Updated 31st March 2005

DIVISION HONNEUR. Here are the run-ins for the top seven teams in the DH, all battling it out for automatic promotion or a place in the play-offs. On paper, leaders Morangis-Chilly look to have the easiest run-in with three matches at home, but home advantage counts for nothing very often at this level. MORANGIS-CHILLY (50 pts) : Aubervilliers (H), Meaux (H), Brétigny (A), Versailles (H) MEAUX* (49 pts) : Brétigny (H), Morangis-Chilly (A), Evry (A), Sannois Saint-Gratien (H) SAINT-LEU (48 pts) : Arménienne (A), Sannois Saint-Gratien (H), Aubervilliers (H), Orly (A) LE MEE SPORTS (48 pts) : Lusitanos (A), Orly (A), Cosmo (A), Evry (H) RED STAR (48 pts) : Versailles (H), Arménienne (A), Sannois Saint-Gratien (A), Lusitanos (H) SANNOIS SAINT-GRATIEN (46 pts) : Evry (A), Saint-Leu (A), Red Star (H), Meaux (A) COSMO (45 pts) : Orly (A), Brétigny (H), Le Mée Sports (H), Aubervilliers (A) * Have a game in hand Messrs Benmesmoudi, Cuervo, Yessad and N’Simba OFFICIALS. Red Star v Versailles will be officiated by William Royer assisted by Serge Charton & Nourdine Guedmi. TRAINING Following from yesterday evenings' training session, the players will undergo one final session today at Bauer. Coach Jean-Luc Girard has virtually a full squad at his disposal for the visit of Versailles. GAMES THIS WEEK-END CHAMPIONNAT FEDERAL (Under 14s) Red Star - Racing, dimanche à 15 h, à Marville LIGUE DE PARIS Seniors (DHR) : Tremblay-en-France - Red Star Under 18s (DH) : Red Star - Saint-Leu Under 18s (DHR) : Red Star - Val d’Argenteuil Under 18s (PH) : Bondy - Red Star Under 15s (DSR) : Aulnay-sous-Bois - Red Star Under 15s (PH) : Livry-Gargan - Red Star Under 13s (DH) : Racing - Red Star Under 13s (DHR) : Red Star - Aulnay-sous-Bois Benjamins : Poissy - Red Star DISTRICT Under 15s (2nd division) : Cournon - Red Star Under 13s (1st division) : Sevran - Red Star Under 13s (4th division) : Red Star - Stade de l’Est Benjamins : Le Bourget - Red Star 1 Benjamins : Le Bourget - Red Star 2 Benjamins : Le Bourget - Red Star 3 Benjamins : Le Bourget - Red Star 4 Poussins : Red Star 1 - Le Bourget Poussins : Red Star 2 - Le Bourget Poussins : Red Star 3 - Le Bourget Poussins : Red Star 4 - Le Bourget Critérium des Talents : Saint-Denis - Red Star

Updated 21st March 2005

MAN OF THE MOMENT Red Stars' win was surely a team effort, but special mention has to made of striker Azzedine Benmesmoudi, who has hit a fine scoring run at the right time JEAN-LUC GIRARD. Red Stars' orders were to be the bosses on the pitch, and not to allow themselves to be dominated. Red Star had to play it tough against tough opponents, and today it worked. They adapted well on a narrow pitch and with the onset of the fine weather, these conditions are favourable to Red Stars' playing style. RED STAR AT HOME. It must have felt like it with over seventy supporters out today, including the very noisy Gang Green. A victory for the fans to savour. Red Stars' fans ON THE BOX. VO TV, the local television channel will broadcast a report on the game in their sports bulletin, 7-30pm CET available on Astra and Hot Bird satellites for free. More details at : http://www.votv.info/ If not, then on their site later on in the week, the report will be available. …… ET TOUJOURS. Sur le site, les deux buts de Azzedine Benmesmoudi face à Aubervilliers, voir à la une du site. OTHER DH RESULTS. Morangis-Chilly go top following their 2-1 win at Orly 2-1. Meaux beat Versailles 2-1 but Le Mée lost at lowly Brétigny 1-2. Arménienne, now coached by Jean-Pierre Orts won at Aubervilliers 2-1. In the Val d’Oise derby Cosmo lost at home to Sannois Saint-Gratien 1-3. Finally, Lusitanos - Evry 0-0. Azzedine Benmesmoudi heads the winner THE TABLE. 1. Morangis-Chilly 50 pts, 2. Meaux 49 pts (1 game in hand), 3. Saint-Leu 48 pts, 4. Le Mée Sports 48 pts, 5. Red Star 48 pts, 6. Sannois Saint-Gratien 46 pts, 7. Cosmo 45 pts, 8. Aubervilliers 39 pts (10 game in hand), 9. Versailles 38 pts, 10. Arménienne 36 pts, 11. Lusitanos 34 pts (1 game in hand), 12. Orly 34 pts, 13. Evry (1 game in hand), 14. Brétigny 31 pts (2 games in hand). NEXT GAMES. The end of the championship has been put back to the 22nd of May, when Red Star travel to Brétigny. Therefore : 10th April Arménienne - Red Star, Thursday 5th May (Ascension) : Le Mée Sports v Red Star and 8th May : Red Star v Evry. Under 18s. Still unbeaten, David Giguets youngsters won 1-0 at Les Lilas whilst leaders ACBB could only draw. Red Star are just two points behind with a game in hand, and one point behind Paris FC with two games in hand. DHR . Red Star reserves drew against Chatou 0-0. BRAVO. Red Stars' under 13s beat Red Star Montreuil 4-0, which makes two consecutive wins. Now, Red Star jump off the bottom to the detriment of Olympique de Neuilly. Results tomorrow on the site.

Updated 18th March 2005

SAINT-LEU ON THE HORIZON. Perhaps the biggest match of the day this weekend will be at the Stade Municpal in Saint-Leu, where the locals take on Red Star in a crucuial promotion encounter. Two contrasting styles of play - Red Star who are committed to the beautiful game, open attractive attacking football and the more cautious style played by the men of coach Jean-Marc Sabbatini. Remember back at Stade Bauer - four attackes, three goals for Saint-Leu. Aboubacar Tandia, here against St-Leus' Bayle, will be out for revenge in the game this weekend. DH FIXTURES. Also in the Val d’Oise, there is another derby game, between Cosmo (6th) and Sannois Saint-Gratien (7th). Co-leaders Le Mée Sports travel to struggling Brétigny (14th). Third place Morangis-Chilly, with the best attack travel to Orly (10th). Meaux (4th) travel to Versailles (9th). Not forgetting Lusitanos (11th) at home to Evry (12th). THE TOP OF THE TABLE . Reads like this: 1. Le Mée Sports & Saint-Leu (47 pts), 3. Morangis-Chilly (46 pts), 4. Meaux (45 pts, game in hand), 5. Red Star & Cosmo (44 pts), 7. Sannois Saint-Gratien (42 pts). Jean-Marc Sabbatini, Saint-Leu coach LAST SESSION. Final training session for the first team will be 11am CET at Stade Bauer, Saturday morning. FOR MEMORY . For promotion from the DH, the top club is automatically promoted. The second-placed club then takes part in play-offs against a CFA2 club and another DH club from another group. At the other end of the DH, two clubs go down, but potentially three, depending upon the geographical make-up of the clubs relegated from the CFA 2. BIG ATTENDANCE ?. Potentially a big crowd on Sunday, as Saint-Leu are reasonably well supported - they are one ofthe few clubs to have brought away fans to Bauer this season - and no doubt the Gang Green will be in force as well. Not forgetting Red Stars' other less vociferous but equally loyal bunch of fans. The match officials for the game Red Star v Aubervilliers MESSAGE. Our friends from Dulwich Hamlet Supporters have posted a thank-you message on their website following Sundays' encounter : http://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/forum.jsp?id=517&article=2996 Dulwich Hamlet Supporters Back : Dave Berry, Paul Griffin, Mark Hutton, Phil Baker, Steve Rickerby, Ian Wright. Front : Mick O'Shaughnessy, Lawrence Marsh, Phil Doyle, Alex Bushell, Mishi Morath, Lee Shailer.

Updated 17th March 2005

TRAINING. Red Star trained yesterday evening in preparation for the crucual match on Sunday in the Val d'Oise against Saint-Leu. Red Star will be looking for their revenge as earlier this season Saint-Leu won 3-0 at Bauer, not a bad return at all, considering that thay only mustered four or five attackes throughout the game ! UNDER 18s . Unbeaten in twelve league games, third with a game in hand over the leaders ACBB, David Giguets' youngsters will be hoping for a positive result in their local derby at Les Lilas on Sunday. Table : 1. ACBB 42 pts (13), 2. Paris FC 39 pts (14), 3. Red Star 38 pts (12), 4. Montgeron 38 pts (14), 5. Saint-Leu 35 pts (15), 6. Les Lilas 34 pts (14), 7. Brétigny 34 pts (15), 8. Aulnay-sous-Bois 30 pts (14), 9. Sannois Saint-Gratien 29 pts (15), 10. Noisy-le-Sec 26 pts (14), 11. le Mée Sports 26 pts (14), 12. Viry-Châtillon 20 pts (12). WEEKEND FIXTURES. LIGUE DE PARIS First XI (DH) : Saint-Leu - Red Star Reserves (DHR) : Red Star - Chatou Under 18s (DH) : Les Lilas - Red Star Under 18s (DHR) : Montigny-Bretonneux - Red Star Under 18s (PH) : Red Star - Saint-Ouen Under 15s (DSR) : Red Star - Issy-les-Moulineaux Under 15s (PH) : Red Star - Montreuil Under 13s (DH) : Red Star - Sannois Saint-Gratien Under 13s (DHR) : Montreuil - Red Star DISTRICT Under 15s (2nd division) : Neuilly-Plaisance - Red Star Under 13s (1st division) : Red Star - Championnet Under 13s : Bobigny - Red Star Critérium des Talents : Red Star - Le Blanc-Mesnil Benjamin : Sartrouville - Red Star AND FINALLY…. Yannick, who hails from Boulogne, as well as been a true Red Star supporter, also keeps one eye on the results of his home-town club. Yesterday evening he was in the 7000+ crowd at the Stade de la Libération in Boulogne for the Coupe de France tie against Nantes from the top flight. Boulogne, from the CFA (Division 4) ran out 3-2 winners in extra time, and welcome Auxerre in the quarter finals. Yannick in action last Sunday

Updated 16th March 2005

CONTRAST IN FORTUNES Yann Bell celebrates saving the penalty Laurent Landre (just behind Reevis N’Simba) looks pretty cheesed off ALLEZREDSTAR.COM GETS THEM IN. Sunday, after the game, this site provided drinks & nibbles for the fans and players alike. A memorable afternoon, animated in no small part by English & French supporters alike. Big thanks to the Gang green, to Tarek and to our English guests for the beer and champagne which went down a treat !! RECORD SALES. Not since the start of the 1997-98, in D2, has there been such a rush to buy Red Star souvenirs. Best sellers were the replica Red Star shirts (we ran out of size XL !) - mugs etc etc. Red Star v Dulwich : the visitors under pressure THANKS TO. Allezredstar.com would like to thank Saint-Ouen municipality for the sports facilities, the pitch at the Stade Joliot-Curie, the reception room at Bauer as well as all the people employed at Joliot-Curie and Bauer whom made a huge contribution to the days' events. Not forgetting also the management at Red Star. Hopefully this won't be the end of the story, as we hope to organise a gala match at the end of the season for all the club, the supporters, and next year a trip to England to try and win the return game ! DULWICH HAMLET AT BAUER.

Updated 15th March 2005

PHOTO FROM SUNDAYS' GAME. Goal celebrations JEAN-LUC GIRARD. Basically, Red Stars' coach said it was a game of two halves, and preferred to forget the first period. He was enthusiastic about the second half, praised Yann Bell for the penalty stop as well as Red Stars' supporters. He especially praised our English visitors and was sure that they would have enjoyed the second half spectacle. ELSEWHERE. Whilst the first team were romping home at Stade Bauer, the top two teams only managed a draw: Meaux - Saint-Leu 1-1. Another key match saw Morangis-Chilly beat Cosmo 2-1. Le Mée Sports go back top after winning at Versailles 2-1. Sannois Saint-Gratien ended up goalless against Lusitanos; finally Arménienne beat Orly 2-0. Evry v Brétigny was postponed. ROUND-UP MEAUX - SAINT-LEU : 1-1 (0-0). Goals : Bahri (69) - Diallo (68) MORANGIS-CHILLY - COSMO : 2-1. Goals : Raguet (47), Farina (90 + 1) - Montadour (7) LE MEE SPORTS - VERSAILLES : 2-1 (0-0). Goals : Mas (49), Fernandes (51) - Pilicer (89) ARMENIENNE - ORLY : 2-0 (0-0). Goals : Akoun (47), Maliki (90 + 6) LUSITANOS - SANNOIS SAINT-GRATIEN : 0-0 EVRY - BRETIGNY : postponed TOP MARKSMAN. With two more goals, Red Stars' Aboubacar Tandia (12) is now two ahead of his nearest rivals Daoud (Le Mée Sports) & Shatrit (Saint-Leu) : (10). Red Star now have the second best attack in the DH with only Morangis-Chilly doing one goal better with 29. Defensively, not quite as good sixth with 19 conceded, far behind Meauxs' nine. TABLE. 1. Le Mée Sports 47 pts (17), 2. Saint-Leu 47 pts (17), 3. Morangis-Chilly 46 pts (17), 4. Meaux 45 pts (16), 5. Cosmo 44 pts (17), 6. Red Star 44 pts (17), 7. Sannois Saint-Gratien 42 pts (17), 8. Aubervilliers 38 pts (16), 9. Versailles 37 pts (17), 10. orly 33 pts (17), 11. Lusitanos 32 pts (16), 12. Arménienne 32 pts (17), 13. Evry 30 pts (16), 14. Brétigny 27 pts (15). TRAINING - ON RED STARS' BIRTHDAY. On Saturday Red Star were 108 years old, and in the morning the currecnt crop carried out a last training session. RETURN. Nice to see Jimmy Hamme back in action after a long lay-off through unjury. He came on as a second half sub against Aubervilliers. ATMOSPHERE. At the final whistle, the players thank the supporters - note the predominant Dulwich flag ! BRAVO. Red Stars' under 14s won 1-0 at Lille: RED STAR v LILLE (Match Championnat Fédéral Under 14s) Sunday 13/03/2005 at the Stadium du Nord, 3pm CET RED STAR : DUPONT, TOURE, PHILIPPE, GELAIR, BEAUFORT, MASSAMBA, KOFFI, PEROT, BIYENDOLO, SALIBUR, BANGOURA, (R) BAMANISA, CATANAS, WINDENSTEIN. GOAL : Moussa BANGOURA (50’) RESERVES. Despite dominating for most of the encounter, Red Stars' youngster went down 1-0 at leaders Palaiseau. TOP SPOT. Red Stars' under 18s won 1-0 at Aulnay-sous-Bois, and consolidate their top spot after the surprise defeat of rivals ACBB. WEEK-END SCORES SERVICE CHMPIONNAT FEDERAL (Under 14s): Lille - Red Star : 0-1 LIGUE DE PARIS Seniors (DH) : Red Star - Aubervilliers : 5-0 Seniors (DHR) : Palaiseau - Red Star : 1-0 Under 18s (DH) : Red Star - Aulnay-sous-Bois Under 18s (DHR) : Red Star - La Colombienne : 1-2 Under 18s (PH) : Sannois Saint-Gratien - Red Star : 6-3 Under 15s (DSR) : Les Lilas - Red Star : 1-3 Under 15s (PH) : Osny - Red Star : 1-3 Under 13s (DH) : Saint-Ouen l’Aumône - Red Star : 4-1 Under 13s (DHR) : Red Star - Nanterre : 3-1 DISTRICT Under 15s (2nd division) : Red Star - Championnet : 0-1 Under 13s (1st division) : Noisy-le-Grand - Red Star : 6-2 Under 13s (4th division) : Red Star - Le Bourget : 5-2 Benjamin (PH) : Red Star - A.J.S.C. : 3-5 Benjamins (critérium) Poussins (critérium) : Dugny - Red Star 1 : 7-6 Poussins (critérium) : Dugny - Red Star 2 : 0-1 Poussins (critérium) : Dugny - Red Star 3 : 1-6 BRAVO, MESSIEURS LES ANGLAIS. At a Saint-Ouen bathed in glorious sunshine, Red Stars' supporters played their first-ever match together against a strong Dulwich Hamlet supporters from the London suburbs. The visitors are no strangers to playing overseas, having already played in tournaments in Holland, the Czech republic and Italy. Finally the hosts ran out 2-3 winners, the scores being level at the pause (1-1). Karim Bouamrane, deputy-mayor at Saint-Ouen had earlier equalised for the home side, a stunning drive from outside the penalty area giving the goalie no chance. Earlier Larry was on hand to open his and Dulwichs' account. After the pause Red Star even took the lead as Fred fired over a low cross that Dulwichs' defender on the line could not clear. Straight from the kick off however, Red Stars' tiring defence were stretched to the point that Larry equalised before another defensive cock-up allowed hil to cap a fine day with a hat trick. A great game played in a good spirit with only one foul in the whole game - more clumsy than malicious. Your correspondant played the second half and laboured, although didn't do too badly at left back. He even had a chance to score the equaliser, pushing forwards in the last minute, but after lobbing the ball over the defender, turning & volleying, the ball went wide of the post. Red Star -Dulwich Hamlet, up against Dulwichs' skipper : Fabien, Fred, John, Jocelyn & Karim TOUS ENSEMBLE. The official match photo AND AFTERWARDS.... Several kilos of chicken, pasta and biscuits - all for a hungry mob ! AND A RIGHT GOOD READ. Dulwich and Red Stars' fans peruse the match day programme provided (free) by AllezRedStar.com. Very few clubs at this level do a match programme, and even rarer, (although it was a one-off), Red Star are probably the only club in France to provide a bilingual one !

Updated 11th March 2005

SQUAD NAMED. Jean-Luc Girard has named his squad for Sundays' game against Aubervilliers : Bell - Diomande, Hammami, Budoc, Gueï, Yessad - N'Simba, Cuervo, Abdallah, Ouattara, Hamme - Benmesmoudi, Gassama, Tandia BUILD-UP. The build-up begins to the big big match this weekend. Okay, both of them (see later on). Firstly, the afternoons' local derby between Red Star and Aubervilliers. Red Star will be hoping to do better than earlier in the season when they lost 3-1 away, despite going one-nil up through an early Aboubacar Tandia goal. Earlier this season, Red Star on the attack ALSO THIS WEEKEND . The Essonne deby between Evry and Brétigny has already been postponed. At the top second placed Meaux welcome Saint-Leu; Morangis-Chilly (5th) take on Cosmo (4th). Le Mée Sports (3rd) could go top if they beat Versailles (9th). Elsewhere: Sannois Saint-Gratien (7th) v Lusitanos (11th), Arménienne (13th) v Orly (10th). THE TABLE. 1. Saint-Leu 45 pts (16), 2. Meaux 43 pts (15), 3. Le Mée Sports 43 pts (16), 4. Cosmo 43 pts (16), 5. Morangis-Chilly 42 pts (16), 6. Red Star 40 pts (16), 7. Sannois 39 pts (16), 8. Aubervilliers 37 pts (15), 9. Versailles 36 pts (16), 10. Orly 32 pts (16), 11. Lusitanos 30 pts (15), 12. Evry 30 pts (16), 13. Arménienne 28 pts (16), 14. Brétigny 28 pts (15). RESERVES. Red Stars' reserves, sixth in the table, have a tricky away trip to runaway leaders Palaiseau. ON SALE Sunday, this seasons' replica shirt will be on sale, priced 50 euros, available in sizes L and XL. Also on sae will be allezredstar.com individually hand-painted mugs, priced at ten euros each, to help pay for the AllezRedStar.com matchday programme. SUNDAYS OTHER BIG GAME …. DOn't forget that on Sunday morning Red Stars' supporters take on their counterparts from Dulwich Hamlet FC from London, UK. The match kicks off at 10am CET on the synthetic surface at the Stade Joliot Curie, Saint-Ouen (behind Stade Bauer). Afterwards there will be a buffet at the Red Star supporters' club under the Bauer stand. Photos & report will appear Monday morning !

Updated 3rd March 2005

SNOW 2 RED STAR 0. Red Stars' match at Bauer on Sunday against Evry has been postponed. Despite a slight improvement in temperatures overnight, the snow has returned with a vengeance this morning. Also postponed was last night's Paris Representative XI match at Issy. The season now risks to drag on well into May. If Red Star do manage to reach the play-offs, then the season might well finish in June, just one month before the preparations start for the next season ! No match at Bauer this weekend … NO TRAINING EITHER. Jean-Luc Girard also was forced to cancel last nights' training session at Bauer. AUBERVILLIERS - MEAUX. The Ligue de Paris will meet to discuss this issue on March 24th. Don't forget that on the 13th February in the car park at Aubervilliers, before the DH match players from both teams came to blows leaving one Meaux player, David Morèle, with serious head injuries. Meaux want the match awarded to them, whereas Aubervilliers would be happy to play the match at a neutral ground. Should Meaux be awarded the victory, then the league positions would be dramatically altered, presenting something of a handicap to the other teams battling at the top for promotion. As well as punishing Aubervilliers, Cosmo, Saint-Leu, Le Mée, Morangis and Red Star all would be punished for Aubervilliers' actions.

Updated 1st March 2005 (St Davids' Day)

COLD COLD COLD. The Arctic conditions persist in the Paris region, and unless there is a rapid thaw at the end of this week, then Sundays' game at Bauer against Evry could be in doubt. With the fixture list congestion from now until the end of the season (and Red Star are still in the Coupe de Paris), then an early-May end to the season could very well be in doubt. Red Stars' remaining fixtures read like this: March 6th : Red Star - Evry March 13th : Red Star - Aubervilliers March 20th : Saint-Leu - Red Star March 27th : No game (Le Mée Sports - Red Star ?) April 3rd : Red Star - Versailles April 10th : Arménienne - Red Star April 17th : Sannois Saint-Gratien - Red Star April 24th : Red Star - Lusitanos May 1st : Red Star - Meaux May 8th : Brétigny - Red Star Evry are the visitors to Bauer on Sunday. The men from the Essonne have proved to be difficult oppenents to manouevre, the three previous meetings between the clubs in the DH have all ended in draws. Alhaji Baldé in action at Evry earlier this season TWO MATCHS. Following his red card received at Orly, Bourama Ouattara will miss two matches through suspension. BIG MATCH COMING UP. On March 13th there will be perhaps one of the matches of the season at Saint-Ouen. Yes, so there is the 93 deby between Red Star and Aubervilliers in the afternoon, but in the morning on the synthetic surface of the Stade Joliet-Curie (just behind Stade Bauer) Red Stars' supporters XI welcomes Dulwich Hamlet Supporters' XI. The game promises to be an interesting clash between the two footballing styles, although the Londoners' play together on a regular basis and may just have the advantage. More details to follow ! If anyone else is interested in sending a supporters XI to play against Red Star, please let us know : john@allezredstar.com. CYFARCHION GWYL DEWI !. To all our Welsh readers a very happy Saint-Davids' day ! Taïeb Abdallah with the Welsh dragon as a backdrop

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