Kick-off weekend around Europe continues tomorrow as France's Ligue 1 swings into the the 2009-10 season. Champions Bordeaux wait until Sunday to start their league campaign against Lens, but tomorrow still manages to serve up a couple of interesting matches. While 2nd and 3rd placed teams Lyon and Marseille are both in action tomorrow, my focus will be slightly down the table, watching FC Sochaux take on AJ Auxerre in Auxerre. American footy fans hope to see Sochaux new signing Charlie Davies feature in this one, I for one am inclined to see how the French people's delicate sensibilities react to a goal celebration tastefully named the "Stanky Legg". When watching tomorrow you may hear a commentator remark that all of Auxerre is inside the stadium, for once this may not be too far off- with a capacity of over 24,000, the Stade l'Abbe Deschamps seats over half the town's population of 40,000. In other Americans in France action tomorrow, Carlos Bocanegra's Rennes is in action against Boulogne.
The Coca Cola Championship continues tomorrow, with a tilt between Newcastle and West Brom. When West Brom was last in the Championship in 2007-2008, they played some pretty football and were rewarded with a promotion to the top flight. That same pretty football went on to net them a bottom of the barrel finish in the Prem last season, while Stoke uglied their way to twelfth with a combination of hard tackling and long throw ins. It will be interesting to see tomorrow what style new boss Roberto Di Matteo opts for. For Newcastle, their preseason has been a comedy of errors, from the disastrous away kit, to the prolonged sale of the team, to the stunning 6-1 defeat to Leyton Orient. One wonders if Alan Shearer will consider just making it to the Hawthornes without something tragic happening on the bus a success.
I may also try to catch the Norwich City-Colchester Coca Cola League 1 match, as readers of Unprofessional Foul have read so much about them that they feel like fans themselves.
Some loose ends to tie up: I'm working hard on the blog roll to give everyone their proper shout outs. Hopefully that should be done soon. If you are looking for online streaming options and haven't heard of it, the Veetle player has done a great jop for me so far. Don't think I've forgotten about all the good MLS action tomorrow, I didn't want to include it in this post because it was long enough already, I should get that post up sometime tomorrow morning.
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