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Matchday: Lens-Rennes (Stade Félix Bollaert)
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A tough test awaits the blood and gold tomorrow as undefeated Rennes comes to town. The boys from Brittany lie ninth in the current standings and boast a very athletic and physical side coached by master motivator Frédéric Antonetti.
After opening the campaign with a resounding 3-0 victory over promoted Boulogne-sur-Mer, Antonetti’s men have only [...]
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Tags: aruna dindane, frederic antonetti, gervais martel, kader mangane, l'actualité (Matches and More), racing club de lens, rennesAruna signs for Portsmouth
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Its official! Aruna Dindane finally gets his wish and is heading to the EPL. The Lens mega star will be heading to Fratton Park to play for an embattled Portsmouth side which has lost its first three matches of the league campaign and is in the throes of a protracted club sale.
The iconic Pompey side [...]
Category: l'actualité (Matches and More)Tidings from La Gaillette
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I am back after a week of travels and much has happened since. Lens’ 2-1 victory over Grenoble thanks to goals by Eduardo and Razak Boukari still has many fans buzzing. The match confirmed Boukari’s rising star as he wreaked havoc all over the pitch for the third straight match.
On to the news……
President Gervais [...]
Category: Tidings from la GailletteAruna Dindane headed to Monaco?
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Following the match against Auxerre, President Gervais Martel flashed a big smile and announced that “Aruna is staying in France! And more precisely in Monaco.” I have to say that this is a sad day for those of us who are big Aruna fans but something had to be done. Lens could not continue [...]
Category: l'actualité (Matches and More)Matchday: Lens-Auxerre (Stade Félix-Bollaert)
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Lens faces Auxerre in this the second week of the 2009/2010 Ligue 1 campaign. Gametime is slated for Saturday, August 15 at 19:00 GMT. The match marks the return of Ligue 1 football to the Stade Felix Bollaert and the football crazy fans of Pas-de-Calais will be out in full force after suffering a long [...]
Category: l'actualité (Matches and More) Tags: adama coulibaly, alexandre licata, aruna dindane, auxerre, doumeng, france football, jean guy wallemme, jelen, julien quercia, kanga akale gervais martel, l'actualité (Matches and More), ligue 1, racing club de lens, sidi keita, stade felix bollaertTidings from La Gaillette
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It has been very difficult to unload Gregory Vignal to say the least. But Lens and Birmingham have both officially announced the transfer of the veteran defender. Vignal has been ill recently but he passed a physical today and the transfer was officially announced on the official Birmingham website.
Assistant coach Dominique Cuperly erupts onto [...]
Category: Tidings from la GailletteMatchday: Lens-Bordeaux (Stade Chaban-Delmas)
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On the eve of Lens’ season opener against champions Bordeaux, coach Jean-Guy Wallemme has selected his nineteen players and is set to do battle once again in the perilous trenches of Ligue 1. Three players fresh from La Gaillette training center will make their maiden voyage in the top flight: Samuel Atrous, Steven Joseph-Monrose and [...]
Category: l'actualité (Matches and More) Tags: Atrous, Bellion, Carrasso, Cavenaghi, Chalmé, Chamakh, Ciani, Diarra, Eduardo, El Adoua, Fernando, girondins bordeaux, gouffran, Gourcuff, Henrique, Hermach, Jemaa, Joseph-Monrose, Jurietti, Jussiê, Kasraoui, kovacevic, l'actualité (Matches and More), Laurenti, maoulida, Milovanovic, Monnet-Paquet, Placente, Planus, Plasil, racing club de lens, Ramé, ramos, Runje ; Chelle, Sow ; Boukari, Trémoulinas, Wendel, Yahia ; DemontA Chat With: Gervais Martel
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Interview with club President Gervais Martel from Le Monde (August, 8, 2009).
Gervais Martel, Lens President, will travel to Bordeaux on Sunday for his club’s first day back in Ligue 1. And he hopes his players will show an “irreprochable spirit” to ensure the sustainability of a club still trying to digest its shocking year [...]
Category: InterviewsTidings from La Gaillette
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Monday, Yohan Demont, Geoffrey Doumeng and Fabien Laurenti all worked out well.
The participation of Marouane Chamakh in the upcoming curtain raiser against Lens is considered “unlikely” according to L’Equipe. Hopeful of joining Arsenal, the Moroccan international has yet to report to le girondins.
Back in Ligue 1, Lens is no longer viewed as a perennial [...]
Category: Tidings from la GailletteMatchday: LENS-MARSEILLE (today at the Bollaert)
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For its final preparatory match before the resumption of the league campaign, Lens is facing the big favorites to win Ligue 1 in 2009-10, Olympique de Marseille (01-08-2009 from 20:00 until 22:00
01-08-2009 on 10:51).
After a second place finish last season, l’OM has spent over thirty-nine million euros (twenty-seven million in sales) in the transfer [...]
Category: l'actualité (Matches and More) Tags: aruna dindane, jean guy wallemme, kanga akale, l'actualité (Matches and More), Lens, MARSEILLE, sidi keita, steve mandanda
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