Updated 28th July 2005

RED STAR LOSE IN PREPARATION GAME. Red Star lost their second pre-season preparation game at Stade Joliot Curie yesterday evening to neighbours Les Lilas. Despite taking the lead through Charles Davidson, Red Star conceded two goals in five minutes to allow Antony Coton to score a brace and give the visitors the win. Fatigue played an enormous part in explaining Red Stars' defeat, in addition to a lengthening injury list. Captain Reevis N'simba was back in the side, but missing were Franck Gueï and Lassana Doumbya who join the already injured Bilal Hammami and Vincent Fourneuf. Red Stars' pre-season continues with the visit of Racing to Stade Bauer on Saturday evening (6pm CET, this time on grass) before next weeks' trip to Saint-Germain-en-Laye to face Paris Saint-Germain reserves (CFA, 7-30pm CET). RED STAR : Bell, Ararouche, Yessad, Toukara, Diomande, Budoc, Abdallah, N’Simba, Davidson, Gassama, Benmesmoudi. Substitutes : Baldé, Aklouche, Eythrib, Chamma, Mama, Pages A SELECTION OF PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY EVENINGS' GAME Jean-Luc Girard adresses his troops Red Stars' Yann Bell saves Bilal Hammami tries his hand at photography Some of the hundred or so spectators present Elsewhere, defender Franck Gueï will revert to a strikers' role this season, a position he filled with some aplomb two years ago in the DH. For Les Lilas, ex-Red Star man Yves Desmarets played, but former striker Gérald Milton missed the game through injury. Another ex-Red Star favourite Ted Agasson has signed for CFA club Dieppe.

Updated 26th July 2005

EX RED STAR MAN AT NANTES. Troubled L1 football club Nantes, who narrowly escaped relegation to the second divsion at the end of last season have appointed former Red Star goalkeeper Rudy Rousillon as their new president. Red Star also made the pages of France Football in last Fridays' edition, which carried a report on the 1955 season where Red Star won promotion to the first division only to be denied following allegations of match-fixing. In the near future AllezRedStar.com will look back in detail on this dark period in the clubs' history. Rudy Rousillon, new Nantes supremo NEXT PREPARATION GAME. Tomorrow evening Red Star play their second pre-season preparation game (coach Jean-Luc Girard does not particularly like the term "friendly"). This time the opponents are neear neighbours Les Lilas, now in the CFA 2. Red Star played the 93 club back in the CFA during the season 2001-2002. Last weekend Les Lilas drew 0-0 in a game against Levallois. The game kicks off at 8pm CET, Stade Joliot Curie. PROGRAMME FOR THIS WEEK. After yesterday evenings' training session, there is another this evening at 7-30pm CET. Then up until the end of the week the plan is as follows: - Wednesday : Red Star v Les Lilas (CFA 2), Stade Joliot Curie (8pm CET) - Thursday : training 7-30pm CET - Friday : training 7-30pm CET - Saturday : Red Star v Racing (DH), Stade Bauer (6pm CET) - Sunday : rest day Kaba Diomande

Updated 25th July 2005

OFF TO A GOOD START. Coach Jean-Luc Girard was pleased with his sides' performance on Saturday as Red Star ran out 3-2 winners in their first outing of the season against CFA club Sainte-Geneviève des Bois. The man doing the damage for Red Star was Azzedine Benmesmoudi, whom after the match shrugged off hios hat trick, preferring to put his success down to a team effort. In the fourth minute, he was on the end of a Taïeb Abdallah to firmly head the ball home. Sixty seconds later and from a throw-in by Kaba Diomande, Lassana Doumbya set up Benmesmoudi to head home his and Red Stars' second. From a free kick the visitors pulled one back only for Benmesmoudi to restore Red Stars' two goal cushion following a through ball from Doumbya. Just before the break Sainte-Geneviève reduced the margin and that is how the scored remained, despite a couple of good efforts from Red Star, in particular Franck Gueï and Mustapha Gassama. RED STAR : Bell, Ararouche, Yessad, Tounkara, Diomande, Ba, Budoc, Abdallah, Doumbya, Davidson, Benmesmoudi. Substitutes : Mama, Baldé, Pages, Gassama, Aklouche, Gueï & Eythrib. Next preparation game is on Wednesday evening, same venue, against Les Lilas (CFA2) - kick off 8pm CET. Azzedine Benmesmoudi, hat trick hero ABSENTEES. Other than Bilal Hammami who will be out for at least ten days, Vincent Fourneuf, Reevis N’Simba and Mohamed Chamma all missed the game though injury. Yet to return to training are Philippe Cuervo and Grégori Sinobad. Jean-Luc Girard gives his half-time team talk Azzedine Benmesmoudi, Alkacim Ba, Lassana Doumbya, Jérémy Budoc (6), Rachid Ararouche & Abrahim Tounkara Mustapha Gassama Some of the spectators present WATCHED BY DIOMANSY KAMARA. Now with English Premiership outfit Portsmouth, ex-Red Star man Diomansy Kamara, Senegalese international, was on hand to watch his friend Lassana Doumbya. The two started out together at Red Star before moving to Modena in Italy. Kamara was transeferred to Portsmouth in a record transfer deal for the South Coast outfit. See also: http://www.pompeyfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/ProfilesDetail/0,,10396~31115,00.html Diomansy Kamara

Updated 20th July 2005

AND THE WINNER IS.... …him ! yes, Vincent Fourneuf is the player of the season 2004-2005 VINCENT FOURNEUF. Red Stars' defender Vincent Fourneuf has come on leaps and bounds in the last two season and has turned from an uncertain young defender into a confident stopper with an eye for that critical long pass. Eleven seasons with Red Star, Vincent has stuck with the club through the bad years, and this loyalty to Red Star has endeared him to the Bauer faithful. Consequently he takes over the mantle of Player of the Year from another local hero, Yoann Delaneuville. Born 13th October 1982 in Puteaux (92), Vincent starts his twelfth season at Saint-Ouen, and along with Aboubacar Diomande, Bilal Hammami, Nabile Yessad, Jérémy Budoc and Lassana Doumbya has tasted CFA 2 football with Red Star. Vince narrowly pipped another fans' favourite Azzedine Benmesmoudi to the post, closely shadowed by Bourama Ouattara. The voting was tight right up to the last minute, unlike last season where Yoann dominated affairs. This season was incredibly difficult to select one player, given the huge contributions made by all sixteen players nominated for our poll. Our thanks go to everyone who voted, with a big yah boo hiss to the clever ones who tried to vote multiple times and forge the result. Our poll system enables to us to spot this and to remove the undesirable votes. The result : Vincent Fourneuf : 16,7% Azzedine Benmesmoudi : 14,5% Bourama Ouattara : 13,8% Aboubacar Tandia : 11% Bilal Hammami : 10,2% then : Taieb Abdallah, Reevis N’Simba, Yann Bell, Jimmy Hamme, Philippe Cuervo, Nabile Yessad, Jérémy Budoc, Alhaji Baldé, Mustapha Gassama, Aboubacar Diomande, Franck Gueï. Vincent Fourneuf will be presented with his prestigious trophy during a ceremony to be organised shortly at Stade Bauer. Coach Jean-Luc Girard will also be awarded a special AllezRedStar.com trophy to thank him for the fantastic job he has done for Red Star. FIRST FRIENDLY. On Saturday on the plastic pitch at Joliot-Curie, Red Star take on CFA outfit Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, kick-off 5pm CET. This evening there is a training match at 7-30pm CET, same venue. Training yesterday : A. Diomande, M. Chamma, J. Budoc Richard Akiana, currently getting back into shape with Red Star works out. Ludovic Pages PRICES. No price rise for the fans next season, the entry stays at a ridiculously low price of three euros. However the central part of the main stand will be five euros entrance fee. Home matches are normally sheduled to kick off at 6pm CET. TRAVELLING. One of the rare advantages of life in the Parisian DH was that travel to away matches was relatively easy (except perhaps Meaux & Le Mée). In the CFA 2 the travelling distances are substantially increased. Here is a breakdown of distances in kilometres for the new season. Note that in total Red Star will have covered 4576 km come May. Distances are from Saint-Ouen: Saint-Gratien (11 km) Chantilly (44 km) Evreux (65 km) Oissel (119 km) Rouen (130 km) Amiens (133 km) Saint-Quentin (163 km) Cambrai (173 km) Abbeville (176 km) Arras (177 km) Avion (192 km) Le Havre (195 km) Valenciennes (204 km) Armentières (233 km) Saint-Omer (243 km)

Updated 13th July 2005

CFA 2 FIXTURES PUBLISHED The fixture list for the forthcoming season has been announced by the FFF. Red Star start and end the season against last seasons' DH rivals Sannois-Saint-Gratien reserves. Most of the matches are in the north and west of France, With some considerably longer trips than the previous two seasons ! The division promises to be very tough, with several L2 reserve teams (Le Havre, Amiens, Valenciennes...) RED STAR 93 - ENTENTE SSG 2 Saturday 13.08.05 CAMBRAI - RED STAR 93 Saturday 20.08.05 RED STAR 93 - OISSEL Saturday 27.08.05 RED STAR 93 -LE HAVRE 2 Saturday 03.09.05 AVION - RED STAR 93 Saturday 10.09.05 RED STAR 93 - ARMENTIERES Saturday 24.09.05 ARRAS F.A. - RED STAR 93 Saturday 08.10.05 RED STAR 93 - ST OMER Saturday 22.10.05 ROUEN 2 - RED STAR 93 Saturday 05.11.05 RED STAR 93 - EVREUX A.C. Saturday 12.11.05 S.T QUENTIN - RED STAR 93 Saturday 26.11.05 RED STAR 93 - AMIENS 2 Saturday 03.12.05 CHANTILLY - RED STAR 93 Saturday 17.12.05 RED STAR 93 - ABBEVILLE Saturday 14.01.06 VALENCIENNES 2 - RED STAR 93 Saturday 21.01.06 RED STAR 93 - CAMBRAI Saturday 04.02.06 OISSEL - RED STAR 93 Saturday 11.02.06 LE HAVRE 2 - RED STAR 93 Saturday 18.02.06 RED STAR 93 - AVION Saturday 25.02.06 ARMENTIERES - RED STAR 93 Saturday 04.03.06 RED STAR 93 - ARRAS F.A. Saturday 11.03.06 ST OMER - RED STAR 93 Saturday 25.03.06 RED STAR 93 - ROUEN 2 Saturday 01.04.06 EVREUX A.C. - RED STAR 93 Saturday 08.04.06 RED STAR 93 - S.T QUENTIN Saturday 22.04.06 AMIENS 2 - RED STAR 93 Saturday 29.04.06 RED STAR 93 - CHANTILLY Saturday 06.05.06 ABBEVILLE - RED STAR 93 Saturday 13.05.06 RED STAR 93 - VALENCIENNES 2 Saturday 20.05.06 ENTENTE SSG 2 - RED STAR 93 Saturday 27.05.06 TRAINING. Daily training sessions have been planned until the first rest day, Sunday: Wednesday (19 h30) Thursday (11 h) … Friday (19 h 30) Saturday (11 h)

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