It's about time we shone our Jeu du Jour spotlight on Auxerre as we look back on Week 11. The only team never to be relegated from France's top flight started off this season as though that might all change, but after a defeat in each of their first three games, they now find themselves unbeaten in eight and up to fifth in the table. AJA's progress was maintained on Saturday with their fifth successive...
Poor old Grenoble must be starting to wonder just how the will ever get a point in Ligue 1 after losing 2-0 to Auxerre, who until that win had only five points from their opening six matches. The match started brightly but things changed after the double sending off of Grenoble’s David Jemmali and Auxerre’s Ireneusz Jelen. It took the home side until the 63rd minute to finally score and...
Never say we don't keep you up-to-date with football news from around the world... Here's another new feature for SPAOTP - Jeu du Jour , a weekly round-up of all that's happening in French football. The new season starts this Saturday, so here's our preview of what to expect from each of the twenty participating clubs in 2009/10. Auxerre The only top-flight team in France never to have been relegated,...