Please welcome to the FFW family Mr Igor Mladenovic. A French-Serbian living in Paris, a very knowledgeable writer whose work has featured on In Bed With Maradona and Slavic Football Union among others. The ascent of PSG on the French and European football scene has been accompanied with constant criticism [...]
By Philippa Booth and Maher Mezahi. Group A – South Africa 0 – 0 Cape Verde; Angola 0 – 0 Morocco As opening days go, that could have been better; a goal-free pair of matches. South Africa seemed overwhelmed by the occasion and had little in attack, whereas Cape Verde [...]
Matchday 21 done and dusted, with another change at the top of the Ligue 1 table. The weekend began with Lyon having the chance to go 5 points clear with what on paper was likely to be a victory at home to Evian. However, the Annecy-based outfit had other ideas, [...]
All results now added – see end for the draw for the last 16. It may been freezing around Europe but the Coupe de France is just heating up. A midweek round, just to confuse everyone, and we have 16 matches for you to get your teeth into. Hopefully they [...]
French Football Weekly are delighted to launch a new mobile app that’ll let you keep up with the latest from the website, our podcasts, twitter/facebook feed and lots of other excellent goodies. The app is only available on Android at the moment but should be available on the iStore soon. [...]
The Cup of Nations kicks off today in South Africa, and the opening match sees the hosts face Cape Verde (full fixture list - all times local, i.e. GMT+2). France is the best represented club country at the tournament, with 57 of the participants playing here (full squad list), so we [...]
Two weeks ago not many people knew the name Massadio Haidara but in true transfer window style his name has been plastered all over the French and English media, linking the Nancy fullback with a move to the English Premier League with Newcastle United. Bids have been made, and rejected, [...]
The French Football Weekly podcast returns for the new year. Andrew is joined by Jon and Jeremy Smith to discuss the weekend’s action. League leaders Lyon win away at Troyes. PSG struggle to score against Ajaccio. Marseille are snowed under against Sochaux. Bordeaux get the better of Rennes and Nice score [...]