Updated 26th May

LOUIS FERNANDEZ AT RED STAR ? Incredible as it may sound, it appears that the outgoing Paris Saint-Germain coach and ex-international Louis Fernandez is implicated in one of the takeover bids for Red Star. Luis Fernandez The news was announced in Le Parisien yesterday. Luis has made no secret of his desire to be involved with Parisian football. So, the name of the man who led the PSG to UEFA Cup glory a few years ago appears in the details of the project organised by Eric Charrier, aged 38. The presence of Fernandez, most likely as a shareholder, could be a determining factor in the final choice of candidate to take over the ailing club. Next step the 5th June where the potential candidates face the courts, before a decision is announced on June 12th. ELSEWHERE. Reserves lose 3-1 ( 1-1 ) against Evry Le Mée are promoted to the CFA2, Sainte-Geneviève will have a play-off against PTT Chalon. Relegated to the DSR : Red Star and Bobigny; Paris FC must await the outcome of the play-off Sainte-Geneviève v Chalons PTT. Under 14s : Red Star v Compiègne ( 2-1 ), Under 16s : Berhen v Red Star ( 1-5 ), Under 18s DSR : Red Star - Moissy ( 2-3 ) CHARTRES v RED STAR. A full grandstand at the Stade Gallet on Saturday despite the atrocious weather. The rain only held off for a period of ten minutes in the second half, and there was standing water in places on the surface. About twenty of Mr. Bras' "Dead Branches" had made the trip from Saint-Ouen, and in addition several injured players watched the game from the stand. When questioned, the general opinion was that the players would stay and fight to get the Red Star out of the DH. Time will tell. Not a violent match in any way, but some of the refereeing decisions were apalling. Especially the dismissal of Nabile Yessad. Perhaps only the zest of Anderson Kor, which resulted in his withdrawal at half time might have been construed as worthy of a booking, but the rest were stupid yellow cards, due in some way to the fact that the referee failed to take into account the climactic conditions. Poor indeed. Match photos - some will appear on this site in due course.

Updated 16th May

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. In the takeover of Red Star, the next step is that the potential saviours of the club will be invitied to a meeting with the courts along with representants from the town of Saint-Ouen on the fifth of June. The name of the "lucky" winner will be announced one week later on the twelfth. Meanwhile the candidates are all actively pursuing their goals, and have been in contact with the current squad. Next week this site will have a closer look at Pascal Grosbois and Bruno Naidon, the sporting directors proposed by the two serious candidates for the takeover, Eric Charrier and Jean-Yves Le Gourrierec. SATURDAYS GAME. Will be officiated by Arnaud Marey, from the Ligue de Lorraine, 31 and a teacher. His assistants will be Gilles Petitmangin and Frédéric Callewaert. ELSEWHERE IN THE CFA 2 THIS WEEKEND. Ivry - Beauvais, Aubervilliers - Chartres, Rethel - Choisy-le-Roi, Chantilly - Orléans, Châlons-en-Champagne - Reims, Créteil - Saint-Quentin, Auxerre - Roye. Auxerre and Roye are playing for the title of champion of Group B. Aubervilliers can avoid the drop if they beat Chartres and if Chaumont lose at Bauer.     Carles with Ousfane, left and right, Néret RESULT. On Saturday evening the result will ne posted on http://site.voila.fr/redstar REVELATION OF THE SEASON. The editorial team of AllezRedStar.com have been busy chosing their revelations for the season 2002-2003. The results will be posted on the site next week. SUSPENSION. Varit Bououden, Aubervilliers defender and the thug responsible for the apalling tackle on Red Stars' Samir Sahridj, has just been handed down an EIGHT match ban. CHAMPIONNAT FEDERAL (Under 14s). Red Star are on the road to Chauny. AND FINALLY. Fifty years ago to the day, the famous jazz guitarist and resident of Saint-Ouen Django Reinardt died.

Updated 14th May

TOMORROW. Tomorrow is the big day for Red Star, as it appears that the old club will be wound up. However, we probably won't be any wiser as to the outcome of the courts' deliberations until mid June. At the moment two of the three "bids" to takeover the club are in with a serious chance of staying the course - one appears to be doomed. Orléans v Red Star SOME STATISTICS. When, after forty-one minutes of the match at Bauer, Red Stars' forward Mongin lobbed the Reims' goalie, it was the first time that Red Star had found the net in 401 minutes. The last time was in the dying seconds fo the game at Aubervilliers (1-1). Since then they lost 1-0 to a last-gasp goal to Saint-Quentin at Bauer, then a goalless draw at Beauvais before losing by the odd goal at home to Choisy. The followed a four-goal pasting at Roye before the Reims game at Bauer. Red Star have scored a measly twenty goals in twenty-eight games. They have failed to find the net in nine games, have scored one goal sixteen times, have found the net twice in a game on two occasions (Créteil at home and Rethel away). They did score three times during one match at Saint Quentin - trouble is that their opponents scored five in return ! Red Star should have taken notes from the SNCF employees when it comes to strikers ! That's the problem for Red Star - inefficiency in front of goal. Losing their best scorer halfway through the season didn't help matters (Lassanya Doubya), but the record reveals that even his contribution wasn't enough. Whos's to blame ? The players do their best - perhaps a little more luck may have helped. Tactical naivety on the part of the coach ? Maybe. Certainly the legacy left by the previous mis-management of the club was an important factor. Whatever, the season is virtually over - with two games remaning against two of the poorer sides in the league, Red Stars' kids have a great chance to salvage something from the season, for personal pride, to get themselves noticed to enhance their career with Red Star or elsewhere... maybe even for the long-suffering fans !

Updated 13th May

GOING DOWN, GOING DOWN.... So, it's all over bar the shouting. As one era draws to a sorry close, Red Star slump back into the DH, where the "new" club of 1978 started out after the last bankruptcy. Jean-Claude and his bunch have dumped the club back where they found it; the only positive thing is at least the club came back to Bauer to die rather than the wilderness of Marville. Saturdays' pathetic defeat at Orléans mathematically condemns the ailing club to relegation - whatever happens in the last two games, it's all over. Red Star join the club of Exeter City, Shrewsbury Town, Southport FC, West Ham United, Northampton Town amongst others who will be facing the harsh future of footballing life at an inferior level. The season may be over in terms of Red Stars' survival, but for two of the other clubs involved in the dogfight to avoid the drop, Red Star play a key role in their destiny. Firstly Chaumont make the trip to Bauer before Red Star travel on the last days of the season to Chartres. The sorry lone figure of "Red Stars' last stand", sat all alone in the seats opposite just about sums the situation up - isolation. A big thank you to all those who have contributed to kill off this once-proud club. ELSEWHERE. Aubervilliers - Créteil 2-0, Choisy-le-Roi - Auxerre 2-0, Saint-Quentin - Ivry 2-3, Roye - Châlons-en-Champagne 1-1, Reims - Chantilly 2-1, Chaumont- Chartres 2-0 et Beauvais - Rethel 2-1 AND FINALLY... Comiserations to the supporters of all the clubs all over Europe who have tasted relegation this season (okay then - all but one club).... we know exactly how you feel, this being our fourth relegation in five seasons.

Updated 9th May

MORE ON THE TAKEOVER. Following the closure of the deadline for applicants for the takeover of Red Star, three candaidates are in the running. Eric Charrier and Jean-Yves Le Gourrierec with a slight advantage for the latter, as well as UMP oppostion councillor William Delannoy, with perhaps less of a chance than the other two. Jean-Yves Le Gourrierec : his project is based on the nurturing of young talent, with the emphasis on long-term recovery for the first team. The budget will be around 457 347 €, the majority of this coming from the private sector, and not dependent upon one company. William Delannoy : His campaign is called « Ensemble pour un nouveau Red Star » (Together for a new Red Star). He was about to throw in the towel in his quest to take over Red Star when he joined up with Denis-Marie Cintura, president of Racing Club de France 92. The idea ia to have a convention between RCF 92 & Red Star, and a budget of around 300 000 €, with a further 150 000 € from sponsoring. The RCF boss would be looking to a fusion between the two clubs, hugely unacceptable to both sets of supporters. Realistically he has les of a chance than the two others, due to his political leanings, bearing in mind that the Saint-Ouen council is controlled by the left, and his party is of the right. Eric Charrier : « Une équipe pour le Red Star ». Charrier aims to stabilise Red Star at CFA level before climbing back into the National within five years. A budget was not specified. ALSO THIS WEEKEND. In CFA 2 : Choisy-le-Roi - Auxerre, Roye- Châlons-en-Champagne, Reims - Chantilly, Aubervilliers - Créteil, Saint-Quentin - Ivry, Beauvais - Rethel, Chaumont - Chartres. THE SCORE. If you wish to know on Saturday evening how Red Star went on at Orléans, you can connect to our mini-site REFEREES. Olivier Cambraye, aged 30, of the Ligue de Picardie and a referee since 1990 will be the match official on Saturday. He will be assisted by messrs Jean-François Boutruche & Jean-Luc Dessay. OTHER RED STAR TEAMS. This weekend sees: DH : Red Star - Racing, Sunday May 11th, 3-30pm, Stade Bauer DH (Under 18s) : Villemomble - Red Star, Sunday May 11th CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE (Under 16s) : Red Star - Metz, Sunday May 11th, 3pm CET, Marville CHAMPIONNAT FEDERAL (Under 14s) : Racing - Red Star, Sunday May 11th

Updated 7th May

LATEST NEWS ON THE TAKEOVER. The newspaper Le Parisien this morning published an article revealing a few more details about the candidates in the running for the new Red Star. There was also a word on the rumour that Jean-Claude Bras is trying to put together a salvage package in order to try and keep the club going in its present form. Firstly there is Jean-Yves Le Gourrierec, a resident of Saint-Ouen and boss of a Paris-based publicity company, and his argument is that his project is "popular, ambitious an reasonable". Eric Charrier, former amateur footballer, proposes his competence in the domain of management as much as sporting. He has called upon Pascal Grosbois, formerly in charge of the Villepinte youth academy, to take the rôle of technical director. The third candidate is the company Crédit Foncier de France, in association with Sedan football club, who play in Ligue 1. The next step is that the dossiers will be studied by the courts on May 15th. The judges will then decide on the future of the club. LEAGUE TABLES. With four matches remaining in the Championnat Fédéral (groupe B), Red Star are in 9th place in the under 18s. 1. Paris Centre Formation 58 pts, 2. Le Havre 57 pts, 3. Quevilly 53 pts … 8. Compiègne 43 pts, 9. Red Star 40 pts, 10. Evreux 33 pts, 11. Chauny 29 pts, 12. Laon 20 pts. Championnat de France under 16s. In Group B, Red Star are 8th 1. Metz 65 pts, 2. INF Clairefontaine 64 pts, 3. Nancy 62 pts … 6. Reims 45 pts, 7. Reims 45 pts, 8. Red Star 43 pts, 9. Paris FC 41 pts, 10. Colmar 38 pts, 11. Epernay 34 pts, 12. Behren 26 pts. RESERVES RESULTS. Red Star - Paris FC 0-4, Arménienne - Evry 3-1, Cosmo Ermont-Taverny - Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois 1-3, Le Mée - Bobigny 3-2, Racing - Meaux 2-0, Versailles - Paris SG 1-1, Villemomble - Brétigny 0-0. En match en retard, le 1er Mai : Arménienne - Brétigny 1-1. Table : 1. Le Mée 74 pts, 2. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois 67 pts, 3. Villemomble 64 pts … 11. Bobigny, Evry, Paris FC 44 pts, 14. Red Star 35 pts JACKY LEMEE GETS THE BOOT. Former Red Star coach, who presided over the disastrous start to the season 2000-2001 which saw the club relegated from the National, Jacky Lemée has been fired by his club Mulhouse (CFA). AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS... Worksop Town FC last night lifted the Sheffield Senior Cup followign a 2-1 win over Conference play-off hopefuls Doncaster Rovers. An 88th-minute penalty converted by coach Steve Ludlams' son Ryan ensured that the trophy is bound for Sandy Lane. WORKSOP 2 DONCASTER 1 (h.t. 1-1) Goals: Barnard (24), Ludlam (88 pen) - Watson (22). Referee : Mr P Canadine Worksop: Dave McCarthy, Ryan Ludlam, Mark Barnard, Steve Hawes, Ryan Davis, Gavin Smith, Kristof Kotylo (Carl Smith), Linden Whitehead (C), Darren Roberts (Adam Muller 68), Gary Townsend, Matti Caudwell. Sub: Alex Callery: Coach: Steve Ludlam. Captain Linden Whitehead receives the Sheffield Senior Cup. Photo : www.worksoptownfc.co.uk

Updated 6th May

RETHEL, CHANTILLY … RED STAR, CHAUMONT, AUBERVILLIERS, CHARTRES. With only three matches left to play, the names of three of the four potential clubs to be relegated are virtually 100% known. The first two are 99% certain, Red Star will need a miracle to avoid the drop. They do have the advantage of playing two of the other relegation candidates, Chaumont and Chartres. Next up is an away trip to Orléans, a team with nothing to play for. Aubervilliers, currently on a miraculous run, coudl even hope to attain eleventh place, to the detriment of Chartres. 11th could potentially gurantee safety, whereas twelfth place risks relegation, as the club with the worst record in 12th place across all the groups will be relegated, and at the moment Group B, Red Stars' group contains this club. All this is hypothetical, because in reality clubs in a "safe" position are occasionally relegated on financial grounds. M'Boungou-Matondo in action against Reims' Jézierski THE RUN IN. The last three games are to be played the 10th, 17th and 24th May. CHARTRES (52 pts) : CHAUMONT (A), AUBERVILLIERS (A), RED STAR (H) AUBERVILLIERS ( 51 pts) : CRETEIL (H), CHARTRES (H), SAINT-QUENTIN (A) CHAUMONT (50 pts) : CHARTRES (H), RED STAR (A), CHANTILLY (H) RED STAR (46 pts) : ORLEANS (A), CHAUMONT (H), CHARTRES (A) CHANTILLY (44 pts) : REIMS (A), ORLEANS (H), CHAUMONT (A) RETHEL (42 pts) : BEAUVAIS (A), CHOISY-LE-ROI (H), ROYE (A) JUST IN CASE. If two clubs finish on the same number of points, they will be placed depending upon the results between the two sides; in Red Stars' case, they have a positive difference againt Rethel, zero against Aubervilliers, but negative against Chantilly. As for against Chaumont and Chartres, the "return" games have yet to be played, but Red Star have already drawn against Chartres and beaten Chaumont 3-1. ORLEANS - RED STAR. Stade Municipal at Orléans, La Source, rue Beaumarchais, Orléans. Kick off is at 7-30pm CET, Saturday May 10th. OTHER SCORES. The Under 14s beat Amiens 3-2; the under 16s drew with Racing 1-1; the under 18s were thrashed at Le Mée 2-6. TAKEOVER. These are the keys dates in the takeover process of Red Star: - May 7th: all documents relevant to takeover bids must be submitted to the administrator before 6pm CET - May 15th: The TGI (court) at Bobigny will decide who will take the club over - By mid-June: the "winner" will be announced. OTHER CFA 2 RESULTS. Ivry - Aubervilliers 1-1, Rethel - Saint-Quentin 0-2, Chartres - Créteil 2-3, Auxerre - Beauvais 3-2, Châlons-en-Champagne - Choisy-le-Roi 1-0, Chantilly - Roye 0-6, Chaumont - Orléans 2-2. RESERVES. Red Star reserves lost 4-0 against Paris FC at the Stade Bauer. IN THE FINAL.Just a quick line to wish Worksop Town FC all the best in their Sheffield Senior Cup Final against Conference outfit Doncaster tonight at the Piggeries (Hillsborough)… ALLEZ WORKSOP !

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