Updated 29th October

SUPENSION. Red Star will be without their captain Reevis N’Simba who serves a one-match suspension for the game at Franconville on Sunday. RED STAR FC 93 REPLICA SHIRTS. For the moment only size L is available. The shirt is priced at 50 euros, from Red Star, 92 rue du Docteur Bauer 93400 Saint-Ouen. Please telephone +33 1 40 11 04 26, from 2pm to 6pm during weekdays, for postage and packing costs. Other official club products are also on sale. Meanwhile, AllezRedStar.com are thinking about producing a range of our own products for this site - if you are interested, let us know: john@allezredstar.com. Philippe Cuervo and daughter Jade, Red Star FC 93 mascot RED STAR UNDER 18s). The league table after six games: 1. Montgeron 19 pts, 2. Les Lilas 17 pts, 3. ACBB 17 pts, 4. Red Star 16 pts. Red Star are the only unbeaten team in the group. On November 7th Red Star travel to Aulnay-sous-Bois. This weekend they are in cup action in the Coupe Gambardella with a trip to Montrouge, 12-15 CET, Stade Jean Lezer. WEDNESDAY EVENING. The photo below is taken from the friendly match on Wednesay evening of the Ligue de Paris XI at Paris FC, which the home side won 2-1. Tandia scored for the Ligue. Red Star had four players including Tandia (5th at the back), Fourneuf & N’Simba (second and fourth at the front). Abdallah was a second half substitute. The full squad: Vincent Fourneuf (Red Star), Taïeb Abdallah (Red Star), Aboubacar Tandia (Red Star), Reevis N’Simba (Red Star), Jean-Paum Marna (Le Mée), Mouene Ebara (Le Mée), Guillaume Mas (Le Mée), Mohamed Daoud (Le Mée), Raphael Lacaille (Meaux), Hugo Cabouret (Arménienne, goalie), Mamadou Konate (Arménienne), Michel-Ange Gyms (Cosmo Ermont-Taverny), Mohamed Shatrit (St-Leu), Souleymane Camara (CA Paris), Rabah Ait-Atmane (JA Drancy), Jérome Daulon (Courbevoie), Georges Matoua (Suresnes), Demba Traoré (Blanc-Mesnil). Ligue de Paris XI

Updated 27th October

COUPE GAMBARDELLA. Red Stars' under 18s have a tricky trip in the Coupe Gambardella. They will play on the plastic pitch at Montrouge, Sunday 31st October, kick-off 2-30pm CET. Red Star have bad memories of this synthetic atrocity - last year the first team went out of the Coupe de Paris at the semi-final stage to Montrouge. RED STAR MEN SELECTED. This evening the Ligue de Paris XI have a game against Paris FC (CFA), kick off 8pm CET at the Stade Déjerine, Porte de Montreuil. Three Audoniens have been selected : Fourneuf, Abdallah and Tandia. Opposite wil be four ex-Red Star men, Gomis, Carles, Nemouthié and Bokuma.      L - r : Vincent Fourneuf, Taïeb Abdallah & Aboubacar Tandia DHR. Reserves result : Villepinte - Red Star : 2-1 Goals : Diakité (40), Roux (44) - Debbah (12) PHOTO. In case anyone is wondering what the photo illustrating Sundays' Coupe de Paris tie at Franconville is all about, it is a photo taken by Gilles Saillant when Red Star last won the trophy, back in 1981. Players and fans withe the Coupe de Paris, 1981 JOHN PEEL 1939-2004 John Peel 1939-2004 On a personal note, AllezRedStar.com mourn the passing of one of the biggest influences in my life, the Radio One DJ John Peel. As well as being a true music lover, John Peel was also a passionate football supporter. Music and soccer will miss the great man. For opening my eyes to real music, not just me but millions of others, thanks John and RIP. JH

Updated 26th October

FROM ABOVE... FORTHCOMING MATCHES. On Sunday Red Star are in the Val d'Oise to meet Franconville in the Coupe de Paris. Kick off is at 3pm CET. One week later on the 7th November, Red Star make their shortest away trip of the season to meet neighbours Aubervilliers, before a home game against high-flying Entente Sannois-Saint-Gratien reserves the Sunday after. On Saturday 27th November (note the date change), there will be an evening kick off at 6pm CET against Saint-Leu. Abdallah and Hamdani struggle against Orly DH WEEK 7 ROUND-UP LUSITANOS - COSMO 1-2 (0-2). Goals : Diaz (72) - Montadour (10), Faye (26) MEAUX - AUBERVILLIERS : 4-0 (2-0). Goals : R. Doukha (22), Bahri (29), Fitner (56), N’Gasseu (73) SANNOIS SAINT-GRATIEN - BRETIGNY 1-2 (0-1). Goals : Amériou (57) - Boumezoued (36, 69) ARMENIENNE - MORANGIS-CHILLY : 1-1 (0-0). Goals Lablack (68) - Chulliat (72) EVRY - VERSAILLES : 0-2 (0-1). Goals : Tssagong (43), Mandaba (54) LE MEE SPORTS - SAINT-LEU : 0-1 (0-0). Goal : Goudjil (72) Yann Bell and Red Star under pressure TOMORROW EVENING. The Ligue de Paris XI, featuring three Red Star players (Fourneuf, Abdallah & Tandia) play their second friendly tomorrw evening at the Porte de Montreuil home of Paris FC (CFA). Kick off is at 8pm CET WEEKEND RESULTS Ligue de Paris Under 18s (DHR) : Red Star - Saint-Leu : 5-4 Under 18s (PH) : Saint-Leu - Red Star : 1-1 Under 15s (PH) : Olympique de Neuilly - Red Star : 1-1 Under 13s (Coupe de Ligue) : Rosny-sous-Bois - Red Star 2 : 2-4 District Under 15s (2nd division) : Red Star - ES Parisienne : 2-3 Under 13s (Coupe) : Couronnes - Red Star 3 : 4-8 Under 13s (Coupe) : Red Star 4 - Bobigny : 1-10 Critérium des Talents : Drancy - Red Star : 10-1 Red Stars under 13s progress in the cup with an 8-4 win over Couronnes. Our man Slim tells us that it was a good game, Red Star leading 4-0 at one point before their opponents pulled the game back to 5-3.

Updated 25th October

Front rang : Chamma, Marques, Abdallah, Girard, Budoc, Hamme, Dao Middle : Diomande, Yessad, Cuervo, Charrier (vice-president), Davoine (president), Duraincie (deputy-president), Tandia, Fourneuf, Hammami Back : Zeboudji (dirigeant), Essomba, Gueï, Sinobad, Benmesmoudi, Baldé, N’Simba, Benhamou, Bendjebbour (dirigeant) OFFICIAL PHOTO. Last Saturday morning, the players and officials turned out for a photo session at Bauer. Three players were missing on the photo, however, due to work commitments: Yann Bell, Ahmed Hamdani & Mustapha Gassama.       Y. Bell, A. Hamdani & M. Gassama BAD DEFEAT. Last Sundays drop in form continued yesterday, Red Star never really got into the game against Orly. Jean-Luc Girard wasn't very pleased and expressed his discontent at the way some of his players performed. The impression he gave is that the recent press attention seems to have gone to the heads of one or two players. He went onto hope for a better month of November, starting with the Coupe de Paris tie in Franconville. RINGING THE CHANGES. The suspended Sinobad along with Benmesmoudi and Chamma were replaced by Hamdani, returning from an injury sustained at Evry, Hamme and Hammami. A rare threat from Red Star SAMUEL LOBE. Orlys' coach had resigned from his position following a defeat in the sixth week of the championship, but his resignation was refused by the club president. So Samuel was there for his sides first win if the season. SHIRTS GO ON SALE. Red Stars' new deckchair shirt has finally gone on sale, but for the moment only in size L. Mroe on this during the current week. BRITS ABROAD. There was a small contingent of Red Star supporters from across the Channel this week at Sunday. Disappointed not only at the result, but also at the lack of size XL shirts on sale ! Like me, they'll have to wait a little longer... If you were present at Bauer for the game, why not send us your view of the match (report, impressions...) and we'll publish it on the site... Jérémy Budoc in action against Orly ELSEWHERE IN THE DH. Cosmo, Meaux and Saint-Leu continue in their quest for promotion, and are now six five and five points clear of Red Star respectively. Cosmo beat Saint-Maur (Lusitanos) 1-0; Meaux thumped Aubervilliers 4-0 and Saint-Leu won at Le Mée 1-0. Brétigny won their first league game of the season at Sannois - Saint-Gratien 1-0. Versailles put Evry into the relegation zone with a 2-0 win whilst Arménienne could only draw against Morangis 1-1. THE TABLE. 1. Cosmo 22 pts, 2. Meaux 21 pts, 3. Saint-Leu 21 pts, 4. Morangis 18 pts, 5. Lusitanos 18 pts, 6.Sannois-Saint-Gratien 18 pts, 7. Red Star 16 pts, 8. Versailles 14 pts, 9. Aubervilliers 13 pts (1 match in hand), 10. Brétigny 13 pts, 11. Le Mée 13 pts (1 match in hand), 12. Orly 12 pts, 13. Evry 12 pts, 14. Arménienne 11 pts. COUPE DE PARIS. Red Star have a tricky trip to play a club from the DSR, Franconville. Kick off is on Sunday 31st October, 3pm CET at the Stade Jean Rolland in Franconville (95). Take the RER line C to Franconville, cross the subway to the other side of the station, turn left & follow a long straight road alongside the railway tracks until you see the graound on your right, approx 1 km. PHILIPPE MARQUES. Philippe Marques was back in action with the reserves this weekend, but could not prevent them from going down 2-1 at Villepinte. OFFICIAL PHOTO. The club had engaged English professional photographer Peter Winfield to take the clubs' official photos on Saturday. Armed with a medium format camera, Peter took his photos in and around the stadium.    RED STAR HAVE A MASCOT !. Jade Cuervo, aged five, the daughter of Red Stars' Philippe Cuervo is the mascot of Red Star FC 93, 2004-2005. Jade - future ladies (Red) Star ?

Updated 22nd October

RED STAR - ORLY. For the game on Sunday, Red Star will be wothout their combative midfielder Grégori Sinobad, out suspended. Yesterday afternoon in training, Red Star trained on the strip of grass in front of the flats at the far end of Bauer. The rain was so intense that any action on the pitch would have ruined the surface before Sundays' clash. Final training this evening, 7-30pm CET at Bauer. LOYAL. Despite the penalty shoot-out going the wrong way last Sunday, Red Stars' players were still given a warm reception from their supporters as they left the pitch. ALSO IN THE DH THIS WEEKEND. Top of the table clash at the Stade Adoplphe Chéron home of Lusitanos in Saint-Maur, where leaders Cosmo are the visitors. One point separates the teams. Saint-Leu have a trickty trip to Le Mée Sports. Sannois Saint-Gratien, also one point behind welcome struggling Brétigny; Meaux are at home to Aubervilliers, Arménienne play Morangis-Chilly and at the bottom Evry meet Versailles. PROGRAMME. Allezredstar.com will distribute free of charge a match programme on Sunday. GET YER SHIRTS OUT FOR THE LADS. The brand new Red Star replica shirt will og on sale on Sunday at the Orly game. Priced at only fifty euros, a fantastic bargain for you or for a Christmas gift for someone special ! Also on sale - a training outfit (35 euros) and a parka (60 euros). More info next week on the site for ordering. LES REDSTARLETTES. Wednesday afternoon saw the first-ever training session for the newl-formed Red Star ladies football team. In atrociaous weather conditions, a dozen or so young ladies practiced under the watchful eye of coach Grégory Gilles. There is a special report here WEEK-END GAMES LIGUE DE PARIS Seniors (DHR) : Villepinte - Red Star Under 18s (DH) : Montgeron - Red Star Under 18s (DHR) : Red Star - Saint-Leu Under 18s (PH) : Saint-Leu - Red Star Under 15s (DSR) : Red Star - Paris SG Under 15s (PH) : Olympique de Neuilly - Red Star Under 13s (2nd XI) Coupe de Ligue : Rosny-sous-Bois - Red Star DISTRICT Under 15s (2nd division) : Red Star - ES Parisienne Under 13s (3rd XI) Coupe : Couronnes - Red Star Under 13s (4th XI) Coupe : Red Star - Bobigny Critérium des Talents : Drancy - Red Star

Updated 20th October

ANORAK CORNER. In six championship matchs, Jean-Luc Girard has so far used eighteen players. Eight of which have participated in all six games, but only five of those have played the totality of the matches. Note that at the same point last season, Red Star had used no less than twenty four players. - Bell, Diomande, Yessad, Fourneuf, Abdallah (540 minutes - 6 matchs) - N’Simba (529 minutes - 6 matchs) - Baldé (437 minutes - 5 matchs) - Hammami (381 minutes - 5 matchs) - Sinobad (360 minutes - 4 matchs) - Hamdani (358 minutes - 4 matchs) - Benmesmoudi (298 minutes - 6 matchs) - Gassama (210 minutes - 6 matchs) - Budoc, Ouattara, Tandia (180 minutes - 2 matchs) - Hamme (128 minutes - 3 matchs) - Budoc et Dao (90 minutes - 1 match) Yann Bell, Red Star goalie and an everpresent HISTORY IN THE MAKING. This afternoon, Red Stars' ladies XI will train for the first time ever, at the Stade Joliot-Curie, from 4-30pm CET onwards.

Updated 19th October

THANK YOU !. Despite the result, fans and players alike show mutual respect DOWN AND OUT. No money-spinning cup run this year for the Red Star. Three attacks, three goals, a well-organised defence and a well-rehearsed penalty shoot-out routine put paid to this years Stade de France trail. Red Star were awesome at times, but failed to capitalised on their superiority. Worrying signs here - in difficult conditions Red Star struggled. No more nice bowling green pitches, we're into the heavy stuff now. Red Star have been warned. On Sunday Orly come to Bauer in need of points, they'll battle for at least a draw and will try their hardest to ruin Red Stars' footballing style. Coach JEAN-LUC GIRARD was disappointed at the result, but praised his youngster for having come back into the game three times. Training has been reduced to three times per week during the period of Ramadan, the physical demands of training plus a match next Sunday against physical opponents after two hours last weekend on a heavy pitch will play an important role in Red Stars' immediate future. All of the players apart from one or two appear to respect the fast of Ramadan, and this meant that not much water was taken on board during Sundays' game. Slightly worrying is Red Stars' defence - after a five match run without leaking a goal, Red Star now have let in five in two games. A point to improve on. Bilal Hammami was absent Sunday, but on the other hand Big Franck Gueï was making his comeback - he was substituted just before the end of normal time after a typically powerful performance in awful conditions. Franck Gueï After the game AllezRedStar.com had a brief chat with Ahmed Hamdani in the corridors of Stade Bauer. The striker is back in training, and will have to battle hard to earn his place in the side, especially considering the form of tall striker Aboubacar Tandia, who scored again and had a bicycle kick goal ruled offside. Mustapha Gassama is also in the reckoning for a regular place and contributed Red Stars' third equaliser. Crap conditions at Bauer on Sunday for Kaba Diomande and Taïeb Abdallah MINUTES SILENCE. A minute silence was observed and respected for the secretary of visitors Fleury-Mérogis, Daniel Rueda, who passed away the day before the game. INJURED. Red Star were without the injured Jimmy Hamme once again. ELSEWHERE. Saint-Leu got their revenge for losing 3-0 at the hands of Cosmo in the championship by beating the local rivals 1-0 in the cup. Saint-Leu, Morangis, Meaux, Lusitanos and Evry are the last survivors from the DH. GAMBARDELLA. Red Star power on in the Gambardella with a crushing 5-1 win against Vitry. UNDER 14s. Against Lille, Red Stars' under 14s drea 2-2 at Marville. Goals by Manu Beaufort (3) & Moussa Bangoura (25) UNDER 13s DH. Red Stars' under 13s played out a goal-less draw at Saint-Leu. WEEK-END SCORED ROUND-UP Under 15s (Coupe de la Ligue) : Red Star (2) - Saint-Ouen l’Aumône : 1-1 (4-5 pens.) Under 13s (DHR) : Red Star - Espérance 19 : 0-1 DISTRICT Under 13s (1st division) : Montfermeil - Red Star : 1-2 Under 13s (4th division) : Red Star - Rosny : 3-1 Benjamins (critérium) : Red Star (1) - Dugny : 3-4 Benjamins (critérium) : Red Star (2) - Dugny : 8-4 Benjamins (critérium) : Red Star (3) - Dugny : N.J. Poussins : Le Blanc Mesnil - Red Star (1) : 1-6 Poussins : Le Blanc-Mesnil - Red Star (2) : 8-5 Poussins : Le Blanc-Mesnil - Red Star (3) : 9-0 Poussins : Le Blanc-Mesnil - Red Star (4) : 4-2 Goal feast at Le Blanc Mesnil and Dugny. Mixed bag of results all in all. AND FINALLY... Red card to the kids in the block of flats in behind the goals at Stade Bauer for lobbing stuff onto the pitch from their windows during the game on Sunday. They nearly hit a ball boy with a cd case. The police were called and no more objects were thrown.

Updated 15th October

SQUAD FOR SUNDAY Jean-Luc Girard has named his squad for Sundays' game : Bell - Budoc, Diomande, Fourneuf, Gueï, Hammami, Yessad - Abdallah, Benmesmoudi, Hamme, N’Simba, Sinobad - Baldé, Gassama, Marques, Tandia. FLEURY-MEROGIS Cagnati - Dos Santos, Guéganton, Delandre, Hardiagon, Liévin - Zubeli, Lenfant, Pirlot, Oliveira, Fontaine - Zuili, N’Goma, Lebsir. Coach: Malfroid

Updated 13th October

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. To Red Stars' central defender and all-round nice guy VINCENT FOURNEUF, aged 22 today. LAST DEFENDER. From last weekends' game, Red Star goalie Yann Bell was called on to prevent a certain Morangis goal - our man was on hand to capture the moment in photos. RED STAR v FLEURY-MEROGIS. Kick off is at 3pm CET on Sunday 17th October at Stade Bauer. Fleury-Mérogis are currently fourth in the DHR, two divisions below Red Star, but have a game in hand. Action from the Morangis game COUPE GAMBARDELLA. Red Stars' Under 18s start their Gambardella Cup campaign on Sunday with a trip to play CA Vitry. UNDER 14s. After two defeats, Red Stars' under 14s steadied the ship with a good draw at the division leaders. We will be shortly featuring the Under 14s on this site. Other Under 14 scores: Lille - Dunkerque 1-2, Chantilly - Avion 1-3, Racing - Lens 2-2, Paris FC - Le Bourget 0-2, Wasquehal - Vermelles 1-0. Next Sunday Red Star are at home to Lille, Stade Marville. The table : 1. Lambersart 15 pts, 2. Avion 15 pts, 3. Chantilly 13 pts, 4. Dunkerque 13 pts, 5. Paris FC 12 pts, 6. Le Bourget 12 pts, 7. Wasquehal 12 pts, 8. Lens 11 pts, 8. Vermelles 11 pts, 10 Red Star 10 pts, 11. Lille 9 pts, 12 Racing 7 pts. FRIENDLY. This evening at 8pm CET the Ile de France Select XI have a friendly arranged against Levallois, at the stade Louison Bobet in Levallois. Red Star have three players in the squad: Vincent Fourneuf, Taïeb Abdallah & Aboubacar Tandia. RED STAR SCORES FROM LAST WEEK-END Under 18s (DHR) Aubervilliers - Red Star : 1-3 Under 18s (PH) Red Star - Villepinte : 1-1 Under 15s (PH) Red Star - Bezons : 3-0 Under 13s (DHR) Paris SG - Red Star : 1-1 District Under 15s (2nd division) : Le Raincy - Red Star : 2-1 Under 13s (1st division) : Red Star - Les Lilas : 3-2 Under 13s (4th division) : Clichois - Red Star : 0-4 Benjamin Ligue : Le Bourget - Red Star : 7-1 Benjamins Critérium : Audonienne - Red Star 1 : 1-6 Benjamins Critérium : Audonienne - Red Star 2 : 4-6 Benjamins Critérium : Audonienne - Red Star 3 : 1-4 Poussins Critérium : Red Star 1 - Audonienne 3-0 Poussins Critérium : Red Star 2 - Audonienne : 5-1 Poussins Critérium : Red Star 3 - Audonienne : 5-4 Critérium Talents : Red Star - Montreuil : 1-5 Mixed results, but bravo to all our teams !

Updated 12th October

CUP DRAW. Red Star didn't have long to wait to find out their next opponents in this years' Coupe de France. First out of the hat, and rewarded with a home tie against Fleury-Mérogis. Red Star are sure to be at home, as Fleurys' stadium was vandalized recently meaning that in the last round they had to switch the tie to the other teams' ground. The other team was none other than Red Stars' near-neighbours Aubervilliers, and in the end Auber lost out 1-0 to the club from the DHR, two divsions below. Although in the same pool as National clubs Racing and Sannois, Red Star avoided them and other Parisian clubs including Paris FC, Moissy-Cramayel, Les Lilas, Villemomble, Evry-Essonne, Cosmo, Lusitanos, Porcheville, Le Chesnay, Neauphle-Pontchartrain, Bagneaux-Nemours, Champigny, Drancy, Pontault-Combault, VGA Saint-Maur, Ville d’Evry, Melun, L’Hay-les-Roses, FC Gobelins and Villeparisis. They also managed to avoid Franconville (boo !) Several local derbys add a touch of spice to the competition : Cosmo at home to Saint-Leu, Franconville v Sannois, La Garenne-Colombes v Racing, Ville d’Evry v Viry Châtillon. From tthe "9-3", Villemomble travel to Vincennes, Drancy to Plessis Robinson and Les Lilas to Persan. The "minnows" of the cup are Houilles AC from Division One of the District des Yvelines. The cup draw made by the President of the Ligue de Paris, Jean Verbeke ACTION FROM SUNDAY. Face to face Sinobad - Louyer DH ROUND-UP (week 6) COSMO - ARMENIENNE : 1-0 (1-0) Goal : Montadour (28) ORLY - MEAUX : 0-1 (0-1) Goal : Filtner (28) SAINT-LEU - EVRY : 2-1 (1-0) Goals : Shatrit (2, 90 + 2) - M’Belizi (67) VERSAILLES - SANNOIS SAINT-GRATIEN : 1-2 (0-2) Goals : Bah (90 + 5) - Halis (24), Lybohy (36) BRETIGNY - LUSITANOS : 0-2 (0-0) Goals : Da Costa (50), Clamote (67) AUBERVILLIERS - LE MEE : postponed Tandia goes close... ..Baldé just can't believe it, neither can the Morangis-Chilly goalie, Makeba RED STAR IN THE NEWS. Farid Zouaoui recently published an article on the Red Star in the pages of Le Parisien Briefly, the subject was the re-birth of the club, after the Bras years and the "transit" period under Fernandez before the new "Davoine" era. The article praised the style of play advocated by Jean-Luc Girard, in particular the contributions of Vince Fourneuf and "the elegant Abdallah" (agreed !!). The article cited Christian Duraincie as one of the architects of the re-birth (a decent bloke, let it be said !), and noted that the budget of the club had progressed from 270 000 € to 350 000 €, including a contribution of 72 000 € fromthe Town Hall, the county council 120 000 € and from sponsors (between 5 000 € & 100 000 €). From the local council Karim Bouamrane declared that it is indeed a workable project. Plans include promotion to the CFA 2, youth academy, creation of ladies and handicapped persons teams, jobs found for players such as Benmesmoudi and Hamdani as well as two jobs at the club itself. Mr Davoine is still on the lookout for a shirt sponsor as well as further investors (Mr Paul Gascoigne, are you reading this...?)

Updated 11th October

SAVED ! Taïeb Abdallah mobbed by his team-mates after his last-gasp equaliser at Morangis JEAN-LUC GIRARD SAID. Coach Jean-Luc Girard was pleased with Red Stars' domination of the first period, rewarded with a goal for Tandia, but lamented the first 20-25 minutes of the second half. Disappointed to have conceded a second on a counter-attack, but delighted with the never-say-die attitude resulting in the late late equaliser. He was impressed with the power of Morangis' attackers, but urged Red Stars' supporters to aprpeciate the efforts of his team to salvage something from the game. Aboubacar Tandia, praised by his coach MEANWHILE.... Whilst all this was happening in Morangis, Allezredstar.com had spies out on Sunday at Taverny for the match Cosmo v Arménienne. When our man arrived at the ground, the home side were 1-0 up and the visitors reduced to ten men. Despite numerical inferiority it was the side from Issy who were pressing forwards and procured several good chances, betrayed by poor finishing. Cosmo relied on the counter-attack and ex-Red Star man Mounir Jalliti prevented a certain second goal with a last-gasp tackle following a 40-yards trackback. Arménienne were very poor (apart from Jalliti and centre-back Cédric Neveux) and look like relegation fodder. Cosmo are one-dimensional and unimaginative - can they keep this up all season ? OTHER SCORES IN THE DH. Sannois beat Versailles 2-1; Lusitanos beat Brétigny 1-0; Saint-Leu beat Evry 2-1 on Saturday evening; Meaux beat Orly 1-0 whiwh resulted in the resignation of their coach, former Lille striker Samuel Lobé. TABEL. 1. Cosmo 18 pts, 2. Meaux 17 pts, 3. Sannois 17 pts, 4. Lusitanos 17 pts, 5. Saint-Leu 17 pts, 6. Morangis-Chilly 16 pts, 7. Red Star 15 pts, 8. Le Mée 12 pts, 9. Aubervilliers 12 pts, 10. Evry 11 pts, 11. Versailles 10 pts, 12. Brétigny 9 pts, 13. Arménienne 9 pts, 14. Orly 8 pts COUPE DE FRANCE. Next Sunday it's the Coupe de France - Red Star will know thier opponents in tonights' draw. Yesterday in a match postponed from last weekend, DH club Aubervilliers lost at home against Fleury-Mérogis 0-1. Elsewhere, Villepinte lost to Villeparisis 0-1. UNDER 14s. Red Stars' under 14s had to settle for a draw at Lambersart 2-2 despite being 2-0 up on the half hour. In the DSR, Levallois reserves beat Red Star 2-1 at the Ile des Vannes. DH (Under 18s) Red Star - Noisy-le-Sec : 2-1 DSR (Under 15s) Saint-Ouen l’Aumône - Red Star : 3-1 DH (Under 13s) Red Star - Paris SG : 0-9 (oops) More scores tomorrow. Red Stars' under 13s

Updated 8th October

SQUAD NAMED FOR TRIP TO MORANGIS Jean-Luc Girard has listed a squad of fifteen players for the game on Sunday, the only doubtful being captain Reevis N'Simba, injured at Puteaux last Saturday. The squad : Bell - Budoc, Diomande, Fourneuf, Gueï, Hammami, Yessad - Abdallah Benmesmoudi, Hamme, N’Simba, Sinobad - Baldé, Gassama, Tandia. Injured : Cuervo, Dao, Hamdani Ineligible : Ouattara, Marques Red Stars' attacking twins, Aboubacar Tandia and Alhaji Baldé TOUGH TASK AHEAD. The top of the table clash between Morangis-Chilly and Red Star is the star billing of this weeks DH programme. Elsewhere Aubervilliers v Le Mée Sports has been postponed due to Aubervilliers playing Fleury-Mérogis in the Coupe de France, the game having been switched to Aubervilliers following last weeks postponement of the game. Only hours before the kick off the stadium at Fleury-Mérogis received the attentions of the local vandals and was unfit for use. Co-leader, Cosmo are at home to Arménienne (13th), Meaux (3rd) have a trip to lowly Orly (14th); Sannois Saint-Gratien (5th) have a relatively easy trip to Versailles (11th), Lusitanos (6th) v Brétigny (12th). The fixture Saint-Leu (6th) v Evry (10th) has been brought forwards to Saturday evening at 8pm CET. Azzedine Benmesmoudi RESERVES NEWS. Red Stars reserves will be hoping to get back on the winning trail following last weeks reversal at La Colombienne. This week they have a home game at the Ile des Vannes against Levallois reserves. Francesco Scarattis' men are third, one point behind leaders Chatou. RED STAR - PARIS SG . No, not the first teams, but the under 13s of the two clubs have a game this weekend, 3-30pm CET at the Stade de La Motte in Bobigny. Both teams won their opening championship games, Red Star beat Sarcelles 4-3 while Paris SG thumped Les Lilas 6-1. As a curtain raiser to the game, Red Stars' under 13s (1st division) take on Les Lilas at 2pm CET. LADIES SECTION. Around fifteen or so ladies will be present for the first coaching session of Red Star Ladies FC in the coming few days. The coach is Grégory Gilles. Recruitment is not complete, Red Star are still looking for more ladies to make up a squad. LEAGUE HONOURS. Three Red Star players have finally been retained by coach Michel Drouilhat to represent the Ligue de Paris. The first official match for the squad is on November 11th in the cup against the Ligue de Basse-Normandie. The squad : Vincent Fourneuf (Red Star), Taïeb Abdallah (Red Star), Aboubacar Tandia (Red Star), Jean-Paul Marna (Le Mée), Mouene Ebara (Le Mée), Guillaume Mas (Le Mée), Raphael Lacaille (Meaux), Hugo Cabouret (Arménienne), Mamadou Konate (Arménienne), Mohamed El-Zayati (Arménienne), Michel Ange Gyms (Cosmo Ermont-Taverny), Hervé Montadour (Cosmo Ermont-Taverny), Merhez Charny (RS Montreuil), Souleymane Camara (CA Paris), Abdelrami Bekka (JA Drancy), Rabah Ait-Atmane (JA Drancy), Jérome Fleury (JA Drancy), Jérome Daulon (Courbevoie). FORWARDS. Slowly but surely the new Red Star takes shape, more and more of the youth team coaches are succesfully passing the various levels of coaching badges, and more good news comes in the form of employment for two Red Star first-team players, Azzedine Benmesmoudi and Ahmed Hamdani which have been found by the club. More jobs are expected to be discovered soon for other currently out-of-work players. RECORD-BREAKERS. The relative success of Red Star as a club is also mirrored in this site; during September we had 55542 pages visited, an average of over 1800 pages per day. Also satisfying are the statistics produced by E-stat. They have 25619 sites listed for which they produced traffic statistics, sites such as Air France, Le Printemps, Promovacances, Orange …, Allezredstar.com appears in the top 1000 sites, in 760 position. To all our visitors.... thank you ! MAIL. Colin in York, UK, writes: Just a quick note to say how much I enjoy the site -- it's very near the top of my favourites bar. I particularly enjoyed printing off the programme for the game against Armenienne, I felt I'd almost been there at the match !! Seems like things have finally turned for the better at Bauer, hope the boys can keep the good run going. ALLEZ RED STAR. Thanks, Colin for your comments, most appreciated ! We aim to keep a comprehensive site going, with innovation and new material every day. Coming soon we hope to have a page produced entirely by Red Stars' coach, Jean-Luc Girard, where visitors can ask him questions etc.. AllezRedStar !

Updated 7th October

MORANGIS-CHILLY. The Municipal stadium is close to the Industrial zones of Le Val and Nord, close to the Avenue Charles de Gaulle (CD 118). From Paris (about 20 km) : Paris Porte d'Orléans : Autoroute A6 > RN 7 > RN 20 > CD 118. Closest train stations (SNCF RER C) : Chilly-Mazarin, Savigny-sur-Orge, Juvisy-sur-Orge Massy-Palaiseau. Then take bus to Morangis : Ligne 399 or 492. Bus from Paris : Ligne 299. Morangis is a town of around 11000 inhabitants and Chilly-Mazarin, 18000. OFFICIALS. The game Morangis-Chilly will be refereed by Nicolas Monie assisted by Gérard Tardy and Paul Cravo Action from last Sunday at Puteaux UNBEATEN. But seventh nevertheless in the table, Red Stars' under 18s, with a record of three draws and one win. On Sunday David Giguets' squad are at Bobigny against Noisy-le-Sec/ The table : 1. Montgeron 16 pts, 2. Saint-Leu 13 pts, 3. Noisy-le-Sec 11 pts, 4. Boulogne 11 pts, 5. Brétigny 11 pts, 6. Les Lilas 11 pts, 7. Red Star 10 pts, 8. Aulnay 8 pts, 9. Paris FC 6 pts, 10. Sannois 6 pts, 11. Le Mée 6 pts, 12. Viry-Châtillon 4 pts SPORT FM. Listeners in the Paris area (frequency 99,9 FM) have a programme every Firday from 6pm to 7pm CET dedicated to Parisian football from the National to PH level. Journaliste Fabrice Bouchet presents alongside Clamart (Excellence) coach David Boulanger ALSO THIS WEEK-END Championnat Fédéral (Under 14s) : Lambersart - Red Star Championnat de Paris Seniors (DHR) : Red Star - Levallois, Sunday 10th, 3-30pm CET, Ile des Vannes Under 18s (DH) : Red Star - Noisy-le-Sec, Sunday 10th, 1-30pm CET, Parc des Sports, Bobigny Under 18s (DHR) : Aubervilliers - Red Star Under 18s (PH) : Red Star - Villepinte Under 15s (DSR) : Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône - Red Star (Sunday 10th, 1-30pm CET, Parc des Sports et Loisir, Boulevard Ducher, 95310 St Ouen l'Aumône) Under 15s (PH) : Red Star - Bezons Under 13s (DH) : Red Star - Paris SG, Saturday 9th, 3-30pm CET, Parc des Sports, Bobigny Under 13s (DHR) : Paris SG (2) - Red Star (2) District Under 15s (2nd division) Le Raincy - Red Star Under 13s (1st division) : Red Star - Les Lilas Under 13s (4th division) : Clichois - Red Star Benjamins : Audonienne - Red Star (1st, 2nd & 3rd teams) Benjamin (Ligue) : Le Bourget - Red Star Poussins Critérium : Red Star - Audonienne (1st, 2nd & 3rd teams) Critérium des Talents : Red Star - Montreuil STAND DEMOLISHED. A decision has been made to demolish the grandstand at Red Star. No, Stade Bauer is not threatened, the Red Star in question play in Alsace, in the town of Richwiller. The stand in question had become somewhat tired, the facilities below outdated, so the local town council took the decision to remove the building. Red Star Richwiller and their grandstand(Photo DNA)

Updated 5th October

COUPE DE FRANCE. The draw for the next round will be made next Monday, the 11th October. Red Star go into the hat along with the clubs from the National, including Entente Sannois-Saint-Gratien and Racing. Action from Sundays' game Also qualified from Paris are: Moissy-Cramayel (CFA), FC Mantois (CFA), Paris FC (CFA), Viry-Châtillon (CFA)Choisy-le-Roi (CFA 2), Villemomble (CFA 2), Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (CFA 2), Les Lilas (CFA 2), Ivry (CFA 2), Evry, Cosmo, Lusitanos, Meaux, Morangis-Chilly, Saint-Leu, Arménienne (all from the DH). From a level below the DH : Nanteuil-Meaux, Suresnes, Vincennes, Bagneaux-Nemours, Paray FC, Le Plessis Robinson, Persan, Pontault, La Garenne-Colombes, ACBB, Franconville, Melun, Champigny, Saint-Maur, Porcheville, Jeanne-d’Arc de Drancy, La Colombienne, Torcy, Le Chesnais, Montereau, Longjumeau, Maccabi Paris, Houilles, Les Gobelins, Neauphle. L’Hay-les-Roses / Chatou, Villepinte / Asnières Out of all that lot, I'll take Franconville - just down the road from me ! Next weekend sees some remaining games : Boussy - Ville d’Evry, Fleury-Mérogis - Aubervilliers, The teams take to the pitch, Sunday, at Puteaux POSTPONED. The DH match due to take place this weekend between Aubervilliers and Le Mée Sports has been postponed for an unspecified reason, whereas the game Saint-Leu - Evry has been brought forwardsto Saturday evening at 8pm CET. Don't forget that Red Star travel to Morangis-Chilly on Sunday, 3-30pm CET. A tough game because the hosts haven't lost at home for over a year. Let's hope that our lads can put an end to Morangis-Chillys' run ! Incidentally, we have had some positive reactions to this site's presentation of Puteaux, as well as the recent videos we put on the site of the game Red Star v Arménienne. What do you think ? Let us know your opinions ! john@allezredstar.com GOOD WEEKEND FOR RED STARS YOUNGSTERS Coupe Benjamins : Red Star (2) - Drancy : 5-0 Coupe Benjamins Espoirs : Epinay - Red Star (4) : 5-7 Coupe Poussins : Red Star - Noisy-Londeau : 12-2 Coupe Poussins : Red Star (2) - Espérance Paris XIX : 4-1 Coupe Poussins Espoirs : Livry-Gargan - Red Star : 1-4 Coupe Poussins Espoirs : Drancy - Red Star (4) : 2-4 Some of Red Stars' younger supporters

Updated 4th October

PUTEAUX v RED STAR. Jean-Luc Girard expressed his pleasure with his sides' 3-0 cup win at Puteaux. He regretted a little that Red Star hadn't scored earlier in the game, as this let their opponents. But after the break, Red Star grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck and immediately stamped their authority on the game. Meanwhile, the excellent Aboubacar Tandia continues his goalscoring run - four in three games, impressive for a 20-years old who has never played at this level before. Bad news for Jimmy Hamme, however. After coming on as a second half substitute, Jimmy proveded the cross for Red Stars' first goal (Tandia), but had to limp off minutes later to be replaced by Gassama. Also injured was captain Reevis N'Simba. A happy return to Puteaux for Vince Fourneuf, his one-time home town. Aboubacar Tandia Puteaux goalie Barkovski and Vince Fourneuf NICE ATTENDANCE. On a Spring-like day, over 300 turned out to watch the game, in the magnificent setting of an island in the River Seine. However the big name effect also attracted a section of locals not regular visitors to the stadium. They sunk as low as to resort to spitting on the Red Star supporters during and at the end of the game. Charming. Red Stars happy band of travelling supporters COUPE DE FRANCE. Elsewhere, DH leaders Cosmo eliminated Noisy-le-Sec (CFA) 1-0; Poissy (CFA) and their band of ex-Red Star men lost out to Villemomble (CFA 2) 0-1. Le Mée Sports lost 0-2 at Torcy. Nanteuil-les-Meaux beat Levallois (CFA 2) 1-0. Red Stars' next opponents Morangis-Chilly laboured to beat Vitry 5-4 LADIES. Red Star FC 93 ladies team will shortly see the light of day. More information to follow. OTHER RED STAR RESULTS. Another drubbing for the under-14s, 0-4 against Chantilly. The under 18s managed better, a 1-1 draw with Paris FC.

Updated 1st October

CUP SQUAD NAMED Red Star coach Jean-Luc Girard has named his men to travel to Puteaux on Sunday for the Coupe de France tie : Bell - Budoc, Diomande, Fourneuf, Gueï, Hammami - N’Simba, Sinobad, Benmesmoudi, Abdallah, Hamme - Baldé, Gassama, Tandia. Injured are : Cuervo, Dao, Hamdani Suspended : Yessad Ineligible : Ouattara The best news for Red Star supporters is the return of powerful defender (and some-time striker) Franck Gueï Big Franck Gueï, injued in a pre-season friendly at Bauer HOW TO GET THERE. Puteaux stadium is on an island in the middle of the River Seine, to the west of the captial. To get there, take the line 1 of the Métro to Pont de Neuilly, descend to the riverside the nit's a good twenty-mintue walk along the pleasant settings of the river (direction Levallois/Clichy). At the Pont de Puteaux, cross onto the island - you can't miss the stadium from here. Alternatively, take the line 3 to Pont de Levallois and take the riverside direction Neuilly. OTHER DH CLUBS IN CUP ACTION. Eleven clubs are still in the cup, including Cosmo and Orly who are the only ones at home, to "big guns" Noisy-le-Sec (CFA) & Paris FC (CFA) respectively. Elsewhere : Evry - Entente Brie Est, Epinay-sur-Seine - Lusitanos, Chanteloup-les-Vignes - Meaux, Torcy - Le Mée, Vitry - Morangis-Chilly, Linas-Montlhéry - Saint-Leu, Sud Essonne - Arménienne, Fleury-Mérogis - Aubervilliers RED STAR GAMES THIS WEEKEND Under 14s (Fédéral) : Red Star - Chantilly, Sunday October 3rd 3pm CET, Stade de Marville, La Courneuve. Under 18s (DH) : Red Star - Paris FC, Sunday October 3rd, 1-30pm CET, Parc des Sports de Bobigny Coupe (Under 15s) : Aubervilliers - Red Star Coupe (Benjamins) : Villemomble - Red Star (1) ; Red Star (2) - Drancy ; Red Star (3) - Sevran ; Epinay - Red Star (4) Coupe (Poussins) : Red Star (1) - Noisy-Londeau ; Red Star (2) - ES Paris 19 ; Livry-Gargan - Red Star (3) ; Drancy - Red Star (4) Championnat (benjamins) : Red Star - Versailles

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