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 [...]

The Ligue 1 title race is one of, if not the, closest in European football this season, but perhaps more thrilling is the battle for promotion in France’s second tier. As many as 10 teams can at least be considered as harbouring hopes of earning a place in the top [...]

Pontivyen, Armentieres, St Jean Beaulieu and Meaux are not names of French football teams that roll off the tongue, but this weekend those four teams took another step towards a dream draw in the 2012/13 edition of the Coupe de France. The seventh round of this year’s competition was played [...]

Relegation. The word strikes fear into fans, players and officials of pretty much every club on the planet, and while many teams have demonstrated that it is possible to recover from dropping down a division, for most it is a disaster that can often decimate their squad and do untold [...]

Yesterday news from both the French and British press had Scottish champions Celtic linked with a move for Auxerre defender Willy Boly. And it looks like the 21-year old will be the next player to leave the Stade l’Abbe Deschamps after l’AJA were relegated to Ligue 2 last season. After [...]

With the start of the Ligue 2 season upon us we needed a quality preview for the upcoming season. Only one name came to mind “Below The Top League” These guys are the go to guys when it comes to Europe’s second division. Let them get you all excited for [...]