]
Ligue 1 Highlights: Week 32
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 [...]
Brighter Times for the Raining Champions
The rain was already falling at 7am, and continued throughout the day, incessant, dull. Strangely familiar. The song says that “mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”, and as those unused to heat and sun can get carried away, basting themselves to scarlet levels when the opportunity [...]
Le50 – 2013: The Best Young Players In France
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 [...]
Hard work finally paying off for Valenciennes
One of the surprise packages of this season have been Valenciennes who currently sit in fifth place with 18 points from 11 games. Daniel Sanchez’s men finished 12th last season after flirting with relegation for large parts of the campaign, but this season they have already won five matches – [...]