No goals, no away fans, only one proper team – fears of violence made the recent match between PSG and Marseille remarkable, as Neil McCarthy reports For their recent away match against Paris Saint-Germain, ...
... friendly with Olymbrick de Marseille marked the opening of Brick Lane. Now a few matches into the season, with some thrilling matches so far, the project has really come to life and piqued the curiosity ...
... with the club’s average home attendance of 28,512 better than all but four clubs (Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Lyon and Lille) in Ligue 1. Yet it’s points dropped at home that mean the Sang et Or (Blood ...
... when, from Nottingham and Birmingham to Marseille and Bucharest, cities which have provided European champion clubs have yet to host this final.
However, New York has won as many European Cups as this ...
... question following the disorder in Marseille and Lens, when it clearly failed to stop “hooliganism” by English fans on a scale not seen since the Public Order Act was introduced?
The wider problem is ...
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Sinking ship Roy Hogdson and England "At least Ray Lewington got to see Paris. As Ro ...
... win the tournament.
Perhaps the most memorable – many would argue the best European Championship game of all time – came in Marseille’s Stade Vélodrome in 1984. France had demonstrated attacking brilliance ...
... ludicrous target of winning the World Cup in 2022). There were some tense moments during an absorbing encounter against the world champions in Marseille but France held their nerve.
Ecstasy was the front ...
... seated slopes to the rollercoaster roof of Marseille’s Vélodrome, the compact tower block stands of the Stade de Lyon and the concrete intimacy of Paris’ old Parc des Princes. I was giddily anticipating ...
... but the gargantuan lines of Marseille’s Stade Vélodrome epitomise 21st century grandeur.
Old Trafford’s current scale followed the lead of its North Stand, the largest cantilevered roof in the worl ...
... Marseille forward Michy Batshuayi surprised many. Dries Mertens, coming on at the hour mark, made a strong case for being in the starting XI and most pundits are calling for changes to the line-up.
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Some blame English fans and French police but others call for hooligan clampdown
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16 June ~ Whatever conclusions can be drawn from the chaos so far at Euro 2016, one thing ...
... outside the “big five” countries. France has only provided one European champion – and Marseille weren’t allowed to defend their 1993 title because of domestic match fixing.
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Boot theft in Marseille.
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Also in the news this week Tuxedos damage team spirit at Newcastle Marseille riot over Mathieu Valbuena Abstract expressionist boots ...
... Marseille that summer but two years later a side packed with internationals was surprisingly relegated and he began to wander, never spending more than two seasons with any of his subsequent 14 clubs ...
... Cameroonian squad. Eto'o is also good but is known in local media circles as a volatile character and can be difficult especially if questioned about his performance. Former Marseille goalkeeper Joseph ...
... om the players' pre-Arsenal careers, such as the comical litany of bureaucratic errors by French football officials, one of which meant William Gallas couldn't play first-team football for half a season at Ma ...
... ve League titles.
Chairman David Murray and Marseille owner Bernard Tapie did deals for Trevor Steven conducted in US dollars. Such cosmopolitan company and financial high-flying demanded the end of ...