Updated 24^th August 2009

WE'LL SCORE AGAIN... Sorry Dame Vera, but just had to use that line. After three games in the CFA season 2009-2010, Red Star have yet to score a goal. Still a long way off last seasons' impressive tally of six championship games when they failed to score between the end of January 2009 and the end of March that year, but spectators at the Camp des Loges on Sunday to witness the 2-0 defeat left wondering just if that run would be equalled. In blazing heat, Paris Saint-Germains' reserves, containing a few fringe first-team players including Sankharé and Arnaud did the essential by scoring in the first half, controlling the game perfectly in the conditions before killing off the visitors with a second goal ten minutes from time. Watched by a crowd of around six hundred, some having paid the full entrance price of eight euros no less, Red Star slip to a worrying fourteenth place in the table. Hamdi Razak squaders a glorious occasion Sankharé celebrates scoring the opening goal Arquin seals the victory for PSG CFA RESULTS  TOULOUSE FONTAINES - YZEURE : 0-1 AURILLAC - BORDEAUX : 2-1 NIORT - MONTLUCON : 2-1 LUCON - ANGLET : 3-0 PAU - ALBI : 3-1 BALMA - LE MANS : 1-1 LIBOURNE - FONTENAY VENDEE FOOT : 1-1 PARIS SG – RED STAR : 2-0 COLOMIERS - LES HERBIERS : match postponed, three players of Colomiers down with the H1 N1 virus. NEW OFFICIAL SITE Red Stars' much-vaunted official site opened its doors on Friday; initial feelings are that the site is nicely presented, lots of graphics & stuff sliding across the screen. As for content, it's still early days yet, we'll see how it pans out in the future. No English version yet; have a look for yourselves, the address is this : www.redstarfc93.fr Let us know your opinions !

Updated 18^th August 2009

RED STAR DRAW BLANKS - AGAIN. The season 2009-2010 is now two games old and Red Star still haven't given the scoreboard operator anything to do yet. On Saturday at Bauer in front of a disappointing attendance (350) the strikers were again kept at bay by Libournes' stubborn defending and the mentality of avoiding defeat at all costs. Whereas Red Star were more in evidence in the 1-0 defeat against Fontenay, and even could have won the game, against Libourne it was a different story that left coach Alain Mboma fuming at the end of the game. The visitors were without recent recruit Yoann Djidonou, released from Red Star at the end of last season after three seasons with the club. Benin international goalkeeper Yoann will have his progress monitored by Bordeaux, whom have a partnership deal with their neighbours Libourne. CFA RESULTS Week One : AURILLAC – ALBI : 2-0 TOULOUSE FONTAINES – MONTLUCON : 1-1 COLOMIERS – ANGLET GENETS : 3-1 BALMA – LES HERBIERS : 1-1 LUCON – PAU : 1-0 LIBOURNE SAINT-SEURIN – YZEURE : 0-0 RED STAR – FONTENAY-LE-COMTE VENDEE : 0-1 PARIS SG (b) – LE MANS (b) : 0-2 NIORT – BORDEAUX (b) : 3-0 Week Two: Yzeure - PSG B : 2-0 Albi - Luçon : 4-1 Montluçon - Balma : 1-0 Anglet - Aurillac : 0-0 Vendée Fontenay Foot - Pau : 0-3 Les Herbiers - Niort : 1-1 RED STAR FC 93 - LIBOURNE : 0-0 Le Mans B - Toulouse Fontaines : 2-0 Bordeaux B – Colomiers : 1-1 Christian Mendy in action against Fontenany PATRICK On a personal note, AllezRedStar.com, the first-ever Red Star internet site, is sorry to hear of the passing away of long-time Red Star supporter Patrick Château, following a long illness. Patrick rarely missed games, home or away and steadfastly stuck with the club through the dark years of Marville and the aftermath. Our friends from Dulwich will probably remember Patrick and his affection for English football and supporters. Our sympathies to his family and friends. Patrick, in 2006 © GT Valck CHANGES Eagle-eyed visitors may have noticed that recently the "Official Red Star FC 93 site" has disappeared from the home page. Well, as of this week we are no longer the official organ of the club, our president has decided that AllezRedStar.com will be replaced by a new site entirely under the control of himself & his staff. We had a choice of becoming the official archives site or going our own way; we have taken the latter option. Time will tell if it the correct one !! A bit of history for you: AllezRedStar.com was founded in 1998 in order to get an internet presence for Red Star, as an independant site. Through the dark years up to 2003 we carried on, despite everything. In 2004 we were asked to be the official site for the club by the then president Bruno Davoine, and up to the arrival of the present incumbent we haved served the club. So, now we go our own way, which gives us a bit more editorial freedom - let's just say that the English version has had slightly more liberty than the French one, for obvious reasons :) Bringing you pitch-side photos from home first team games could be a bit difficult - we'll have to wait and see. But we shall strive to keep up standards and maybe make more inprovements. Just to clarify some points: We do this for the love of the club We have never been paid for doing it All costs cme out of our own pocket, including paying Mr Strato (our webhost) for the disk space We did get in for nowt when we were the official site, admittedly So that's about it. Note a couple more things: as we are no longer the official site, don't bother sending us requests for wanting to play for the club, we can't help there, sorry. We can give you information about Red Star and French football in general. Please write to us, we want to know what you think about the site, how we can improve it, have we made the right decision in carrying on independant etc etc. AllezRedStar !!!

Updated 5^th August 2009

RED STAR IN CFA The saga of Red Star and CFA / CFA 2 appears to have drawn to a close with the news that the FFF have placed Red Star in the South-Western group C of the CFA. Initially Red Star were relegated from the CFA at the end of last season when they were docked one point by the FFF for crowd problems at Bauer. Red Star appealed, lost their appeal, before taking the matter to the Olympic Sports' Commitee, whom decided that the point deduction was unfair and recommended that the Football Federation return the point to Red Star. However, the FFF refused so Red Star went to the courts. The court decided in favour of the Saint-Ouen Club, which ordered that the FFF reinstate the club in the CFA. With the fixture lists already printed, this gave the FFF something of a headache. Finally, Toulouse Rodeo FC were denied promotion to the CFA, so Red Star were awarded their place, albeit in a group where, apart from Paris SG reserves, the nearest game takes place in Le Mans, some two hours from Paris ! So far this season Red Star have played three friendly games: in the first they convincingly beat troubled Entente SSG 3-0; next they recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win against Drancy; this was followed by a 1-1 draw againt Saint Pryvé (CFA 2) at Bauer. First game in the CFA is on Saturday at home to Vendée Fontenay Foot. Kick off 6pm CET. Vincent Fourneuf in action against St Pryvé

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