Updated 29th November 2005

SNOW FUN. In the space of thirty hours, Red Star players supporters and directors had made the trip to Saint-Quentin, returned back to Saint-Ouen, made a second trip to Saint-Quentin, won a game of football played in conditions more suitable for water polo before making the trip back to Saint-Ouen. Befor setting off to the North, conditions in the Parisian suburbs were far from promising with a layer of soggy damp snow covering the streets. From information passed by our spies in the north, the conditions were very similar at the destination. So the bus set off, as did several car loads of supporters, and upon arrival in Saint-Quentin the situation was much as predicted - no lines marked out on the pitch, conditions unplayable. Both coaches were hoping for a postponement until the blank weekend in December (both clubs are out of the Coupe de France). However, much to everyones' surprise, the officials decided to take the FFFs' rules to the letter and because the municipality had not closed the sports facilities in the town within the requried delay, the game would have to be played the day after, ie the Sunday. So after a short stay in the town, the bus, team, management and supporters headed back south for the ninety miles to the capital. Luckily a bus was available for the Sunday, so one less problem for Jean-Luc Girard. Sunday dawned, slightly dryer but still crap conditions. The club set off again for the north, Saint-Quentin was marginally better, but the referee ordered to game to go ahead. It became obvious quickly that the pitch was unplayable, but credit to both teams, they grimly stuck to their tasks, and Red Star emerged winner with three goals from Greg Sinobad following a goalmouth scramble, Alhaji Baldé with a magnificent shot on the turn and a clinical finish from striker Lassana Doumbya. Red Stars' happiness at winning was tempered somewhat by the injury to the younster Amine Chamma, who suffered from a leg injury sustained due to the poor state of the pitch rather than an opponents' tackle. Assad Béhiche Grégori Sinobad after opening the scoring Alain Fouanguim is beaten, Lassana Doumbya celebrates with Davidson Charles ALL THE SCORES FROM THE CFA 2 - SAINT-QUENTIN - RED STAR : 0-3 - ARRAS - OISSEL : 1-2 - AMIENS - CAMBRAI : 1-1 - ABBEVILLE - VALENCIENNES : 1-0 - CHANTILLY - ENTENTE SSG : 0-4 - ROUEN - AVION : 0-1 - EVREUX - LE HAVRE : postponed - SAINT-OMER - ARMENTIERES : postponed TABLE 1. RED STAR : 35 pts, 2. Amiens 28 pts, 3. Saint-Quentin 28 pts, 4. Oissel 28 pts, 5. Le Havre 27 pts (game in hand), 6. Entente SSG 26 pts, 7. Arras 25 pts, 8. Abbeville 25 pts, 9. Cambrai 24 pts, 10. Armentières 23 pts (game in hand), 11. Saint-Omer 23 pts (game in hand), 12. Evreux 23 pts (game in hand), 13. Avion 23 pts, 147. Valenciennes 22 pts, 15. Chantilly 22 pts, 16. Rouen 20 pts. OTHER SCORES FOR RED STAR. Red Stars' reserves earned a fine victory over Paris SG 1-0. However the under 14's had a tough time losing to Calais 2-3. SCARF. Going on sale at next Saturdays' game at Bauer against Amiens, is the new scarf produced by the Collectif des Amis du Red Star. Here it is modelled by Red Stars' youngest fan, five-days old Emma, daughter of Claude of the North Jean-Luc Girard grilled by the press The press reactions to the win RED STAR LEADERS. Not only the league table but also the top scorers with 21 goals, the best defence (3 goals conceded) and the top scorers (Azzedine Benmesmoudi & Lassana Doumbya with 7 each). Lassana Doumbya has every right to smile ! CFA 2 ON THE WEB. Slowly but surely the CFA 2 clubs are discovering the web : Cambrai and Avion are there, as well as the reserve teams of Amiens, Valenciennes, Le Havre, Rouen and Entente SSG). Now Saint-Quentin are in the process of creating a site, ready for the start of of 2006. Incidentally, the people at Saint-Quentin actually thought that we get paid for doing AllezRedStar.com ! No - we're unpaid volunteers... even the cost of the cyberspace rent comes out of our own pockets ! Such is life in the lower levels of football. Red Stars' super fans at Saint-Quentin, some of which made both trips ! MEETING. There is a public meeting organised by the Collectif on Saturday 3rd December before the Amiens game at Stade Bauer. It starts at 2pm CET and a buffet is available. Please contact amisredstar@voila.fr or +33 6 20 71 93 69 (Olivier HERCY) / +33 6 14 94 09 19 (Laurent VIRLOUVET) / +33 1 40 11 47 03 (Gilles CUTULIC) / +33 6 61 85 66 81 (Slim DERBALI). GEORGIE. I know the possibly the only link is that he wore a green shirt on occasions and not the Red Star one, but I couldn't let the death of one of my heros pass without a word on AllezRedStar.com. I was lucky to see him in action once, at Elland Road for a Leeds v Manchester United game back in the seventies. The stadium was packed, we managed to get a place on the old Lowfields Road terrace, and George played a blinder. Leeds were a tough outfit in those days (Bremner, Charlton, Hunter & Giles didn't let much get past) but George was simply another level. My Mother thought he was the bees knees, it's a part of my childhood gone. To me the greatest British footballer ever. George Best 1946 - 2005 RIP, Georgie

Updated 24th November 2005

SAINT-QUENTIN v RED STAR PREVIEW. Red Star will travel the ninety odd miles to Saint-Quentin to face one of their rivals for the title. Red Star have a four point lead and a win would take them seven points clear wheras a defeat would mean that the men in red & white strips would be just one point behind. Red Star will be without ace striker Azzedine Benmesmoudi, suspended for one game. The game will be officiated by Emmanuel Caron assisted by Dominique Cacelle & Jérôme Martin Azzedine Benmesmoudi VINCENT FOURNEUF. Vincent Fourneuf is back in light training and for the moment is concentrating on jogging. AWARDS. Because of the meeting/debate organised by the Collectf des Amis du Red Star on the 3rd of December, the awards ceremony has been postponed until the 4th February 2006, the day that Red Star are at home to Cambrai. Vincent Fourneuf, Jean-Luc Girard and Nabile Yessad (winner 2002-2003) will receive trophies from AllezRedStar.com THIS WEEK-END CFA 2 : SAINT-QUENTIN - RED STAR CHAMPIONNAT FEDERAL (14 ans) : CALAIS - RED STAR LIGUE DE PARIS Seniors (DHR) : RED STAR - PARIS SG Futsal : RED STAR - ROISSY-EN-BRIE Under 18s (DH) : RED STAR - NOISY-LE-SEC Under 18s (PH) : PLAISIR - RED STAR Under 15s (DSR) : LE BOURGET - RED STAR Under 15s (PH) : RED STAR - GARGES Under 13s (DH) : CRETEIL - RED STAR Under 18s (Excellence) : RED STAR - AULNAY CSL Under 15s (2nd division) : BAGNOLET - RED STAR Under 13s (1st division) : GAGNY - RED STAR Under 13s (3rd division) : RED STAR - ESPERANCE AULNAY Critérium Benjamins : MONTROUGE - RED STAR Poussins Critérium : COSMOS 1 - RED STAR 1 Poussins Critérium : COSMOS 2 - RED STAR 2 Poussins Critérium : COSMOS 3 - RED STAR 3 Poussins Critérium : COSMOS 4 - RED STAR 4 Talents critérium : MONTREUIL ESD - RED STAR Note that the ladies do not have a game this weekend. UNDER 15s Red Stars' Under 15s (DSR) first XI are having a good season to date and are second in the table behind the impressive Les Lilas. Table : 1. Les Lilas 20 pts, 2. Red Star 16 pts, 3. Saint-Ouen l’Aumône 14 pts, 4. Créteil 14 pts, 5. Antony 11 pts, 6. Bondy 11 pts, 7. Versailles 11 pts, 8. Le Bourget 9 pts, 9. FC Mantois 9 pts, 10. Paris SG 5 pts August 1990 and Red Star travelled to Saint-Quentin in the second division, winning 2-1 with goals from Cartellier and Alain Polaniok. Jean-Luc Girard was a sub that day RED STAR ON THE ISLAND OF REUNION. Deep in the southern part of the Indian Ocean, not too far from Mauritius and the coast of Madagascar lies the French island of Réunion. The island has its own football competitions, and teams from the top flight (the Division d'Honneur) compete in the Coupe de France. There is also a club called Red Star, who play in one of the lower divisions. Here are two photos of their stadium taken a couple of weeks ago. Réunion is famous for sitting on an active volcano, which was erupting until the end of October. Every year there is a lava flow which cuts the routes in the south-east of the island. It is possible to walk to the top of the volcano - your editorial team undertook the arduous 13km round trip and posed for a photo at the top:

Updated 21st November 2005

RED STAR OUT OF COUPE DE PARIS. Red Star slipped out of the Coupe de Paris yesterday following a 1-0 defeat at Sucy-en-Brie. Apparently Red Star, with a team made up of fringe players, dominated affairs without making any inroads. The line-up was as follows: Mama, Tounkara, Béhiche, Pages, Vitalien, Budoc, Sinobad, Davidson, Aklouche, Gueï, Ghili. Subs : Ba, Diawara et Chamma. FULL RESULTS SERVICE CHAMPIONNAT FEDERAL Under 14s : RED STAR - RACING : 1-2 LIGUE DE PARIS Féminines : LIMAY - RED STAR : 15-1 Under 18s (DH) : PARIS SG - RED STAR : 4-1 Under 18s (PH) : RED STAR - ANTONY : 1-5 Under 15s (DSR) : RED STAR - BONDY : 2-1 Under 15s (PH) : SANNOIS SAINT-GRATIEN - RED STAR : 5-1 Under 13s (DH) : RED STAR - ANTONY : 2-2 Under 13s (DHR) : PALAISEAU - RED STAR : 2-0 DISTRICT Under 15s (2nd division) : RED STAR - LE BOURGET : 2-2 Under 13s (1st division) : RED STAR - SAINT-DENIS : 1-7 Under 13s (3rd division) : LE BLANC-MESNIL - RED STAR : 2-4 Critérium Benjamins : RED STAR - CHAMPIONNET : 1-1 Talents critérium : RED STAR - STADE DE L’EST : 3-1 Benjamins Critérium : STAINS 1 - RED STAR 1 : 5-1 Benjamins Critérium : STAINS 2 - RED STAR 2 : 4-1 Poussins critérium : RED STAR 1 - EPINAY 1 : 2-1 Poussins critérium : RED STAR 2 - EPINAY 2 : 3-2 Poussins critérium : RED STAR 3 - EPINAY 3 : 3-2 Poussins critérium : RED STAR 4 - EPINAY 4 : 1-1 Oups of the week goes to Red Star ladies FC, but in fairness this is their first season and it part of the learning process. Best wishes to them and may they soon get back on the winning trail. Meanwhile, AllezRedStar.coms' cycling spy was at the Stade Michel Hidalgo in Sannois to watch the latter stages of the Under 15s' reserve team in the PH against Entente Sannois-Saint-Gratien, the league leaders. Red Star eventually lost 5-1, but had it not been for a lack of efficiency in front of goal the scoreline might have been different. Sannois were stronger physically, and the bounce of the ball on the artificial surface left a lot to be desired. Sorry for the crap quality of the photos but funds only extend to a small dgital camera and there was a big fence around the playing area. Another attack foiled    Left, action from the game and right, Cédric MESSAGE RECEIVED. Andreas, one of our friends from Germany who visited Stade Bauer on the way to the recent France - Germany international at the Stade de France, has kindly left us this message on our guestbook. Thanks to Andreas and we hope that he will back to see Red Star very soon ! My friends and I visited (on the last saturday) your match versus Evreux AC until before the Test-match France-Germany. I only want to say, that I´m very surprised about the good atmosphere. The STADE BAUER is really nice and "old school" and not one of this modern "shopping malls" with football ground inside such as a lot of clubs in Netherland (or other countries). Good luck for the future and greetings from Frankfurt in Germany Andreas (I have to agree with Andreas on the "shopping mall" comment - Stade Bauer may be a bit old, but it's one of the reasons I became attached to the Red Star in the first place - JH)

Updated 18th November 2005

SPOT THE FOUL. Here's a little bit of detective work for you. During the game against Evreux, Azzedine Benmesmoudi had a perfectly legal goal ruled out by the referees' whistle. Take a look at the following video and tell us just when the offense occurred... we've studied it for ages and we haven't the foggiest idea. For information, the inch-perfect cross was supplied by full-back Kaba Diomande. Click here to watch COUPE DE PARIS. Red Star will most likely send out a team of reserves players and first-team fringe players for the Coupe de Paris tie this weeekend at Sucy-en-Brie. Kick off is at 2-30pm CET on Sunday. WEEK-END FIXTURES. CHAMPIONNAT FEDERAL Under 14s : RED STAR - RACING, Stade Marville, Sunday 20th November 3pm CET LIGUE DE PARIS Coupe de Paris : SUCY-EN-BRIE - RED STAR Futsal : RED STAR - BAJO STAR, gymnase Tommy Smith, Saturday 19th November 2-15pm CET Ladies : LIMAY - RED STAR Under 18s (DH) : PARIS SG - RED STAR Under 18s (PH) : RED STAR - ANTONY Under 15s (DSR) : RED STAR - BONDY Under 15s (PH) : SANNOIS SAINT-GRATIEN - RED STAR Under 13s (DH) : RED STAR - ANTONY Under 13s (DHR) : PALAISEAU - RED STAR DISTRICT Under 18s (Excellence) : EPINAY - RED STAR Under 15s (2nd division) : RED STAR - LE BOURGET Under 13s (1st division) : RED STAR - SAINT-DENIS Under 13s (3rd division) : LE BLANC-MESNIL - RED STAR Critérium Benjamins : RED STAR - CHAMPIONNET Benjamins Critérium : STAINS 1 - RED STAR 1 Benjamins Critérium : STAINS 2 - RED STAR 2 Benjamins Critérium : STAINS 3 - RED STAR 3 Benjamins Critérium : STAINS 4 - RED STAR 4 Poussins critérium : RED STAR 1 - EPINAY 1 Poussins critérium : RED STAR 2 - EPINAY 2 Poussins critérium : RED STAR 3 - EPINAY 3 Poussins critérium : RED STAR 4 - EPINAY 4 Talents critérium : RED STAR - STADE DE L’EST YOUTH TEAM COACHES. There will be a meeting for the youth team coaches on Saturday morning at Stade Bauer. Red Star FC 93s' indoor football (futsal) team

Updated 3rd November 2005

OTHER FIXTURES THIS WEEKEND. Week nine of the CFA 2 championship takes place over two days, so Jean-Luc Girard and his men will have the advantage of already knowing how some of their rivals have fared. Elsewhere in the champiuonship: Evreux (4th), Red Stars next opponents are at home to Cambrai (11th); Saint-Quentin (3rd) are at home to Entente SSG; Le Havre (2nd) travel to Saint-Omer (13th); Arras (9th) v Avion (16th); Amiens (5th) v Valenciennes (14th); Armentières (6th) v Oissel (10th) finally on Sunday Chantilly (12th) v Abbeville (8th) TABLE. 1. RED STAR 25 pts, 2. Le Havre 24 pts, 3. Saint-Quentin 23 pts, 4. Evreux 20 pts, 5. Amiens 20 pts, 6. Armentières 19 pts, 7. Entente SSG 18 pts, 8. Abbeville 18 pts, 9. Arras 18 pts, 10. Oissel 18 pts, 11. Cambrai 18 pts, 12. Chantilly 18 pts, 13. Saint-Omer 18 pts, 14. Valenciennes 16 pts, 15. Rouen 15 pts, 16. Avion 14 pts. INJURIES AND SUSPENSIONS. Captain Reevis N’Simba will miss the game through suspension whilst Philippe Cuervo, Vincent Fourneuf and Ludovic Pagès are all out injured. The latter hopes to be back in action very shortly. UNDER 14s. Red Stars' under 14s will be hoping to pull off an exploit at Marville on Sunday afternoon against unbeaten league leaders Paris SG. Red Stars' under 14s ROUEN v RED STAR FROM THE PAST. Pascal Amours, Daniel Bailliez, Paul Bersoullé, Marius Bruat, Jacques Davion, Jean-Claude Fuentès, Jean Grégoire, José Guillolet, Patrick Guillou, Pascal Havet, Patrice Heaulmé, Jean-Pierre Kern, André Mérelle, Robert Pintenat, Philippe Redon, Bruno Roux, André Simonyi, Philippe Troussier have all worn the green of Red Star and the red of Rouen. Red Star (version 76-77) : Back : Pérez, Eo, Dubois, Col, Colney, Pellat, Pointeau, Toubi, Brnouala, Firrollini, Jarra. Front : Prost, Amorfini, Heaulmé, Lecornu, Pagniez, Séguy, Rached Rouen (version 76-77). Back : Bienaimé, Vitulin, Guillolet, Amouret, Gili. Front : Carrié, Bianchi, Lemaître, Bensaye, Bourrebou, Poli PRESENTING:. In the CFA2 clubs have to be run at a professional standard. Christian Héricher is the key man at Red Star. Since August, he is the Directeur Général at Saint-Ouen. In the week he is responsible for the administration of the club, and not only the first XI. On match days, accompanied by a t eam of volunteers, Christian organises the big day.

Updated 2nd November 2005

ALSO THIS WEEK-END CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE CFA 2 : ROUEN - RED STAR CHAMPIONNAT FEDERAL Under 14s : RED STAR - PARIS SG, Stade Marville, La Courneuve, Sunday 6th November 3pm CET LIGUE DE PARIS Futsal : RED STAR - AUDONIEN, Saturday 5th November at 2-15pm CET, Gymnase Tommy Smith in Saint-Ouen Seniors (DHR) : RED STAR - DRAVEIL, Sunday 6th November 3pm CET, Ile des Vannes Under 18s (DH) : RED STAR - SAINT-LEU Under 18s (Excellence) : RED STAR - MONTFERMEIL Under 18s (PH) : MEUDON - RED STAR Under 15s (DSR) : ANTONY - RED STAR Under 15s (PH) : RED STAR - VILLEPINTE Under 13s (DH) : IVRY - RED STAR Under 13s (DHR) : RED STAR - VERSAILLES DISTRICT Under 15s (2nd division) : MONTREUIL - RED STAR Under 13s (1st division) : AUBERVILLIERS - RED STAR Under 13s (3rd division) : RED STAR - BOISSIERE BENJAMINS (Critérium Régional) : ALFOTVILLE - RED STAR BENJAMINS (Critérium) : RED STAR 1 - COSMOS FC 1 BENJAMINS (Critérium) : RED STAR 2 - COSMOS FC 2 BENJAMINS (Critérium) : RED STAR 3 - COSMOS FC 3 BENJAMINS (Critérium) : RED STAR 4 - COSMOS FC 4 POUSSINS (critérium) : LE BOURGET 1 - RED STAR 1 POUSSINS (critérium) : LE BOURGET 2 - RED STAR 2 POUSSINS (critérium) : LE BOURGET 3 - RED STAR 3 POUSSINS (critérium) : LE BOURGET 4 - RED STAR 4 TALENTS (critérium) : VILLEPINTE - RED STAR Note that Red Star ladies have a walkover, as their opponents Villeneuve have declared forfait for the season. OFFICIALS . Rouen v Red Star will be refereed by Mathieu Liégault, aged 28 and a teacher, from the Ligue de Bourgogne. A referee since 1992, he will be assisted by Jean-Paul Da Silva & Laurent Rosant.

Updated 31st October 2005

DISAPPOINTED. The reaction of coach Jean-Luc Girard to the cup sixth round defeat at the hands of Arménienne. Girard said that his team failed to live up to the standards expected of a CFA 2 leader. A poor first half and wasted second half chances summed up the day. Meanwhile, the visitors' coach Thierry Bocquet was delighted with the win which could see the club from Issy paired with a second division club. Bocquet, a self-confessed AllezRedStar.com fanatic was with Versailles last season and has turned the fortunes of Arménienne around, with nine straight wins in cup & championship games. Thierry Bocquet So once again Red Star have failed to pass the sixth round stage of the competition. Realistically the club have no chance of winning the trophy whilst still in the CFA, but a long run could have been possible, and with it the prestige. So, it's back to the championship and a rather tricky trip next weekend to Normandy to play Rouen. This game kicks off at 3pm CET on Sunday 6th November at the Stade Robert Diochon, Boulevard des Canadiens in Petit Quevilly. Heads up in the Arménienne penalty area Watched by almost five hundred spectators, not bad for a long weekend (Tuesday is a Bank Holiday and many people have taken Monday off as well), Red Star brought back Kaba Diomande and Abrahim Tounkara in defence, and on, the subs bench youngster Loïc Ghili whi featured several times last season in the Coupe de Paris. Elsewhere, Ludovic Pages and Grégori Sinobad (both injured) and Morad Eythrib (rested) were spectators at the game. OTHER RESULTS IN THE COUPE DE FRANCE As well as Red Star, Paris FC and surprisingly Villemomble made their exits this weekend. - NOISY-LE-SEC - FC Mantes : 1-0 - LEVALLOIS - Paris FC : 2-2 (8-7 aux pens) - ALFORTVILLE - Villemomble : 2-0 - Sartrouville - TREMBLAY : 0-1 - Morangis-Chilly - EVRY : 2-3 - ORLY - LE Blanc-Mesnil : 3-2 - Hay-les-Roses - ENTENTE SSG : 0-2 - Choisy-le-Roi - LES LILAS : 0-1 - Aubervilliers - SAINT-GENEVIEVE-DES-BOIS : 1-5 aet. - DRANCY - Fleury-Mérogis : 2-0 - Vincennes - VIRY-CHATILLON : 2-3 ALEX Alex, a long-time Red Star supporter now exiled in the south-west announces the creation of a South-West Section of the Gang Green COUPE GAMBARDELLA The grim weeke,d continues with the result of the Gambardella Cup match where Villemomble pasted Red Stars' under 18s 6-1 HIM AGAIN Although I didn't watch the programme personally, it appears that former OM president, businessman, politician and some-time actor Bernard Tapie is in the news again following an appearance on Thierry Ardissons' chat show on Saturday evening. Tapie stated that he would like to invest in Red Star, to play in the first division at the Stade de France. For most Red Star fans this is just unthinkable and reactions were animated yesterday at Stade Bauer. AND FINALLY Guess who forgot to change his clocks on Saturday evening, turning up at Stade Bauer one hour in advance for the game only to find that the gates were still locked ?

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