Montpellier win the league for the 1st time.

dreamers75

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/20052012/58/ligue-1-montpellier-win-title-chaotic-finish.html

"Our only goal was to stay in the top flight and in the end we are champions. I'm going to enjoy it because it will probably be the only time it happens to me."

:eek:


Kinda want to know what Remi Gaillard will do to celebrate

monkey9

dreamers75 wrote: »

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/20052012/58/ligue-1-montpellier-win-title-chaotic-finish.html





:eek:


Kinda want to know what Remi Gaillard will do to celebrate

A lot of pundits actually did predict Montpellier to be relegated this season. I've watched a fair bit of French football this season and i'm delighted to see them win the league.

Zaph

Pfft, I won about 6 league titles and 4 Champions Leagues with them in Football Manager.

Always good to see a new team winning a title, although I doubt that PSG's new owners will be too happy at not winning the league after the amount of money they've spent.

Grid.

That's a surprise!!!:eek:

Oat23

Louis Nicollin became the Chairman in the mid-70s when Montpellier had dropped as far as the CFA and had amateur status. He eventually bought the whole club a few years later and and he is still there today as the sole shareholder. So congratulations to him!

Anyone but Bayern PSG

pickarooney

Delighted for them. Everyone should be happy that there are at least a few places where relative paupers can win titles with the right approach. Five different champions in five years and ten points separating the bottom club from the top half.

PSG can go die in a fire.

brianregan09

At least Mvilla if he comes to Arsenal won't be moaning about winning trophies seen as he just done it already lol

Helix

brianregan09 wrote: »

At least Mvilla if he comes to Arsenal won't be moaning about winning trophies seen as he just done it already lol

pretty sure that'll just make him more likely to moan tbh

Raekwon

brianregan09 wrote: »

At least Mvilla if he comes to Arsenal won't be moaning about winning trophies seen as he just done it already lol

Yann M'Vila plays for Rennes who haven't won squat.

kitakyushu

I've liked them ever since Valderrama played for them.

stooge

nice to see ex-portsmouth player John Utaka doing well for himself.

He scored two goals in the final game of the season against Auxerre to come back from 1-0 down and win the title.

Guy:Incognito

pickarooney wrote: »

and ten points separating the bottom club from the top half.
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14 points .

Either way, stats can serve any purpose. Bolton were closer to the CL places (33points) than Caen (36).Onlf for Wolves and Blackburn being so bad this season the gap between half way and relegation would have been less than France. Bolton were only 11 point soff a top half finish.

brianregan09

Ah crap my bad im getn him mixed up with belhanda is it

That_Guy

Nice to see them win it. Very refreshing. On the flip side, the relegation battle was mental. Before the days play, 8 teams were in danger of going down. Absolutely mental.

pickarooney

brianregan09 wrote: »

Ah crap my bad im getn him mixed up with belhanda is it

No prizes for guess what his nickname will be the first time he mouths off in an interview in England.

neil_18_

I'm living in Montpellier at the moment and theres a great atmosphere here! Thousands of people watched the match last night (and last Sunday too) on a giant screen in the city centre! You can tell how much it means to them to win it



Going up later to watch the team with the trophy! People already waiting up there to get a good spot!

eire4

I watched their game against Auxerre this morning and you feared the worst when they went 1-0 down. Plus the second half of the game took forever to get played after 2 long delays caused by the Auxerre fans behind the Montpellier goal.

Nice to see a good story like this with Montpellier not just beating money bags PSG to the title but winning their first ever league championship in club history. What a great moment for their club and no doubt long suffering fans.

KingdomYid

So refreshing to see a club like this win a league title. I am also so happy PSG did not win it.

CSF

Why do people dislike PSG so much?

Mars Bar

CSF wrote: »

Why do people dislike PSG so much?

Same reason they didn't like Chelsea and now City. Came into a windfall of money via a sugardaddy...

KingdomYid

CSF wrote: »

Why do people dislike PSG so much?

It is not so much that I dislike them, just glad that another title was not won by a team bought by billionaires. Just good for football i reckon in this age of mega rich clubs and obscene wages.

CSF

PSG were always a huge club though. It is a bit different.

KingdomYid

CSF wrote: »

PSG were always a huge club though. It is a bit different.

Not too sure of their history, but I think they are a relatively new team compared to others in France. How many times have they won the League? It has been a while i reckon.

Washington Irving

Yeah, they've only won the league twice, last was in the mid-nineties I think. They were formed as a merger in the 60's/70's so not that old and certainly not a 'huge' club other than being the capital team

CSF

KingdomYid wrote: »

Not too sure of their history, but I think they are a relatively new team compared to others in France. How many times have they won the League? It has been a while i reckon.

Jesus, didn't realise their trophy cabinet was so bad. Have always viewed PSG and Marseilles as the big clubs of France.

pickarooney

I hated PSG long before they were rich
/hipster

For a city the size of Cork, Montpellier is punching well above its weight in football, handball, rugby...

Jelle1880

CSF wrote: »

Jesus, didn't realise their trophy cabinet was so bad. Have always viewed PSG and Marseilles as the big clubs of France.

That's the reason they were formed, to try and get some competition going for the traditionally big clubs in France (Marseille, St Etienne,...)

Most people who follow football in Paris itself support Marseille btw.

Anyway, Montpellier's most famous fan didn't take long

TaosHum

CSF wrote: »

Jesus, didn't realise their trophy cabinet was so bad. Have always viewed PSG and Marseilles as the big clubs of France.

I'm not certain on this, but this might have to do more so with geographical location, rather than them being rivals at the top of the league every year, as Marseille is the biggest city in the south of France.

pickarooney

It's pretty much that. OM fans love to get one over on PSG not because they're a big club but that they represent the capital. Marseille are the only big club of long standing, really. It's a long time since St. Etienne were challenging and Lyon are Johnny-come-latelies to the top of the table. PSG are a new club who have rarely won anything but have produced a few cracking players.

Jelle1880

In Denmark the same happened.

FC Nordsjælland, a small team just north of Copenhagen with a ground of about 10.000 just won the league.

One of the goals scored by Andreas Laudrup, son of Michael.

ionadnapokot

Great to see a club like Montpellier win the league. On the other hand sorry to see Auxerre get relegated.
One of the real success stories was of their striker Olivier Giroud. By the looks of it he only appeared at the top level (Ligue1/Europe) just before he turned 24. Indeed looking at the wiki page he made his european debut before his Ligue1 debut.
Similar to Drogba in that they were both late bloomers.