The riots broke out in february last year, when Al-Masry beat Cairo's Al-Ahly 3-1. Pro-Mubarak Al-Masry fans attacked Al-Ahly ultras, who were on the frontlines against the old regime when the Arab Spring began 2 years ago.
There's a thread for PSG but as I hate them, I thought we could do with a L1 thread too. Maybe someone else cares too, although I doubt it :D
Most successful team - St. Etienne with 10 titles, however tha last time they manage to win it was in 80-81.
Montpellier won their first league...
(I actually posted all this to the Barca thread at first, lol)
Thought we could do with a season-ending round-up thread for leagues that don't have their own thread...
Ligue 1 - 2/3 games to go
1. Montpellier 72
2. PSG 67
3. Lille 62
...
15. Caen 34
16. Dijon 34
17. Ajaccio 34
18. Brestois 33...
The European Mickey Mouse Cup, yeah, still weird we don't have a thread about it.
Last years final in Dublin was between Porto and Braga, with Porto coming out as the winners.
This year, the final will be played in Bucharest, here:
The quarter-finals:
AZ - Valencia
Schalke 04 -...
Found this piece and thought I'd share. Even if you're not a leftist looney like me, some might still find it interesting :D
Most of you should know about the situationist uprising in Paris '68, with workers and students joining the rioting and occupations. Footballers, apparently joined too...
Thought I'd write about our fantastic league that ended just 2 weeks ago.
FC Flora was crowned champions for the 9th time (league was formed in '92 after the independence from USSR). After the last match, drunken "ultras" from the neo-nazi group "FCF Right Wing" did a pitch invasion of 10...
Benfica team news:
"Benfica is at full strength for the encounter at the Stadium of Light.
The Portuguese club is in second place in the league after signing a raft of new players. They include striker Nolito from Barcelona, Brazilian midfielder Bruno Cesar from Corinthians, and Argentine...
So yesterday, on their way to first match of the season in KHL (Russian hockey league), a plane carrying Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players crashed. Most of the team players got killed inlcuding several players with NHL backgrounds: Demitra, Rachunek, Saley, coach Brad McCrimmon...