Updated 21st September

RED STAR – STRASBOURG. Your match referee will be Franck Sergeant assistedby Gilles Petitmangin and Jean Pavardy. FOOTBALL AT MARVILLE. Two matches in two days at Marville - this evening Noisy-le-Sec take on Pau, kick-off 8pm CET and tomorrow it is the big match between Red Star and Strasbourg (7pm CET). CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE . The under 15s are at home to Cherbourg, Sunday 23rd September kick-off 3pm CET at the Ile des Vannes. Before the game there is a DSR match (k-o 1-15pm CET), which opposes Red Star and Tremblay-en-France, whose coach is Michel Drouilhat and features Florent Dewez (photo, playing for Red Star in 1991) as goalkeeper.

Updated 18th September

COUPE DE FRANCE, MORE LOCAL SCORES. Teams qualified so far from the region : Red Star (Juvisy 1-0), Les Lilas (Portugais de Goussainville 6-1), Villemomble (Savigny 2-0), Bobigny (Lognes 3-1), Bondy (Le Perreux 3-2), Le Blanc-Mesnil (Saint-Quentin 1-0), Livry-Gargan (Villebon 3-1), Red Star Montreuil (Evry 0-0 & 4-2 pens). Eliminated : Aubervilliers (Orly 2-3), Gagny (Malakoff 2-3), Noisy-le-Grand (Corbeil 0-1), Tremblay-en-France (Vélizy-Villacoublay 2-4). Next round, the last weekedn in September, draw to take place this week. RED STAR – STRASBOURG. The match will take place on Saturday 22nd September, kick-off 7pm CET at Stade Marville. CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE. After three games, Red Stars' under-17s are in eighth place. Leaders are Lille and Lens.

Updated 17th September

CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE. Red Stars' under 17s lost 3-0 at home to Lens whilst the under 15s drew with PTT Caen. For more echos from the game Juvisy v Red Star, read the match report.

Updated 14th September

COUPE DE FRANCE. Saturdays' game will be officiated by Thierry Nartz, assisted by Eric Wernert and Jean-Pierre de Macedo. Should Red Star win ,then the next round will take place on the weekend of 29th & 30th September. More than 6000 clubs set out on the trail to the Stade de France, which compares with the 48 whom registered for the first-ever tournament in 1917-1918 THE COUPE DE FRANCE IN STATSTICS. Most wins : Marseille (10) Most consecutive wins : Red Star & Lille (3). Most final appearances : Marseille (16) … Red Star (6). Most individual wins : Dominique Bathenay, Alain Roche, Marceau Sommerlinck (5). Giggest margin : Saint-Etienne 5 Nantes 0, 1970. Top scorers in the final : Eric Pécout (1979) & Jean-Pierre Papin (1989), 3 goals. Finals decided on penalties : 3 Only second division club to win the cup : Le Havre, 1959. Photo : Pierre Chayrigues, three times cup winner with the Red Star (1921-1922-1923) RED STAR – STRASBOURG. The hext league fixture will take place at Stade Marville on September 22nd, kick-off 7pm CET. Noisy-le-Sec will just have to find another ground to play their fixture with Pau. CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE. Under 17s - Red Star take on leaders Lens this Sunday (3pm CET, Ile-des-Vannes, Saint-Ouen). The Under 15s have a trip to Caen on Sunday to play Caen PTT. Last Sunday, Red Stars' reserve team 'keeper, Guillaume Foulon, pulled off a fine reflex save to deny Créteil in the CFA2 ODD PHOTO. The Red Star mosaic in the floor of the toilets at the Stade Bauer (now what were you doing in the bogs with a camera ??)

Updated 13th September

COUPE DE FRANCE. Red Star will be without Robert Gomis, Cédric Sabin, Enis Saïti (suspended), Vincent Sarrea (ankle). Arthur Gomis, Kalu NGoma and could well be back in the reckoning for a place at Viry-Châtillon on Saturday. Habib Sissokho in particular will be keen to play - he is a native of Juvisy-sur-Orge. SILENCE. There will be a minutes silence this weekend at all football grounds around the country, in respect of the dead in New York and Washington DC.

Updated 12th September

A THOUGHT. Spare a thought for the victims of the atrocities in New York and Washington DC. At times like this, football seems very trivial indeed. Our sympathies to all involved. DSR. Coach Bruno Ducics' men took a hammering at Levallois, 5-0 (1-0). Worse than that, they continued the Red Star tradition this season of ending the game with less than a full complement. Squad for the season 2001-2002 Goalkeepers : Souni, Sorreau. Defence : Fourneuf, Kébé, Dao, Ouattara, Moufflard, Gomis (ex-Paris Xème), Lienel. Midfield : Delaneuville (ex-Montmartre), F. Le Pape, Khalid, Hamrane (ex-Alfortville), Badiane (ex-Poissy), Ghéribi. Attack : Doumbay, T. Traoré, Lakroute. AZIZ BELISSAOUI. Former Red Star striker Aziz has joined National club Clermont Foot.

Updated 11th September

RESERVES FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON. The first win onf the season for the reserves, and also the last match to be played at the Stade Pablo Neruda. Now the rugby union team will reclaim their stadium. Goals : Doumbya (2), S. Traoré (87, og) – Sankhare (16). Booked : Le Pape (22), Sylla (29), Fourneuf (58), Agoh (84) – Sankhare (86), Théret (90) RED STAR : Foulon, Khodabuccus, Le Pape, Fourneuf, Kebe, Gregbo, Agoh, Marquez, Doumbya, Sylla (Paass, 66), Sarambounou. Coach : Bornand. CRETEIL : Legrand, Théret, S. Traoré, Gope-Fenepej, Sankhare, Fabre, Netala (Poupeau, 82), Khenniche, Ouadah (G. Traoré, 71), Corti, Esele. Coach : Charbonnier. SUSPENSIONS. Red-carded in the last reserve team game, Ryad Fellahi, (younger brother of...) was there to watch the game on Sunday in the CFA 2. He received a three-match ban for his pains, and he admitted that he found the judgement a little harsh. CAMILLE OPONGA. Also a spectator at Pablo Neruda was Camille Oponga (pictured, alongside Vincent Doukantie, currently first-team player at Strasbourg). Camille played a few trial games in Spain, but to no avail, so he's still looking for a club (any English clubs interested ?). El Othmani, Leugueun, Richard, Saragaglia, Abda, Milton, Dambou Traoré and Serreau are all in the same unfortunate boat - there is a real problem with unemplyed players in France nowadays. NEWS FROM THE SICK BAY. Sissokho, NGoma and Azoulay are currently nursing injuries, but coach Jean-Luc Girard hopes to have them back in consideration for training today. DSR CRUSHED. Not the best of starts for the third XI, hammered 5-0 in their first outing of the season by Levallois. Elsewhere, the Under 17s at local level beat Villemomble 4-1 and the Under 15s beat Paris SG, 1-0 COUPE DE FRANCE. The game Juvisy v Red Star will kick off on Saturday 15th September at 8pm CET, at Viry-Châtillons' ground (Stade Francoeur, complexe sportif Henri Longuet, rue Francoeur, Viry-Châtillon).

Updated 10th September

AT LEAST WE DIDN'T LOSE...But once again, for the second week consecutive, Red Star fail to finish the game with a full compliment. This time the finger of guilt points at Enis Saïti and Cédric Sabin. They received their marching order for two yellow cards and for spitting on an opponent, respectively. Despite the imbalance numerically, Red Stars' youngsters battled hard in appalling conditions to preserve the point. SUSPENSIONS. Franck Busuttil will be available for the Coupe de France next week after receiving a one-match ban. Robert Gomis will miss two more game (three match ban); the two offenders from Saturdays' game Saïti and Sabin will bothe be unavailable for the cup game. Present at the reserves' game, Sunday, he told us that he didn't actually make contact with his opponent in the tackle, and he was hoping that the disciplinary committee would be leniant on him. MORE BAD NEWS. Red Stars' promising young defender, Sarea, 18, limped off during the game with an ankle injury, and was replaced by Franck Guidali. COUPE DE FRANCE. The Stade de Juvisy is already booked on Sunday for a womans' football game, so the match Juvisy v Red Star could well take place on Saturday 15th September, at Viry Châtillon. More to follow... RED STAR – CRETEIL. Red Stars' reserves recorded their first league won of the season on Sunday against Créteil reserves. Red Star openend the scoring early on in the game, before the visitors drew level. Finally a last-minute goal gave the Reds a hard-fought victory. Other results : Cambrai – Reims, 1-1, Douai – Chaumont 1-1, Ivry – Moissy-Cramayel 1-2, Sedan – Senlis 3-0, Saint-Dizier – Aubervilliers 2-2, Chantilly – Saint-Quentin 1-1. CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE. Under 17s, Red Star lost 2-1 at Lille; Under 15s, a 1-1 draw at home to Le Havre CSSM. DISTRICT 1st DIVISION. Red Star 3 Noisy-le-Sec 0.

Updated 7th September

DIRECTION LES VOSGES. Red Stars' last away win in the championship goes back to March 24th 2000, when they beat Paris FC at the Porte de Montreuil, the goal scored by Camille Oponga. Now is the time to put the record straight, and to bring a win back from Raon-l'Etape. Missing the trip will be Robert Gomis and captain Franck Busuttil, both suspended. So, in line for a call-up could be Loïc Le Pape, Mickaël Azoulay and maybe Habib Sissokho. Kick off 8pm CET, Stade Gasser. Photo, Red Stars' physio, Daniel Lasfargues. RED STAR – CRETEIL. Rendez-vous at Stade Pablo Neruda to see the reserves play Créteil, Sunday k-o 3pm CET. Meanwhile the Under 17s have a tricky trip to Villeneuve d'Ascq to play Lille (Saturday 4pm CET, Stadium Nord). The under 15s are at home to Le Havre CSSM, Sunday 3pm CET, Ile-des-Vannes.

Updated 6th September

JUVISY V RED STAR. A fairly generous draw for Red Star sees them make the relatively short trip to the south of Paris to play Juvisy-sur-Orge in the Coupe de France. L'Etoile Sportive de Juvisy-sur-Orge is no longer the force it was in the 1970s. Then a division 3 club, they were always a handful at their copact little stadium - a proper football ground, with a main stand, a popular stand and above all, no fences to spoil the view. In March 1977 the little gound was full for the game against Saint-Etienne (2 843 paying spectators) to see among others Repellini, Dugalic, Larios, Lacuesta, Sarramagna, Vésir, Schaer, H. Revelli … win 4-2. They even watched from a precarious position on top of the old grandstand ! Playing for Juvisy that day was a familiar face to the regulars at Saint-Ouen - Hubert Guéniche, who had previously played for Red Star. Juvisy excelled in the Coupe de France, as did several other Parisian suburb clubs, such as Malakoff and Corbeil. Juvisy since disappeared from top-flight football and now play in the Championnat d'excellence which kicks off on Sunday 9th September. Modern times, times change and now it is the turn of the ladies of Juvisy to carry on the tradition of the club - one of the better ladies teams is based at Juvisy, and play in the national leagues. They even have an Internet site : www.chez.com/fcfjuvisy. Photo : March 1977, Pierre Repellini outjumps the Juvisy defence. >OTHER CUP GAMES INVOLVING LOCAL TEAMS. Orly – AUBERVILLIERS CSL AULNAY – Athis-Mons NOISY-LE-GRAND – Corbeil-Essonnes Lognes ou Villejuif -BOBIGNY Portugais de Goussainville – LES LILAS Saint-Quentin – LE BLANC-MESNIL BONDY – Le Perreux GAGNY – Malakoff Vélizy-Villacoublay – TREMBLAY-EN-FRANCE Savigny-sur-Orge – VILLEMOMBLE RED STAR MONTREUIL - Evry THIS WEEK-END. The DSR gets underway with a Levallois v Red Star, in the first division Red Star v Noisy and in the Espoirs DH : FC Mantes v Red Star

Updated 4th September

MORE ON WEEK FOUR. The league table is becoming very tight, with seven clubs separated by four points. This week saw a total of twenty one goals, including four at Marville and four more at Lille. Eight players received their marching orders, including two at Marville. Avion scored three goals in less than half an hour againt Red Stars' next opponents, Raon-l'Etape. Lille put out eight professionals against Metz. Two players scored double - Matrisciano (Vesoul) & Arthur Gomis (Red Star). The former is top scorer, whilst the latter is amongst a group of five players all having scored three. Training sessions take place twice daily Tuesday and Wednesday (10am CET & 4pm CET), Thursday morning and Friday afternoon, all at Marville. UNDER 17s. For their first match of the season, Red Stars' youngsters were held to a goalless draw by Rouen. Elsewhere : Valenciennes – Chantilly 0-0, Amiens – Beauvais 2-2, Caen – Le Havre 0-0, Le Havre Frileuse – Lens : 2 – 10, Wasquehal – Lille 1-5. COUPE DE FRANCE. Red Star and Les Lila join in from the fourth round. Local clubs already through are : Noisy-le-Grand (PH), Livry-Gargan (Exc.), Gagny (Exc.), Le Blanc-Mesnil (PH), Aubervilliers (CFA 2), Bobigny (DH), Villemomble (DH), Tremblay-en-France (DSR), Red Star de Montreuil (DSR), Bondy (Exc). National clubs join in from the fifth round. The draw will take place this week, matches to take place on the 15th & 16th September. DONT LAUGH. Not quite as good as a certain 5-1, but how about Reims 6 Noisy-le-Sec 0...

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