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Red Star 1-4 Reims: Small margins, heavy punishment

Kemo Cissé takes on his man. Photo Credit: Red Star FC

This is the first guest article published on Red Star Rising. Out in Left and Ligue Huh?’s Brendan Dentino was at Stade Bauer for Saturday’s game against Reims and offers his view from...

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Licence to Thrill: The Damien Durand Story

Let me tell you about one of my favourite photos I’ve taken at Stade Bauer: Ryad Hachem and Damien Durand waving flares as they sit on the shoulders of supporters following the Ligue 2 promotion pitch invasion in 2024. In fact, it has been...

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Inside the Red Star sale: What the DNCG documents really reveal about 777 Partners and French football oversight

For nearly four years, the details of how Red Star FC was sold to 777 Partners remained out of reach. In May 2022, the Collectif Red Star Bauer formally requested access to those documents from the French Football Federation.

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Akli, the Guardian of the l'Olympic

The story of Red Star FC in the modern era is inseparable from l’Olympic, the small ageing bar opposite Stade Bauer. While players, managers and owners came and went, Akli remained as a fixed point in the shifting life of Red Star.

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More Than PSG: The Forgotten History of Football in Paris and the Surrounding Suburbs

Exclaimer: (This is from an article I originally published for the French football league’s website in English, Ligue1.com I have added some more content on the Matra-Racing project as well as Créteil in this Substack version.)

The history...

8 months ago
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  • George Boxall

    Football journalist and author based in Marseille. Covering French football with bylines for the BBC, The Guardian, GFFN and others. Author of FADA! A Season in Marseille, out October 2026. Red Star Rising lives here too!

  • Brendan Dentino

    American expat in Paris. I write about sports and politics and life.

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