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 [...]
Road to the semi-finals: Saint Etienne’s run to the semi-finals has not been pretty: four goals in three games with two penalty shootout victories. They started the competition with a tough away game to Lorient — in the middle of their great start to the season — and prevailed in [...]
Bonne année and welcome to the first weekly review of 2013, as we run down the highs and lows, thrills and spills – and the one-week goal of the season competition – that was matchday 20. The weekend began with a clash between Saint-Etienne and Toulouse, two teams who began [...]
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 [...]
Once the final games of 2012 were played we contacted some of the best French football writers around and got their votes for the team of the year…so far. 12 writers, 132 votes cast, 14 teams represented and 36 players picked, but only 11 could make our Team of the [...]