Updated 31^st May 2007

TWO GAME, TWO WINS Yesterday evening Red Stars' reserves were in championship action at home to Paris Saint-Germains' third XI at Bauer. The game was settled in the very last minute, Loïc Ghili scoring from the penalty spot after Nadjib Aklouche had been upended in the eighteen-yard area. RED STAR : DIAKITE, VITALIEN, HAGUY, TOUNKARA (cap.), MAZOUNI, FARDIN, CHOQUET, CISSE, HONORE, GHILI, AKLOUCHE, DIALLO, DEWAMBEZ, SORREAU. Coach : David GIGUET Meanwhile Red Stars' first XI fielded an experimental line up against Levallois in Gennevilliers, but still won the game 2-1 PHOTOS FROM THE RESERVES' GAME Red Stars' reserves, DHR champions Celebrations ! Loïc Ghili scores from the spot Mazouni shoots

Updated 30^th May 2007

TWO GAMES TOMNIGHT Red Star fans have a tough choice to make this evening, where they have a choice of two games. The first, which kicks off at 7-30pm CET is a friendly game between Red Star FC 93 and Levallois, recently relegated from the CFA. This takes place at Levallois' home in exile at Gennevilliers, 170 avenue Marcel Paul. The nearest train station is Gennevilliers on the RER C line. One hour later, the reserves are at Bauer for their final match of the season against PSGs' third team. (8-30pm CET). The first XI have three more friendly games lined up: on Friday 1st June at Bauer against CFA champions Villemomble (7-30pm CET); on Tuesday June 5th at Les Lilas; finally on June 12th at Ivry-sur-Seine. Next seasons' league campaign gets under way on August 11th, with a return to training for the players scheduled for mid-July. This year the squad will undertake a training course somewhere in France - last season it was in Modena, Italy. Two games are planned : 18th July against either Le Havre or Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien then on the 21st against Chantilly, recently promoted to the CFA 2. Then before the championship begins, Compiègne, Viry-Châtillon and Quevilly will be Red Stars' opponents. Mickaël Marquet outjumpes his team mates in a training session

Updated 29^th May 2007

CHAMPIONS (1) For once, we start with this news round up not with the first XI (and do they really deserve to open the batting after Saturdays' dismal performance ?) but with Red Stars' reserves, crowned champions of the DHR following their 3-1 win at Ezanville on Sunday afternoon. Red Star got off to a good start, defender Harry Vitalien scoring early in the game. With no further scoring in the first half, Ndjib Aklouche doubled Red Stars' lead after the pause. The goal was vital, as the hosts threw everything at Red Star to get back into the game. Sure enough they were rewarded with a goal for their efforts and piled the pressure on until finally Elysée MBanza settled the issue with Red Stars' third goal. Red Star are now promoted into the DSR, the second division of regional Parisian football and the seventh tier of French Football overall. Harry Vitalien, scorer of Red Stars' first goal at Ezanville CHAMPIONS (2) Ok, not champions of their division - they actually finished second - but Red Stars' under 13s are nevertheless promoted into the DH, which is the top level of Parisian football. In their rearranged game against neighbours Aubervilliers - they actually turned up this time - Red Star fell behind to an early visitors goal. Just before half time Red Star settled their nerves with a goal from a free kick before two goals in the second half settled the issue and propelled Red Star into the higher divsion. RED STAR : C. Le Floch HKamga, L. Saintauret, L. Fajardo, M. Diarra, M. Dao, I. Mayasi, A. Abdallah, D. Sidibe, Y. Ngakoutou, A. Lazaar, D. Maignan, M. Doumbia, M. Lama, D. Evita. Goals : D. Evita & Y. Ngakoutou (2) Red Star score against Aubervilliers DISAPPOINTING END TO SEASON In their opening game of the season at Bauer Red Star were involved in a six-goal encounter - the season fizzled to a close on Saturday at Bauer with another six-goal game, only this time, in contrast to the 5-1 drubbing of Pontivy back in August, Red Star slumped to an awful 4-2 home defeat at the hands of local rivals Poissy. And it could have been worse. With the defence awol on numerous occasions, and just inept on others, this game will be best forgotten and put down to end of season blues with nothing to play for. From being one of the best defences in the league, in the last three games of the season Red Star have shipped eight goals, most of those due to dreadful defending. OTHER CFA RESULTS Pontivy join Dieppe and Concarneau in the relegation boat following their 4-2 defeat at Vitré. Auxerre - Dieppe : 5-1 Rouen - Guingamp : 0-0 Paris SG - Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois : 2-2 Vitré - Pontivy : 4-2 Bois-Guillaume - Concarneau : 1-0 Rennes - Quevilly : 1-1 Villemomble - Pacy-sur-Eure : 2-1 Plabennec - Moissy-Cramayel : 0-0 So the relegation/promotion from the CFA looks like this: Villemomble, Arles, Rodez, Calais promoted to the National. Relegated to the CFA 2 are : Group A (Schiltigheim, Levallois, Saint-Quentin), Group B (Agde, Endoume, Le Pontet), Group C (Saint-Georges-Les Ancizes, Brive, Les Herbiers), Group D (Concarneau, Dieppe, Pontivy).

Updated 25^th May 2007

LAST ONE Red Star bring their first CFA season to a close at Bauer tomorrow against Poissy, their opponents on the opening day of the season some ten months ago. On a sunny Saturday evening in the western suburbs, Red Star achieved what would be the first of an amazing seventeen drawn games, the match ending in a 1-1 draw. Red Star and Poissy have met twice already this season, the second game ending in a 1-0 win for Poissy in the Coupe de Paris, the goal coming in the dying seconds of the tie. Incidentally, Poissy have reached the final of that competition and will meet CFA 2 outfit Ivry at Issy on the 7th of June. L-r in the opening game of the season; Renaud Miherre, Khaled Kemas and Geoffroy Da Costa, Red Stars' scorer on the day AU REVOIR, ALPHONSE Red Stars' assistant coach Alphonse Luraschi bids farewell to the spectators at Bauer tomorrow before rejoining his new club, Choisy-le-Roi (DH). Alphonse Luraschi NOT QUITE YET OVER The championship may draw to a close tomorrow, but Red Star have preparation games coming up against Levallois and Villemomble next week, with an eye on the season 2007-2008. PROGRAMME The souvenir match programme which wil be distributed free to spectators at Bauer tomorrow can be downloaded - see the index page of this site. GOING DOWN...? Plabennec have a two point advantage over relegation rivals Pontivy: on the final day the former are at home to Moissy-Cramayel whereas Pontivy are at a slight disadvantage, having to make the trip to Vitré. Dieppe, already relegated will be hoping to bow out wth style with a vistory at Auxerre. The fixtures in the CFA : Villemomble - Pacy-sur-Eure Plabennec - Moissy-Cramayel Vitré - Pontivy Rennes B - Quevilly Paris SG B - Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Bois-Guillaume - Concarneau Auxerre B - Dieppe Rouen - Guingamp B RED STAR FC 93 – POISSY Azzedine Benmesmoudi, Kaba Diomande and Abdoulaye Diawara celebrate a goal against Concarneau OFFICIALS Monsieur Stéphane Mombert of the Ligue de Lorraine will officiate the game, assisted by Stéphane Rico & Patrick Couret. The fourth oficial will be Albert Gerchoum. Stéphane Mombert was the man in charge five years ago when Red Star played Lens reserves in the CFA on the 9th March 2002. In goal for the visitors that day was ex-Red Star man Charles Itandje. NEARLY THERE Tomorrow afternoon, kick off 2pm CET at the Stade Joliot-Curie, Red Stars' under 13s take on Aubervilliers in the rearranged game. The win will mean that the juniors are promoted into the DH, the top level of Parisian football. Above is national level, with the youth players of the top professional clubs. CHAMPIONS ? Red Stars' reserves will be crowned DHR champions should they win at Ezanville on Sunday. Kick off is at 3-30pm at the Stade Municipal Guid, Place du Docteur Pottier in Ezanville (95) Stéphane Sorreau of Red Stars' reserves

Updated 23^rd May 2007

BARBECUE POSTPONED Red Stars' annual end-of-season barbecue has been cancelled. Originally scheduled to take place after the Red Star v Poissy home game at Bauer on Saturday, the event will now take place on a date to be decided at the start of next season. CHANGING PLACES Yoann Djidonou shoots... ...and Kaba Diomande dives to save. Photos taken during training last week DIMANCHE IN EZANVILLE Red Stars' reserves will be looking for another win in their bid to end the season as DHR group champions when they travel to Ezanville on Sunday (kick off 3-30pm CET), at the Stade Municipal. AND FINALLY... The self-proclaimed "Bible of Football", the twice-weekly France Football was slightly off the mark in their summary of the Dieppe - Red Star game this weekend.... Red Star apparently blooded four new players ... Meke, Kangullmech, Njimba and Duval ! And you thought that AllezRedStar.com made mistakes....

Updated 21^st May 2007

YET ANOTHER DRAW Red Star made it seventeen draws in the league this season with a 2-2 result at already-relegated Dieppe. On a sunny if somewhat breezy afternoon, the hosts used the following wind to their advantage to open up a 2-0 lead moments before the half-time interval, only for Red Stars' Khaled Kemas to give a glimmer of hope in first-half stoppage time with a fine individual goal. The mercurial striker drew the sides level in the 68th minute, and Red Star might have had more, had two goals not been ruled out for offside. A DAY OUT WITH RED STAR. The team bus containing Red Star left Saint-Ouen shortly after noon, passing by the Periphérique motorway before taking the A13 route past Versailles out of the capital. Rouen was crossed before heading north towards the coast and Dieppe. Arrival on the sea front in Dieppe The seafront restaurant where Red Star were to partake of a pre-match meal was reached at around three o'clock. Dieppe was quite busy with traffic and holidaymakers, here to enjoy a sunny Saturday by the sea. Pre-match meal After the meal, the players and officials had the chance to stretch their legs, taking the chance to walk along the beach, unfortunately not sandy but a pebble beach reminiscent of Brighton. Still, the sun was out and the sea relatively calm. A stroll along the beach Then it was off to the new stadium in Dieppe. Fortunately a local supporter was on hand to direct the coach to the ground, signposts being somewhat absent. The ground is relatively new, and for the moment consists of one fine grandstand, the other three sides being open but with the possibility to construct further stands should the need arise. No running track either, so a fine view of the action. The changing rooms are superb, modern and well-lit. The only blemish on the stand is the ghastly collection of differently-coloured seats; the stand would look much better in the club colours. The stand in Dieppe DULWICH HAMLET ON TOUR. Present at the game were three supporters of South-London non-league outfit Dulwich Hamlet, at one time probably the top amateur team in the country. However, as is the case with Red Star, Dulwich have had mixed fortunes of late and have some way to go before the glory days return. Dulwich have good links with Red Star since the famous game between the supporters of the two clubs back in 2004. Mishi, Mark and Griff had come to spend the weekend in Dieppe, taking in Saturdays' game before travelling the short distance to Rouen on Sunday. Great to see the lads again, hopefully next season will see a return game between the supporters. Mishi also kept up his record of never having seen Red Star lose - a lucky talisman for the club ! A short interview with our intrepid voyagers can be found here Dulwich Hamlet on tour CFA RESULTS Moissy-Cramayel - Villemomble : 1-2 Pacy-sur-Eure - Rennes B : 1-1 Quevilly - Bois-Guillaume : 4-3 Concarneau - Auxerre B : 1-2 Poissy - Vitré : 1-0 Pontivy - Paris SG B : 1-1 Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois – Rouen : 1-0 Guingamp B - Plabennec : 1-1 DIEPPE - RED STAR FC 93 : 2-2 For the last game of the season, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois will have the honour (rare) to tread the hallowed turf of the Parc des Princes in Paris, scene of many international football and rugby games. PSG reserves have had their Camp des Loges ground closed for two games and must play elsewhere, also behind closed doors. The first took place at Versailles. TWO, NEARLY THREE !. Red Star celebrated two promotions this weekend, and had the under 13s game at home to Aubervillers not been called off at the very last minute, then there might have been three reasons to celebrate. Red Stars' under 13s were waiting for their opponents Aubervilliers to arrive when a phone call came, saying that the bus bringing the visitors to Stade Bauer had broken down.... Aubervilliers is three kilometers from Saint-Ouen with a regular bus service between the two communes !! A decision will have to be taken as to whether Red Star win the game by default or whether a date will have to be found to play the game. Meanwhile, Red Stars' third XI were also left to sit and wait as visitors Stains failed to produce a team for their fixture. Red Star win the game as Stains declared forfait for the match. Thus Red Star are promoted without kicking a ball. Congratulations to Fabrice and his players. At Stade Bauer yesterday, the reserves took on bottom of the table Tremblay knowing that a win would virtually seal promotion. Despite being reinforced by several first-team elements (Diawara, Tounkara, Haguy, M'Banza...) the game failed to live up to expectations, and at half time the scoreboard was untroubled. However, in a five minute spell after the break, Aklouche with a superb free-kick then Elysée MBanza powering his way through gave the hosts a two goal lead. In the dying seconds, however, Red Star very nearly let the victory slip from their grasp as Tremblay pulled a goal back and nerves jittered in the final minutes, but eventually Red Star held their slender advantage until the final whistle. RED STAR : Moulin, Vitalien, Haguy, Tounkara (cap.), Mazouni, A. Diawara, Honoré (Sorreau 75), Charles (Diallo 74), MBanza, Fardin (Adjernai 68), Aklouche. Coach : David Giguet Elysée MBanza scores Red Stars' second goal Promotion is duly celebrated Coach David Giguet talks to his players, in the company of Eric Charrier (vice-president) and Bruno Davoine (prsident) GEORGES HATZ Former Red Star goalkeeper Georges Hatz has passed away at the age of ninety years. M. Hatz signed with Red Star Olympique in 1936 and was Division 2 champion in 1939. Despite being a rival to the legendary Julien Darui, he played all the rounds of the 1942 Coupe de France 1942 in the absence of the injured Darui. However the latter came back from injury to keep Hatz out of the final at Colombes, which Red Star won. The following season he was the regular goalkeeper for the Saint-Ouen club before leaving to play for Lille, where he was a cup winner in 1946 against ... Red Star. Georges Hatz, middle, in 1937 (collection Pierre Laporte)

Updated 14^th May 2007

RED STAR MAKE IN TEN By beating bottom club Concarneau Red Star notched up their tenth win of the season as well as doing the double over the Bretons. The first half was a laboured affair as uninspired Concarneau packed the defence to avoid yet another defeat. They hung on until the hour mark when defender Kaba Diomande was left unmarked in the six yard box to fire home his first goal of the season. Eight minutes later it was a personal triumph for Azzedine Benmesmoudi. Last seasons' goal machine has had an horrendous season so far, missing a hugh chunk through injury. Azzedine picked up a ball some twenty five yards out, evaded a couple of tackles before lashing the ball past the visitors' goakeeper from just outside the penalty area. This was effectively the first goal in a year, and Azzedine and the suporters savoured the moment. Azzedine Benmesmoudi blast home Red Stars' second on Saturday VILLEMOMBLE PROMOTED Congratulations to Red Stars' neighbours and long-time championship leaders Villemomble whom sealed promotion to the National with a 1-0 win over Plabennec. The hard work must now begin to prepare the club for the leap into Frances' third level of football. Not only is their Stade Pompidou hopelessly inadequate for this level of football, the cost of the promotion is enormous - players' wages will be significantly higher if the club are to attract players of the National standard to avoid a quick return to the CFA. Also the travelling distances are increased - away trips to Toulon and Nîmes are now on the agenda. Stade Marville, Red Stars' much-despised temporary home is the most likely venue for their home games. Results: Villemomble - Plabennec : 1-0 Rennes B - Moissy-Cramayel : 1-1 Bois-Guillaume - Pacy-sur-Eure : 0-1 Auxerre B - Quevilly : 0-1 Vitré - Dieppe : 0-0 Paris SG B – Poissy : 0-0 Rouen - Pontivy : 4-2 Guingamp B - Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois : 4-1 Note that Bois-Guillaume have fallen away somewhat in recent weeks and are now three points ahead of Red Star. Wouldn't it be nice to finish the season with a flourish and end higher than Bois-Guillaume ? RESERVES NEWS Red Stars' second XI game at Ezainville was postponed over the weekend, but the failure of Red Stars' rivals in the championship to close the gap means that without kicking a ball, David Guigets' team are in a strong position to win the championship and promotion. Next game is at Bauer on Sunday 19th May at 3pm against Tremblay-en-France. Red Stars' under 18s lost 1-0 at Saint-Denis; the under 13s also lost at Le Bourget, but this defeat does not really jeopardize their promotion hopes.

Updated 11^th May 2007

THIS WEEKEND Red Star play their penultimate home game of the season against already-doomed Concarneau on Saturday (k-o 6pm CET at Bauer). The visitors are already preparing for life in the CFA 2 by blooding youngsters whom could be in the future set-up of the Brittanny club. They are very capable of providing an upset, as they did by beating Rouen a few weeks ago. However on their travels last time out they suffered a 5-1 drubbing at PSG. Sébastien Moreira, assisted by Philippe Collot and Sébastien Joubert will be the match officials tomorrow evening, and the fourth official is Jean-Jacques Labruyère. Earlier this season Red Star recorded their first away win with a 2-0 victory. The first goal that day was scored by defender Eugène Kangulungu. Eugène Kangulungu, goalscorer, after the win at Concarneau ALSO THIS WEEKEND The promotion issue may be finally settled if Villemomble beat Plabennec, a team fighting to avoid relegation/ Villemomble - Plabennec Rennes B - Moissy-Cramayel Bois-Guillaume - Pacy-sur-Eure Auxerre B - Quevilly Vitré - Dieppe Paris SG B - Poissy Rouen - Pontivy Guingamp B - Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois RED STARS' OTHER TEAMS Highlights of this weekend include the reserves' important game at Ezainville (Sunday, 3-30pm CET, Stade Municipal, rue du Docteur Pottier, Ezanville) At the moment, the top of the table looks like this, with two teams being promoted: 1. Red Star 54 pts, 2. La Garenne Colombes 52 pts, 3. Antony 49 pts (1 game in hand), 4. La Colombienne 48 pts, 5. Le Plessis Robinson 47 pts. Elsewhere, La Garenne Colombes travel to Sarcelles; La Colombienne take on Antony; Le Plessis Robinson are at home to Noisy-le-Sec. After the trip to Ezanville, Red Star end their season (with promotion, hopefully), at Bauer with successive home games against Tremblay-en-France and Paris SG.

Updated 10^th May 2007

LURASCHI TO QUIT RED STAR Red Stars' affable assistant coach Alphonse Luraschi is to leave the club at the end of the current season in order to become General Manager of south-Paris club Choisy-le-Roi. The club are currently lying second in the DH, and are set to take part in the end of season play-offs to determine promotion to the CFA 2. Alphonse Luraschi, yesterday evening, at Bauer At yesterday evenings' training session, Mickaël Marquet and Nicolas Fabiano were in light training, as was Christophe Haguy still feelng the effects of a knock picked up in the reserve team game against La Garenne Colombes. Grégory Lefort should be back in full ttraining Friday. Renaud Miherre returned to training yesterday evening. Nicolas Fabiano & Mickaël Marquet MIXED SUCCESS IN JUNIORS' TOURNAMENT. Red Stars' under 11s took part in a tournament on Tuesday at the Camp des Loges, the regional finals of the national cup competition. They finished thirteenth out of sixteen teams from all over the Parisian region, a disappointing return. In their pool matches they drew two and lost one, failing to score a single goal in the process. With several key players unavailable, Red Star had to field a somewhat weakened attack, which explains the goal-shyness. Later in the tournament, they did beat Linas-Montlhéry 1-0 in a play-off game. The eventual winners were Paris Saint-Germain who go through to the national finals. The "Benjamins" of Red Star FC 93, with their coaches

Updated 7^th May 2007

YET ANOTHER DRAW ! Red Star notched up another draw this weekend - their SIXTEENTH of the season out of thirty one games (including the disputed game againt PSG). This time the opponents were Quevilly. Rather oddly the game ended in the same result as the game earlier this season at Bauer, and even stranger is that the score progression was exactly the same in both games. At Bauer Red Star had dominated early exchanges, had taken the lead through Khaled Kemas only for a defensive error allowed the visitors to draw level. Red Star then went behind thanks to another defensive cock-up only for Khaled Kemas to pull the scores level with a fine solo effort, his second of the game. Fast forwards now to May 2007, and in the Rouen suburbs Red Star took the lead just before the break thanks to Mickaël Marquet. However Quevilly drew level after a defensive mistake, and on the hour mark deservedly went in front. Luck was not with the hosts though on Saturday and under pressure a defender put through his own goal to level affairs. In a late onslaught Quevilly wasted a considerable number of chances, smacking the bar on one occasion and Yoann Djidonou was in fine form to earn the draw for his side. Finally Red Star, with nothing left to play for this season went home reasonably happy given a somewhat lacklustre performance but the real losers are Quevilly, who desperately needed a win to pul away from the danger zone. As it happens, Quevilly are just one point ahead of Plabennec, the last of the three clubs in the relegation spots. Sandwiched between them, with one point less than Quevlly are Pontivy, whom lost heavily this weekend. The fight to avoid the drop will probably go right to the wire. There are three games remaining now. Mickaël Marquet, Red Stars' scorer Coach Bruno Naidon was seething with the way his charges failed to dominate and to prove that they are the better side. With no reserve team game this weekend, the Red Star coach had decided to ring the changes, bringing back Mickaël Marquet, Loïc Ghili and Bedi Buval. A slight worry might be the knock picked up by Grégory Lefort, who was replaced by Azzedine Benmesmoudi, finally getting a decent run out, albeit in a substitutes shirt. Azzedine Benmesmoudi prepares to enter the fray News from the sick bay - Nicolas Fabiano and Yannick Berthier are making big steps on the road to recovery, but Geoffroy Da Costa has recently had a set-back after a road traffic accident that left him with knee injuries - a period of rest is now on the agenda. Here's a piece of interesting trivia... did you know that Quevilly once reached the final of the Coupe de France ? Ok, so it was 1928 when the lost to Olympique de Marseille. Not bad for a small club. On one of the walls at their gound are posters explaining the history of the stade Amable Lozai. One of the main talking points at the game on Saturday was PSG (yet again). This time the debate was not on the Red Star points deducted affair, but on the "Chantômegate" affair. To refresh the memory, PSG fielded first-teamer Clément Chantôme in their 5-1 demolition job of already relegated Concarneau (whom Red Star play next). However Chantôme was not eligible to play, so normally the visitors should have made an official complaint within forty-eight hours of the game. But - to most peoples' amazement, and to the dismay of the other teams involved in the relegation battle, it appears that no complaint has been lodged, and PSG have got away with it yet again. Four points less for PSG would have dragged them back into the relegation dogfight and into the pack with Dieppe, Plabennec, Quevilly, Pontivy and Vitré. At the other end of the table, Vilemomble took one step closer to promotion to the National with a 1-0 win over Rennes reserves, whilst rivals Bois-Guillaule stuttered at Moissy, going down 1-0. Pacy rompd home 4-0 against Auxerres' reserves whilst Dieppe slide even closer to the CFA 2 following a 3-0 home defeat to Paris saint-Germain. The results: Villemomble - Rennes B : 1-0 Moissy-Cramayel - Bois-Guillaume : 1-0 Pacy-sur-Eure - Auxerre B : 4-0 Concarneau - Vitré : 0-1 Dieppe - Paris SG B : 0-3 Plabennec - Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois : 1-1 Poissy - Rouen : 0-0 Pontivy - Guingamp B : 0-4 QUEVILLY - RED STAR FC 93 : 2-2 Finally - tomorrow Red Stars' "benjamins" are involved in a juniors competition, victory in which will see them through to the national tournament finals. The local finals take place at the Camp des Loges, home of Paris Saint-Germain, and involve sixteen teams from the Paris region: Gretz-Tournan, Pontault-Combault (77N), Moissy-Cramayel, Fontainebleau (77S), PSG, Mantes (78), Linas Montlhéry, Evry (91), Nanterre, Montrouge (92), Red Star, Blanc-Mesnil (93), CFFP, Créteil (94), ESSG, Sarcelles (95). Best of luck to Red Star & here's hoping that the rain keeps off !

Updated 2^nd May 2007

BLANK WEEKEND. Red Star once again failed to break down a resolute Pacy-sur-Eure defence at Bauer on Saturday, the game ending goalless. The visitors were reduced to ten on the half hour when Eddie Vidon brought down Moussa Ouattara a foot from the edge of the penalty area - as the last defender Vidon had to walk, and he did. Despite the numerical inferiority, Pacy hung on grimly to their share of the spoils. This draw means that out of thirty games played this season, Red Star have drawn half. One is left to rue what might have been had the Audoniens converted a few of these draws into victories. Following the sending off incident, the resultant free kick, taken by Reevis NSimba shaves the paint off an upright OTHER CFA RESULTS Rennes B - Plabennec : 3-1 Bois-Guillaume - Villemomble : 1-2 Auxerre B - Moissy-Cramayel : 2-0 Vitré - Quevilly : 1-0 Paris SG B – Concarneau (in Versailles behind closed doors) : 5-1 Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois - Pontivy : 4-1 Rouen - Dieppe : 1-0 Guingamp B - Poissy : 1-0 At the top the race is wide open once again as Villemomble emerged victors in the battle between the top amateur clubs. Meanwhile, although PSGs' reserves thumped bottom placed Concarneau in a game played in front of empty stands in Versailles, PSG played first-team player Clément Chantôme, who had played as substitute in the first XIs' 3-1 at Toulouse the evening before. The CFA rules clearly state that players aged under 23 having made a first team appearance the day before a CFA game cannot turn out for the reserves the next day, during the last five games of the season. This is to avoid the pro clubs fielding their top players in the reserves in a bid to gain promotion or avoid relegation. Concarneau have made an official complaint, it remains to be seen if and how the FFF will punish PSG. Maybe they will punish Concarneau instead ! RESERVES NEWS Red Stars' reserves, strengthened by one or two first team players (whom had not played the day before !!) could only manage a 1-1 draw against Sarcelles on Sunday at Bauer. Despite takng the lead through Ghili, Red Star were pegged back by a free kick later on in the game. The game saw some physical stuff meated out by the visitors and it was fortunate that no-one was seriously injured. The game ended in disgraceful scenes as the visitors players goaded the Red Star supporters, out in force for this important game. RED STAR : Diakité, Haguy, Sambague (Cissé 51), Tounkara (cap.), Mazorini, Diallo, Lakrout (Sangare), Honoré (Lettat 65), Buval, Aklouche. Coach : David Giguet Red Star – Sarcelles, Stéphane Honoré RED STAR RESULTS Red Stars' third XI beat Les Indomptables 3-1 and took one more step closer to promotion. Under 18s (DH) : Red Star – ACBB : 2-2 Under 15s (DSR) : Alfortville – Red Star : 0-5 Under 13s (DHR) : Red Star – Le Blanc-Mesnil : 0-0 On the subject of the under 18s, featuring thi season is an American, Robert Millock. At the end of the campaign Robert will return to the USA. We wish Robert the best of luck in his future career on the other side of the Water. Robert Millock

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