French Football in Mourning
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Tribute to the "King". Two months after the disappearance of Eric Roy, the Stade Brestois will return to the competition this Saturday on the...
The Ligue 1 opened without Éric Roy, Brest's coach who died in June. Famous Friday in Marseille, he will also be honoured at Le Mans and Nice this Saturday.
The entire audience of the Stade Vélodrome rose to applaud for a few tens of seconds. Before the kick-off of the very first Ligue 1 meeting of the 2026-2027 season between the OM and the RC Strasbourg, a minute of applause was observed to pay tribute to Eric Roy, who died on 17 June at the age of 58 years of a pancreatic cancer. This ceremonial will be put in place on the other eight meetings of the opening day. Eric Roy was appreciated by the w…
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