Currently watching non-league St Malo leading Ajaccio 1-0 in the last 16 of the French cup.
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Thread: Romance of la coupe
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09-02-2016 07:44 PM #1Left by mutual consent!
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Romance of la coupe
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09-02-2016 07:45 PM #2@hibs.net private member
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Is it better than the English pub leagues though?
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09-02-2016 08:27 PM #3Left by mutual consent!
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1-1 now. Boooo!
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09-02-2016 10:39 PM #4Left by mutual consent!
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Finished 2-1 to Ajaccio - they were simply too strong for the part timers of St Malo.
An interesting thing I learned tonight - in the French Cup, if the tie is between teams 2 leagues or more apart, then the smaller club is automatically at home. I haven't decided if that's good or bad.
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10-02-2016 01:05 AM #5Coaching Staff
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Are St Malo in the 4th tier of French Football (CFA D)?
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10-02-2016 05:35 AM #6Left by mutual consent!
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Originally Posted by jgl07
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CFA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champi...France_Amateur
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10-02-2016 06:43 AM #7@hibs.net private member
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Who are your French team? Originally Posted by Peevemor
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Angers. Originally Posted by s.a.m
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Just decided this now. Stayed a night in Angers in my summer hols last year.
Didn't even know they had a Leigue 1 team.
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10-02-2016 07:04 AM #9@hibs.net private member
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The French Cup is radge... Starts with about 5000 teams entering it and the draws aren't seeded. It's open to all French territory's too so teams from the Reunion Islands, for example, can enter and could play Marseille at home and Marseille would need to fly out and play in the Reunion Islands.
Mental competition!PERSEVERE
Verb: pə:ːsɪ'ˈvɪə/
To not give up.
To go the distance.
To stop at nothing.
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10-02-2016 07:06 AM #10@hibs.net private member
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Bordeaux and Libourne for me. Bordeaux because I've seen them a few times. Libourne (amateur team) because they have stuck in my head since we were at a Bordeaux match, and were sat in front of a chap who spent the match shouting "A Libourne Wiltord!!!!", which I assume is a kind of French alternative to "Taxi for Wiltord!".
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10-02-2016 08:28 PM #11Left by mutual consent!
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If anyone I'd say Guingamp. Guingamp's about the same size as Peebles and the team, as well as winning the French cup twice in recent years, are currently in Ligue 1. They have something like 9k ST holders - more than the population of the town! Originally Posted by s.a.m
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It was the first French/Breton town that I got to know well (starting over 20 years ago) and it was there that I watched my first French matches.
But to be honest, I struggle to get enthusiastic or emotional about football these days unless Hibs are involved.
Most of my mates here support Rennes and although I've been to a few matches and tried my best, I simply can't get into it.
So it's Hibs TV and Cliff the slaver for me.
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