Fak Posted Thursday at 15:50 Share Posted Thursday at 15:50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted Thursday at 15:52 Share Posted Thursday at 15:52 1 minute ago, Fak said: That's sad news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted Thursday at 16:33 Share Posted Thursday at 16:33 Wew, saw they’d been relegated for financial stuff as they tend to do in France but that’s massive. Turns out Albert Riera is their coach. Blast from the past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted Thursday at 17:00 Share Posted Thursday at 17:00 Very sad. First foreign top I ever bought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted Thursday at 17:07 Share Posted Thursday at 17:07 1 hour ago, Fak said: what? that's awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted Thursday at 17:46 Share Posted Thursday at 17:46 Great to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted Thursday at 17:54 Share Posted Thursday at 17:54 8 minutes ago, nemtizz said: Great to see. How’s that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted Thursday at 17:54 Share Posted Thursday at 17:54 Awful for the fans that. Always one of the bigger French clubs when I was growing up in the 90s and early 00s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted Thursday at 17:58 Share Posted Thursday at 17:58 (edited) My local club Airdrie went out of business in the early 2000s it absolutely crushed my dad. They came back and are thriving. Feel for the Bordeaux fans and hope their club can bounce back Edited Thursday at 18:03 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted Thursday at 18:09 Share Posted Thursday at 18:09 Thats Zidanes old club isnt it? Er....Bordeaux i mean, not Airdrie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted Thursday at 18:18 Share Posted Thursday at 18:18 6-time French champions. So shit that it's come to that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted Thursday at 18:19 Share Posted Thursday at 18:19 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Lazarus said: Thats Zidanes old club isnt it? Er....Bordeaux i mean, not Airdrie. It is yeah. And let’s not forget the legend that is Gouffran similar shirt to Airdrie too Edited Thursday at 18:21 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted Thursday at 18:20 Share Posted Thursday at 18:20 Having skim read the article in question, it's because they've had to accept relegation to the third tier of French football that they've had to give up their professional licence by default. Hopefully in the years to come they can recover and get back to Ligue 1 where they belong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted Thursday at 18:47 Share Posted Thursday at 18:47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted Thursday at 19:10 Share Posted Thursday at 19:10 46 minutes ago, Sifu said: Having skim read the article in question, it's because they've had to accept relegation to the third tier of French football that they've had to give up their professional licence by default. Hopefully in the years to come they can recover and get back to Ligue 1 where they belong. I think that's how the system works in the French pyramid that only top 2 tiers can be pro. It's been dire for many years now, they escaped relegation to the third tier at the last second a couple of years ago. Had an appeal hearing logged for tomorrow but because every buyout lead has fallen through, they just pulled out of appealing and risking relegation for 4th tier and accepted this fate. Not sure what's going to happen with the stadium. New one was built for Euro 2016. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted Thursday at 19:17 Share Posted Thursday at 19:17 (edited) 8 minutes ago, M4 said: I think that's how the system works in the French pyramid that only top 2 tiers can be pro. It's been dire for many years now, they escaped relegation to the third tier at the last second a couple of years ago. Had an appeal hearing logged for tomorrow but because every buyout lead has fallen through, they just pulled out of appealing and risking relegation for 4th tier and accepted this fate. Not sure what's going to happen with the stadium. New one was built for Euro 2016. Having read the article more closely, yeah, Bordeaux have just accepted their fate of full on relegation to the third tier from the sounds of it so preemptively announced its intention to give up their professional status. It's a travesty what's happened to them over the years. Edited Thursday at 19:18 by Sifu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted Thursday at 19:39 Share Posted Thursday at 19:39 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sifu said: Having skim read the article in question, it's because they've had to accept relegation to the third tier of French football that they've had to give up their professional licence by default. Hopefully in the years to come they can recover and get back to Ligue 1 where they belong. Same thing would've happened to Schalke if they would've been relegated to third tier which was a real possibility at one point this season. Too much debt to get the license for the third tier and they would've been forced to start from the bottom of the pyramid. Think both clubs are historically pretty equal to NUFC in size, so sad. Edited Thursday at 19:48 by Pata Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted Thursday at 20:51 Share Posted Thursday at 20:51 Honestly shocked it's not the fault of an American multi-club owner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted Thursday at 21:10 Share Posted Thursday at 21:10 (edited) Sad thing to happen to the club responsible for gracing us with Gabriel Obertan, Yoan Gouffran and Henri Saivet. Edited Thursday at 21:10 by Conjo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted Thursday at 21:20 Share Posted Thursday at 21:20 Awful news. In my head, Bordeaux are like the West Ham of the French League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted Thursday at 21:24 Share Posted Thursday at 21:24 They’ve got a great ground too. Class place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magdad Posted Thursday at 21:27 Share Posted Thursday at 21:27 16 minutes ago, Conjo said: Sad thing to happen to the club responsible for gracing us with Gabriel Obertan, Yoan Gouffran and Henri Saivet. Well when you put it like that… fuck em they wouldn’t cry over us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted Thursday at 21:42 Share Posted Thursday at 21:42 Gouffran was a good lad. Overran is in my top 5 most disliked NUFC players (based on performance) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted yesterday at 07:13 Share Posted yesterday at 07:13 Gourcuff's goal against PSG is one of my core football memories for some reason. Delightful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted yesterday at 07:19 Share Posted yesterday at 07:19 10 hours ago, Ameritoon said: Honestly shocked it's not the fault of an American multi-club owner Im sure it is somewhere upstream, ofc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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