Updated 30th November

THIS WEEKENDS' GAME. For this weekends' big derby game against neighbours Les Lilas, Red Star have been training under the watchful eye of assistant coach Christophe Fiatte. Jean-Luc Girard has been away all week on a coaching course at Clairefontaine. Meanwhile, tomorrows' opponents will have to do without Fabrice Convert (injured) and Mohamed Dniguer (suspended). Bruno Cotton Les Lilas coach will have, however two ex-Red Star men, Salah Mahdjoub and Farès Bourdache. ALSO THIS WEEKEND :.. CFA 2 : Red Star – Chβlons-en Champagne, Stade Fréville (Pierrefitte), kick-off Sunday 2nd December at 3pm CET UNDER 17S : Wasquehal – Red Star, Stade Arthur Buyse (Wasquehal), Saturday 1st December, at 4pm CET UNDER 15S : Following a superb 5-0 crushing of Mondeville, third-placed Red Star are at home to Saint-Lô, just one place behind, at the Ile des Vannes, Sunday 2nd December, 3pm CET. COUPE GAMBARDELLA. Yesterdays' draw has paired Red Stars' youngsters with Mulhouse. The match will take place on Sunday December 16th (details to follow)... Other games are : Sainte-Ave – Ivry, Caen PTT – Paris SG, Guines – Lusitanos, Saint-Leu – Nancy, Paris FC – Brétigny, Bourges – ACBB, Chaumont – Racing et Blainville – Créteil. DSR. Red Star – Paris SG, Sunday December 2nd, 1pm CET, Ile des Vannes. A RED STAR WHICH WINS. Not our beloved Saint-Ouen club, but a Sunday football side who play in the Ipswich region of the UK. We present, resplendent in Red Star 93s' kit, Red Star FC UK. BRAS IN THE SLAMMER. Although Red Star (French version) are not directly implicated, their president (or ex-president ??) is.... Jean Claude Bras has received a suspended prison sentence of fifteen months from the Bobigny court, for tax offences. The definitive judgement will be passed on the 24th of January. Meanwhile, Bras is still in the brown stuff over his alleged involvement in dodgy financial dealings in the Crédit Lyonnais – Sater affair. More to follow...

Updated 29th November

COUPE GAMBARDELLA. RED STAR have been drawn at home to MULHOUSE in this mornings' draw.

Updated 28th November

REFEREES. Saturday evenings' match at marville will be officiated by Franck Sergeant, 37, assisted by Sylvain Delépine & Bernard Meunier. CFA 2. Red Star play Châlons-en-Champagne this weekend, looking for their second win of the season. Kick off is at 3pm CET at the Stade Fréville, Pierrefitte. Also taking place are : Reims – Sedan, Aubervilliers – Saint-Quentin, Cambrai – Saint-Dizier, Senlis – Chantilly, Douai – Moissy-Cramayel, Chaumont – Marly and Créteil – Ivry. Last season, Red Star were crowned CFA 2 champions at Châlons-en-Champagne. (Photo) RETURN TO BAUER. In August, Jean-Claude Bras envisaged a return to Red Stars' mythical Stade Bauer home at the start of 2002. As the work to replace the dameged roof of the Main Stand (Rue Bauer) will not start until February, then it appears that the club will be staying put at Marville at least until the end of the current season. A WIN. Watched by forty-odd spectators, Red Star beat Levallois last Saturday in a friendly game. In a game of very few chances, Arthur Gomis scored the only goal of the game after 71 minutes play. New signing Moussa Dagnogo played, and hit the bar with a powerful header. Also taking part was a 25-years old Brazilian. Meanwhile, on the injury front, the season appears to be over for Cédric Sabin who made a 25-minutes appearance at Nancy before limping off. Also out are Ville Andersson and Habib Sissokho at least until the end of the year. Meanwhile Fabrice Moreau is still injured but Boumendjel is on the road to recovery. COUPE GAMBARDELLA. In the last round, Red Star beat Sannois-Saint-Gratien, 1-0 SAD NEWS. We were all shocked to hear of the recent death of former Red Star man, Cédric Lestic at the age of 23. Lestic, who played one season for Red Star in the National before moving on to Besançon collapsed and died of a heart attack during training with his new club Cherbourg. One of the true gentlemen of the game, Cédric leaves a widow and a newly-born baby. Our sincerest condolencies go out to his loved ones.

Updated 15th November

OFFICIALS. Nancy – Red Star will be officiated by Monsieur Jérôme Goulu, aged 36, a banker by trade along with Raphaël Becker and Patrick Mittbronn. DIRECTION SEDAN. Red Stars' reserves have a trip to Sedan on Sunday, where they will play at the Stade Emile Albeau, Sedans' old ground and scene of Red Stars' famous League Cup quarter final win two seasons ago. They could be up against former Red Star Gilbert Bayhia (photo) and Mickaël Natchimie. Kick off is on Sunday 18th November at 2-30pm CET. Other games in the CFA 2 : Châlons-en-Champagne – Reims, Ivry – Cambrai, Moissy-Cramayel v Aubervilliers, Saint-Dizier – Douai, Saint-Quentin – Créteil and on Sunday afternoon : Marly – Senlis, Chantilly – Chaumont.

Updated 13th November

RESERVES SLUMP. SENLIS - RED STAR : 2-1 (2-1). Referee : M. Miniot. Goals : Caron (18), Toppinard (40) - Paass (45) Sent off : Marty (36) Red Star. Other results this week-end : Aubervilliers – Marly 0-2, Saint-Quentin – Moissy-Cramayel 1-3, Cambrai – Châlons-en-Champagne 1-0, Douai – Sedan 0-0, Chaumont – Saint-Dizier 1-0, Reims – Ivry 1-1, Créteil – Chantilly 1-1 Table : 1st Moissy-Cramayel 30 pts, 2nd Sedan 28 pts, 3rd Ivry 27 pts 14th Chantilly 16 pts, 15th Red Star 13 pts, 16th Saint-Dizier 11 pts. CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE. The Under 15s pulled off a great home win 3-0 against PTT Caen. Table : 1st Caen 29 pts, 2nd Le Havre 24 pts, 3rd Red Star 23 pts. DSR. Red Stars' third XI went down 3-1 at Issy-les-Moulineaux. NEWS FROM THE RED. In order to balance out the long absences of Sissokho and Sabin, Moussa Dagnogo, who scored two goals in the friendly against Paris FC has signed for Red Star. This is to be confirmed for definite, however. Meanwhile, Ville Andersson has joined the injury list. OOPS. At Mulhouse, the second Red Star player to be sent off was not Soumaré (who played on Saturday) but Sarambounou. We weren't he only one to have got this wrong - virtually all press reports as well as our man in Mulhouse. Sorry !

Updated 6th November

SERGE MESONES. Journalist and former footballer Serge Mésones has passed away. Cup finalist with Auxerre in 1979, as well as a player with Nancy, Serge was closely linked to Red Star, and wrote several articles in the sporting press, as well as contributing an article for a Red Star match programme in 1993. Or condolencies to his family. PARIS FC – RED STAR. The recent friendly at the Porte de Montreuil ended in a 3-2 defeat for the Red Star. Watched by a few dozen supporters, in a stadium which with its fences appears to be like a prison, Red Star lined up with an ever-lengthening injury list. Sissokho, Sabin, Boumendjel, Andersson, Moreau all out through injury, so in came Emmanuel Souloy and Moussa Dagnogo both triallists. Vincent Guérin also got a run-out, and played the full game. Moussa Dagnogo opened the scoring in the 21st minute, only for PFC to equalise on the stroke of half-time. Red Star changed things around for the second half, bringing in reserve team keeper Guillaume Foulon for Fabrice Bruneau. PFC went 3-1 up, only for Moussa Dagnogo to pull one back for the visitors. He did leave a god impression on the game, but will he be kept as a replacement for the absent strikers ? PARIS FC (CFA) - RED-STAR (CFA) : 3-2 (1-1). Referee : M. Mailly. Goals Paris FC : Tenawa M'Bodjui (44 & 65) ; Baily (80) ; Red Star : Dagnogo (21 & 83).

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