

St Etienne Team News
Yoann Gourcuff at Saint Etienne?
By: Richard |According to Le Parisien it’s possible (although, admittedly, they also go on to say that it has little chance of coming to fruitrition).
The former Rennais & France U-21 international would fit in incredibly well at Saint Etienne, and it seems there is room for him.
Who knows?
Let’s file this under hopefully, but probably not.
ASSE — Lens (delayed match)
By: Richard |Lens is fignting to stay in the top-flight, so this shouldn’t be that much of a challange on paper, but Lens is always tough, and they have a better away record than we do.
PSG fans should be pulling for us too.
You should be able to see the game here.
If we win this game, we’ll [...]
Saint Etienne 4, Le Mans 1
By: Richard |Great news;
Saturday, Saint-Etienne played the 31st match of the season (it’s important to note that both Saint Etienne & Lens are a game behind) against a powerful Le Mans team.
Former Liverpool striker Anthony Le Tallec put Le Mans ahead in the 32nd minute with a lucky goal. Midfielder Geoffrey Dernis (who had the best [...]
José Mourinho signs on as ASSE Manager(!?!!?)
By: Richard |I just read this article online about Mourinho signing today to manage Saint Etienne next season. This is totally incredible, and completly unexpected.
I’m so happy and confused.
It seems Laurent Roussey was wanting out next season, and Mourinho jumped at the opportunity to, in his words “manage such a legendary team such as Saint Etienne”.
I [...]
No Game No Gain
By: Richard |So we don’t play this weekend, which will probably see us drop a few spots on the table, but don’t get discouraged, dear ASSE fans!
Janot (who has been out for over two months with a shoulder injury) is back, and played the entire first half in our friendly against the Congo DR on Thursday.
That’s right, [...]
Auxerre 1 — ASSE 3 and our European chances
By: Richard |Well, let me start off by saying that I was wrong.
Totally wrong.
Pedretti played (initial reports were that he’d be out)
More importantly though, we scored four goals! (albeit, the first one was in our own net)
Pascal Feindouno had an incredible game (I counted seven chances) and was rewarded with an 81′ goal.
We were down 1-0 at [...]
Auxerre — Saint-Étienne preview
By: Richard |So we play Auxerre (away) this weekend.
Bad News First:
We have yet to beat Auxerre this season, despite this being the fourth time we play them. We lost 1-0 away in the Coupe de la Ligue back in September, tied at home in in a league match in October, and lost 3-2 away in the round [...]
Introduction
By: Richard |OK first of all, I guess I should introduce myself; I’m Richard St.Ofle, I’m an artist, designer and an obsessive football fan. I’ll be writing the Saint-Étienne blog (yeah, I know — I’m coming in late in the season). I have my own site here.
Anyway, despite having lived in Paris for a few, I’ve been [...]







