I don't know what I am gonna put in this thread since there are already sites and forums that discuss this great club, but I'll think of something. Probably, a pot-pourri of stuff. The web sites are: http://www.angersco.com http://angers.sco.free.fr http://www.thescoismagic.com Angers is famous (mainly) for its kick-ass castle: and its football team, le SCO: iougs-
Angers is of course in L2, and is currently 17th ... Positions 18,19 and 20 go down at the end of the season ... so it's no laughing matter ... It's time to show some love. iougs-
Thanks Randy ... We certainly need more threads. This is the team in early seventies, when they were in D1. There is something special about an all-white kit, you gotta admit. Kinda looks like they are playing in their underwear. In those dark ages, football was played 9 against 9, not 11 against 11. Just kidding, for some reasons, 2 players got cut off from the pic. There is Jean-Marc Guillou who played for France in WC 78 (went to OGC Nice after SCO) with the ball in hand. Very skilled and under-rated midfield player. A legend in Anjou. Then, we have Marc Berdoll, that played for OM and he was also part of France for WC 78. Also a legend in the west. He's first row, far left. Other key players were Eric Edwige, Albert Poli, etc, but not as well as known as the two mentioned above. Of course, Raymond Kopa played for SCO before he joined Reims and then Real Madrid. iougs-
Latest result: Angers 1 - 1 Gueugnon on 11/08/2004 SCO standing: Position Pts J G N P P. C. Dif 14 Guingamp 18 15 5 3 7 17 20 -3 15 Angers 17 15 4 5 6 15 17 -2 16 Lorient 17 15 5 2 8 18 23 -5 iougs-
The team: Gardiens Lachuer Julien Lucas Arnauld Défenseurs Akouassaga Ernest Cygan Thierry Dussart Christophe Ekani Martin Grimaldi Sébastien Kerhuiel Gilles Kipre Jean-Martial Legendre Julien Sonnerat Jérôme Milieux Assous Jonathan Bédrossian Pascal Boskovic Ivan Djellabi Karim Filipovic Marko Grigulo Christiano Francisco Huck William Norbert Guillaume Obbadi Mounir Traoré Habibou Attaquants Aït-Khama Abdelkarim Brisset Mickaël Dia Franck-Augustin Inkango Bruce Kasso Franck-Olivier Norbert Ludwig Rudison Ferreira Zahiri Jamel I know that Lachuer is the bro of Auxerre's captain and that Cygan is the bro of Pascal of Arsenal. I don't know if Ivan Boskovic is related to Branko. I also don't know if William Huck is related to Jean-Noel Huck, former OGCN player. Ludwig Norbert is the son of the president, Patrick Norbert, and I know there is been quite a bit of ruckus about him being in the team but nor performing too well and getting into brawls. iougs-
More sites: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/kdlb KDLB is THE ultra supporters group = KOP DE LA BUTTE. Those guys rule and they are keeping it real to fight the admission ticket price increases. http://angers-sco.skyblog.com BLOG style site. iougs-
week 16: Le Havre (18) 0-0 Angers (15) week 17: Angers (15) 0-0 Grenoble (10) week 18: Brest (5) 1-0 Angers (17) Can't even buy a goal ! As a reminder, 18,19,20 go down. iougs-
Okay checking out the club. They don't have a uniform sponsor? What's up with that? -- Website is okay, but needs some juice. --- Also noticed that their coach is Noel Tosé. I think he has some connections to US soccer somehow. Wasn't the club recently bought? Who owns them now?
I believe Noel Tose was coaching Racing Paris before he came to Angers. He quit Racing near the beginning of this season. He used to coach some other Paris club.
ok, about the sponsor, basically it depends if they play at home or away and whether it is shown on TV somewhere. when they play at home, they will have the Super U (supermarket grocery thing) logo on the front ... Home kit is white shirt, black shorts, black socks with a big U on the chest. You have to be aware that L2 sponsors could be regional, meaning, they would have 0 meaning to somebody leaving in another region. So, for a sponsor, it makes sense to have a contract for home games only and maybe away games if they are on tv. When they play away games, the sponsors are likely to be different depending on whether there is TV coverage. On the pic above, you have the SCANIA (swedish trucks) logo in back, which I have not seen before, so it's probably a new or temporary sponsor. That time they did not have a big sponsor on the chest but last away game I checked they wore a big MAINE logo (department is called Maine-et-Loire btw, number 49). The one before they had no sponsor up front, so it varies. I believe those are one game sponsor deals until they can find a national or foreign sponsor that is a recognisable brand willing to put down the money for a whole away season. If there is TV, it's likely they'll get additional sponsoring on a per match basis (like a sponsor on the sleeve). About ownership: Patrick Norbert has been president for quite some time and seems to be doing a good job. So no, there was no recent change of ownership. I think we discussed that before Eddie. About Noel Tosi, he's been around. I think he coached some african country for a WC and a bunch of clubs. The official site sucks donkey balls but what can you do ? No updates, no pics. You have to rely on the supporters sites for info if yiu can't get the local newspapers. iougs-
Iougs, Great information, thanks. I know there was talk of an American group buying the team about two years ago. I wonder what happened. The site says they have a budget of €6 million, that's pretty good for the 2nd division I would think.
Good info, iougs, rep for you. I'm thinking of painting SCO Angers on Subbuteo. I think it would look pretty sweet. What Subbuteo win?
In the following posts, I am gonna try to give an idea of the team components ... I don't care that much about it but Eddie convinced me to put it in. I must say it's difficult to give a typical team because it changes each match day ... Players are often being played out of position ... and lots of players have come and go (especially players who had no clubs so not falling under mercato rules) .. It seems the coach is still learning what to do with the players he's got ... There's talent but chemistry is not quite there yet. Let's start with the attack that cannot score: Gomis Fauconnier Inkango L. Norbert Everyone seems to agree they are trying hard but are very ineffective. L. Norbert is sometimes played as left attacking midfielder. Note to Eddie: They had a pretty talented brasilian at attcking left midfield (Grigulo) but he's gone now. So I am sure there's a void there. next up is gonna be the midfield. iougs-
That would be sweeter than sweet. I'd buy it. Hasbro base ? I don't know. I went to Salem to play for fun, and then, they tell me I won something. Go figure . I had no idea. iougs-
ok, I just did in my thread there (the one that's titled: equipe type. Points forts et faiblesses). I hope that somebody that follows the team better than I could step in. iougs-
Sorry forgot to link the thread: http://angers.sco.free.fr/Forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1222 Yeah ... you can post ... I would start a new thread and put the invite in the title ! I was gonna do it anyway a tad later just to reinforce what I am saying There's a thread called 'mercato' that kinda give you ideas about what's lacking in the team (besides goals). You also have to be aware of non-EU (EEC) allocation. I don't know how many you are allowed (2 or 3, I would assume). they don't have Grigulo (brasil) and Boskovic (non EEC I believe) anymore so that's 2 available right there I believe. iougs-