

l'actualité (Matches and More)
Matchday: Lens-Nancy (Stade Félix Bollaert)
By: Xavier |Lens are back home today and ready to take on a tough Nancy side which has been in fine form on the road this season.
The Lensois are fourth from bottom of the league with just one home win all season while their opponents have won three times on the road.
However, they have taken four [...]
Matchday: Lens-Sochaux (Stade Auguste Bonal)
By: Xavier |Today Lens travels to Montbéliard in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France, where the famous Peugeot automobile plant resides and where a slick European voiture is produced every 30 seconds. The global recession has hit this commune very hard and the local economy has witnessed sharp declines. However the same cannot be said about its [...]
Ligue 1 braces for another financial crisis
By: Xavier | Gervais Martel addresses the National Assembly
Dark clouds are moving over the French footballing world clocked in [...]
Matchday: Lens-Lorient (Stade Félix Bollaert)
By: Xavier |Another tense Saturday afternoon awaits the Stade Félix Bollaert today as a surprising Lorient side arrives from the lovely seaside department of Morbihan in Brittany.
In one of many shocking surprises this season, the Lorentais stand sixth in the league table having already taken seventeen points. Master tactician Christian Gourcuff has his side playing [...]
Matchday: Lens-Toulouse (Stade Félix Bollaert)
By: Xavier |It seems as if all of Lens’ matches are do or die these days and Sunday’s home encounter against Toulouse is no different. The pressure on Coach Jean-Guy Wallemme is palpable in Artois and a positive result is almost required over the next few games if he is to keep his post.
Football is a funny [...]
Matchday: Lens-Monaco (Stade Louis II)
By: Xavier |This is a brief preview for today’s match.
Lens already in the relegation zone after saturday’s results travels to la Rocher to take on another in form side in Guy Lacombe’s Monaco.
Lens continues to struggle miserably since returning to Ligue 1 this season. A myriad of problems are surrounding the clubhouse and President Gervais Martel [...]
William Remy signs first pro contract with Lens
By: Xavier |After, Mehdi Abeid, Darnel Situ, Serge Aurier, Alexandre Coeff and Mehdi Guezoui Lens has now offered a new professional contract to one of its highly rated youngsters at La Gaillette. Reportedly, the young central defender William Remy has indeed signed a professional contract for a duration of three years. Remy was crowned champion with the [...]
Matchday: Lens-Lyon (Stade Félix Bollaert)
By: Xavier |This afternoon Lens will welcome an in form Lyon side to the Stade Félix Bollaert. Coming off their worst performance of the season the sang et or look to rebound against the former French champions.
Coach Jean-Guy Wallemme has demanded a response from his team following the recent humiliation against Le Mans, but is well aware [...]
Matchday: Lens-Le Mans (Stade Léon-Bollée)
By: Xavier |Lens travels to the lovely city of Le Mans today. More famous for its motor sports than its football people tend to forget that a pretty interesting football club has been making steady progress in Ligue 1 in recent years.
On Sunday MUC will be looking to halt a run of three successive Ligue [...]
Matchday: Northern Derby Lens-Lille 09′ (Stade Félix Bollaert)
By: Xavier |Always seen as the match of the year in northern France, the clasico in pas-de-Calais, if you will. This Sunday, September 20, 2009 will mark another special day in the history of Lens and Lille. And this particular clash comes in an interesting period for the both clubs as Lille finds itself at the bottom [...]






