Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 203 (Interview with English Author Mr. Gary Sherrard, discussing his book ‘The Wilderness Years: Newcastle United 1978-1984’ (2025))

 This is the 203^rd episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’.

 

For this episode, I interview English Author Mr. Gary Sherrard, discussing his book, ‘The Wilderness Years: Newcastle United 1978-1984’ (2025).

 

For any questions/comments, you may contact us:

You may also contact me on this blog, on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia.

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Mr. Paul Whittle, @1888letter on twitter and https://the1888letter.com/contact/

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Mr. Sherrard’s contact info:

Twitter (X): @garysherrard66

Link to Mr. Sherrard s book:

https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/wilderness-years

https://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Years-Newcastle-United-1978-1984-ebook/dp/B0FDX17V6K?ref_=ast_author_dp

 

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Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 202 (Interview Mr. David Stuart of https://scotlandepistles.com/ as we discuss His book, ‘A Celebration of Anglo-Scottish Footballers: Scotsmen Who’ve Lit Up English Football’. (2025))

 This is the 202^nd episode of my my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’.

 

For this episode, I interview Mr. David Stuart as we discuss His book, ‘A Celebration of Anglo-Scottish Footballers: Scotsmen Who’ve Lit Up English Football’. (2025). It’s a book co-written with Mr. Robert Marshall.

Mr. Stuart is a former fanzine writer and co-founder of the Scotland Epistles football magazine. Co-author of two books on the Scotland national side along with Robert Marshall.

 

For any questions/comments, you may contact us:

You may also contact me on this blog, on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia.

https://linktr.ee/sp1873

 

Mr. Paul Whittle, @1888letter on twitter and https://the1888letter.com/contact/

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Mr. Stuart’s contact info:

twitter: @davstu11

website: https://scotlandepistles.com/

 

Links of books, co-authored with Mr. Robert Marshall:

https://www.amazon.com/Celebration-Anglo-Scottish-Footballers-Scotsmen-Football-ebook/dp/B0F9PNKJMK

https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/celebration-anglo-scottish-footballers

https://www.amazon.com/Scotland-Country-Collectables-David-Stuart/dp/1785315455

https://www.amazon.com/Scottish-Football-Souvenirs-Golden-Years/dp/1785318640

 

 

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Compendium to The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 106-Matches of France National team during the 1994/95 season.

  

France National Team matches under Aimé Jacquet during the 1994/95 Season

 

August 17, 1994, Bordeaux, France 2-Czech Republic 2 (Zinedine Zidane 80, 82 / Tomas Skuhravy 43, Daniel Smejkal 45)

September 7, 1994, EC Qualifier, Bratislava, Slovakia 0-France 0 (-)

October 8, 1994, EC Qualifier, Saint Etienne, France 0-Romania 0 (-)

November 16, 1994, EC Qualifier, Zabrze, Poland 0-France 0 (-)

December 13, 1994, EC Qualifier, Trabzon, Turkey, Azerbaijan 0-France 2 (Jean-Pierre Papin 24, Patrice Loko 55)

January 18, 1995, Utrecht, Holland 0-France 1 (Patrice Loko 45)

March 29, 1995, EC Qualifier, Tel Aviv, Israel 0-France 0 (-)

April 26, 1995, EC Qualifier, Nantes, France 4-Slovakia 0 (Own Goal (Ondrej Kristofik) 27, David Ginola 42, Laurent Blanc 58, Vincent Guérin 63)

 

 

Date: August 17, 1994

Competition: Friendly

Result: France 2-Czech Republic 2

Venue: Bordeaux-Parc Lescure

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Zinedine Zidane 80, 82

(Czech Republic): Tomas Skuhravy 43, Daniel Smejkal 45

Summary of goals:

0:1 (43^rd minute, Czech Republic): Jan Suchoparek’s cross from the right side was headed in by Skuhravy.

0:2 (45^th minute, Czech Republic): After a counterattack, Nemec? Passed to Siegel at the edge of the box, in the middle, who then passed back to Smejkal, who scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

1:2 (80^th minute, France): Zidane scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

2:2 (82^nd minute, France): Angloma’s corner kick from the right side was headed in by Zidane.

Lineups:

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

6-Lilian Thuram (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

3-Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

5-Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

2-Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

4-Bruno Ngotty (Olympique Lyonnais)

10-Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (14- Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 62)

8-Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (13-Jean-Michel Ferri (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 24)

7- Eric Cantona (Manchester United Football Club / England)

9- Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) (15-Patrice Loko (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 76)

11-David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (12-Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 46)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Lilian Thuram 12

Other Substitutes:

16-Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)

 

Team Captain: Eric Cantona 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White triangles vertically on the right side) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First cap for Lilian Thuram and Bruno Ngotty.

2-First cap and goals for Zinedine Zidane.

 

Czech Republic:

1-Petr Kouba (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

3-Jan Suchoparek (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

4-Tomas Repka (Fotbal Club Baník Ostrava Tango)

5-Lubos Kubik (1.Fußball-Club Nürnberg - Verein für Leibesübungen e.V.   / Germany)

11-Daniel Smejkal (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

6-Vaclav Némecek (Toulouse Football Club / France)

8-Jiri Novotny (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

2-Radoslav Latal (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany) (13-Patrik Berger (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)’64)

7-Jiri Nemec (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany) (15-Karel Poborsky (Viktoria Zizkov Praha Fotbalovy Klub)’60)

10-Tomas Skuhravy (Genoa 1893 -Genova / Italy) (14-Petr Samec (Union SKP (Sportovni klub policie) Cheb) 81)

9-Horst Siegl (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha) (12-Pavel Kuka (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany) 46)

 

Coach: Dusan Uhrin

Booked: Jan Suchoparek 10, Tomas Repka 42

Other Substitutes:

16- Martin Kotulek (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ (Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

22-Jan Stejskal (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

 

Team Captain: Vaclav Némecek

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Red (with white stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(August 17, 1994, France 2-Czech Republic 2)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(August 17, 1994, France 2-Czech Republic 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 68, September 1994

(August 17, 1994, France 2-Czech Republic 2)

 

 

Date: September 7, 1994

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 1

Result: Slovakia 0-France 0

Venue: Bratislava -Tehelné Pole Stadion (Slovan Bratislava)

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Linesmen: J.P. Staerk and Jørgen Ohmeyer (both Denmark)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Slovakiaa): None

(France): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Slovakia:

1-Ladislav Molnár (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub) 

2-Tomáš Stúpala (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)         

4-Milos Glonek (Stade Malherbe Caen Calvados Basse-Normandie / France)

6-Dušan Tittel (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)   

3-Marian Zeman (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)

5-Vladimir Kinder (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)

8-Robert Tomaschek (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)   

9-Ondrej Kristofik (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha / Czech Republic)

11-Lubomir Moravcík (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire / France)

7-Stefan Rusnak (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub) (14-Vladimír Weiss (Fotbal Club DAC (Dunajskostredsky Atleticky Club) Dunajská Streda) 80)

10-Vladislav Zvara (1. Fotbal Club Košice) (13-Marek Penksa (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. / Germany) 64)

 

Coach: Jozef Venglos

Booked: Dušan Tittel 67

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

 

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

6-Paul Le Guen (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

8-Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

10- Youri Djorkaeff (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) (12-Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 81)

11-David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

9-Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (15-Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 63)

7- Eric Cantona (Manchester United Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Other Substitutes:

Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)

Christian Karembeu (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

 

Team Captain: Eric Cantona

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White (with Red/Blue/White triangles vertically on the right side) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(September 7, 1994, EC Qualifier, Slovakia 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 69, October 1994

(September 7, 1994, EC Qualifier, Slovakia 0-France 0)

 

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 69, October 1994

(September 7, 1994, EC Qualifier, Slovakia 0-France 0)

Date: October 8, 1994

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 1

Result: France 0-Romania 0

Venue: Saint Etienne- Stade Geoffroy Guichard

Attendance: 31,744

Referee: Leif Sunell (Sweden)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): None

(Romania): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

3- Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

6- Christian Karembeu (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

7- Eric Cantona (Manchester United Football Club / England)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

9- Nicolas Ouédec (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (14-Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 70)

10- Patrice Loko (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (15-Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 83)

11- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Other Substitutes:

16-Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)

12-Bruno Ngotty (Olympique Lyonnais)

13-Paul Le Guen (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Eric Cantona 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White triangles vertically on the right side) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Romania:

1- Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea (Samsunspor Kulübü / Turkey)

2- Dan Vasile Petrescu (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England)

3- Daniel Claudiu Prodan (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)   

4- Miodrag Belodedici (Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol / Spain)   

5- Ioan Angelo Lupescu (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany) 

6- Gheorge Popescu (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

7-Daniel Timofte (Samsunspor Kulübü / Turkey) (17-Marius Mihai Lacatus (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti) 70)

8- Ilie Dumitrescu (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

9- Florin Valeriu Raducioiu (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona / Spain) (15-Basarab Nica Panduru (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti) 80)

10- Gheorge Hagi (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

11-Tibor Selymes (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge / Belgium)

 

Coach: Anghel Iordanescu

Booked: Daniel Timofte 61, Ilie Dumitrescu 59

Other Substitutes:

12- Florin Prunea (Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucuresti)

14- Gheorge Mihali (Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucuresti)

16- Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge / Belgium)

 

Team Captain: Gheorge Hagi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow (three thick blue stripes on right) Shirts, Yellow (three thick blue stripes on left) Shorts, Yellow Socks

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(October 8, 1994, EC Qualifier, France 0-Romania 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 70, November 1994

(October 8, 1994, EC Qualifier, France 0-Romania 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 72, January 1995

(October 8, 1994, EC Qualifier, France 0-Romania 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2555, March 28, 1995

(October 8, 1994, EC Qualifier, France 0-Romania 0)

Photo From: Don Balon, Edicion Chile, Issue 248, March 4-10, 1997

(France squad, October 8, 1994, EC Qualifier, France 0-Romania 0)

Date: November 16, 1994

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 1

Result: Poland 0-France 0

Venue: Zabrze, Stadion Sportowy KS Górnik

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Angelo Amendolia (Italy)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Poland): None

(France): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Poland:

1-Józef Wandzik (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas / Greece)

4-Sylwester Czereszewski (Klub Sportowy Stomil Olsztyn)  

5-Tomasz Wałdoch (Verein fur Leibesubungen Bochum 1848 Fussballgemeinschaft e.V. / Germany)

7-Piotr Świerczewski (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire / France)

2-Waldemar Jaskulski (Morski Klub Sportowy Pogon- Szczecin)  

3-Marek Świerczewski (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice) 

10-Roman Kosecki (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)

6-Marek Kozminski (Udinese Calcio / Italy) (16-Jacek Bak (PKP (Poznański Klub Piłkarski) Lech Poznań) 29)

8-Henryk Bałuszyński (Verein fur Leibesubungen Bochum 1848 Fussballgemeinschaft e.V. / Germany) (14-Dariusz Gesior (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów) 82)

9-Andrzej Juskowiak (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal)

11-Krzysztof Warzycha (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas / Greece)

 

Coach: Henryk Apostel 

Other Substitutes:

Jerzy Brzęczek (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)

Tomasz Lapiński (Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe Widzew Łódź)    

Andrzej Woźniak (Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe Widzew Łódź)  

 

Team Captain: Roman Kosecki

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: White (with red stripes) Shirts, Red Shorts, White Socks

 

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

10-Christian Karembeu (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

7- Eric Cantona (Manchester United Football Club / England)

8-Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

6-Paul Le Guen (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

9-Nicolas Ouédec (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (15-Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 77)

11-Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (14-Youri Djorkaeff (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 27)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Christian Karembeu 27, Jocelyn Angloma 37, Marcel Desailly 50      

Sent Off: Christian Karembeu 50

Other Substitutes:

Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)

Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

 

Team Captain: Eric Cantona 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White triangles vertically on the right side) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(November 16, 1994, EC Qualifier, Poland 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 71, December 1994

(November 16, 1994, EC Qualifier, Poland 0-France 0)

Photo From: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski

(Poland squad, November 16, 1994, EC Qualifier, Poland 0-France 0)

 

Date: December 13, 1994

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 1

Result: Azerbaijan 0-France 2

Venue: Trabzon-Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu (Trabzonspor), Turkey

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Azerbaijan): None

(France): Jean-Pierre Papin 24, Patrice Loko 55

Summary of goals:

0:1 (24^th minute, France): Loko’s cross from the right side was struck by Papin, Aleksandr Zhidkov had the ball but it slipped through.

0:2 (55^th minute, France): Le Guen’s free kick from the left side was headed by Cantona, Elkhan Gasanov parried, but Loko knocked in the loose ball.

Lineups:

Azerbaijan:

1-Aleksandr Zhidkov (Zafririm Holon / Israel) (16-Elkhan Gasanov (Neftchi Baku) 41)

2-Fizuli Allakhverdiev (Kyapaz Gyandzha)

3-Faig Jabbarov (Kyapaz Gyandzha)

4-Emin Agayev (Anzhi Makhachkala / Russia)

5-Yashar Vakhabzade (Neftchi Baku)

6-Rasim Abushev (Karabakh Agdam)

9-Arif Asadov (Spartak Vladikavkaz / Russia) (13- Aslan Kerimov Karabakh Agdam) 78)

7-Yunis Guseinov (Neftchi Baku)

8-Shahin Diniev (Beitar Tel-Aviv / Israel)

10-Veli Kasumov (Real Betis Balompié-Sevilla / Spain) (12-Vidadi Rzayev (Terek Groznyi / Russia) 78)

11-Samir Alekperov (Maccabi Petach-Tikva / Israel)

 

Coach: Agaselim Mirdzhavadov

Booked: Faig Jabbarov 55

Other Substitutes:

14-Noyorov

15- Muslik Guseinov (Neftchi Baku)

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: White (Green/Red/Blue Vertical stripe on the left) Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-The Television graphics for Azerbaijan’s number 14 showed ‘Noyorov’, it’s possible that it was Lev Mayorov (Chernomorets Novorossiisk / Russia).

 

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

8-Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (13-Jean-Michel Ferri (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 71)

11- Eric Cantona (Manchester United Football Club / England)

6-Paul Le Guen (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

10-Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (14-Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 76)

7-Patrice Loko (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

9- Jean-Pierre Papin (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Éric Di Meco 69

Other Substitutes:

16-Lionel Charbonnier (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

12-Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

15-Nicolas Ouédec (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

 

Team Captain: Eric Cantona 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White triangles vertically on the right side) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1- Jean-Pierre Papin’s 30th and final goal for France.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(December 13, 1994, EC Qualifier, Azerbaijan 0-France 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 72, January 1995

(December 13, 1994, EC Qualifier, Azerbaijan 0-France 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 72, January 1995

(December 13, 1994, EC Qualifier, Azerbaijan 0-France 2)

 

 

Date: January 18, 1995

Competition: Friendly

Result: Holland 0-France 1

Venue: Utrecht- Nieuw Galgewaard

Attendance: 12,400

Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Holland): None

(France): Patrice Loko 45

Summary of goals:

0:1 (45^th minute, France): On the left side, Pedros sent a long cross to the right and Loko volleyed as he entered the box.

Lineups:

Holland:

1-Eduard Franciscus ‘Ed’ de Goey (Feyenoord Rotterdam)  

2-Stanislaus Henricus Christina ‘Stan’ Valckx (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)  

3-Dirk Franciscus ‘Danny’ Blind (captain) (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) (15-Michael John Reiziger (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) 46)

5-Franciscus ‘Frank’ de Boer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)  

10-Aron Mohamed Winter (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)

4-Wilhelmus Maria ‘Wim’ Jonk (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) 

8-Clarence Clyde Seedorf (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

6-Arthur Johannes Numan (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven) (14-Edgar Steven Davids (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) 76)

11-Glenn Helder (Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse-Arnhem)

7-Marc Overmars (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) (12-Peter Jacobus van Vossen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) 63)

9-Michael Alexander Mols (Football Club Twente Enschede) (13-Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes ‘Pierre’ van Hooijdonk (Celtic Glasgow Football Club / Scotland) 56)

 

Coach: Guus Hiddink

Other Substitutes:

Edwin van der Sar (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

 

Team Captain: Dirk Franciscus ‘Danny’ Blind (Wilhelmus Maria ‘Wim’ Jonk in the second half)

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Lotto

Uniform Colors: Orange Shirts, White Shorts, Orange Socks

Note:

1-First cap for Glenn Helder and Michael Alexander Mols.

2-Wim Jonk assumed the captaincy in the second half.

 

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

3-Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

2-Christian Karembeu (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (13-Lilian Thuram (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 87)

4-Jean-Michel Ferri (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

5-Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

10-Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

7-Patrice Loko (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

6-Paul Le Guen (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (12-Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy) 61)

8-Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

9- Jean-Pierre Papin (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany) (17-Nicolas Ouédec (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 66)

11- Eric Cantona (Manchester United Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Other Substitutes:

Lionel Charbonnier (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Eric Cantona 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White triangles vertically on the right side) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note :

1-Final cap for Jean-Michel Ferri (5/0) (1994-1995).

2-Final cap for Eric Cantona (45/20) (1987-1995).

3-Final cap for Jean-Pierre Papin (54/30) (1986-1995).

4-This marked the last appearances for both Papin and Cantona.

This match took place a week before Eric Cantona’s exclusion following the “kung fu kick” incident at Crystal Palace with his club Manchester United on January 25, 1995.

Manchester United's Eric Cantona has been fined £20,000 and banned from playing football over his kung fu-style attack on the fan.

The club suspended him to the bench for nine months (and the League until the end of September 1995).

Cantona has also been stripped of his captaincy of the French national team and suspended.

Cantona claims the fan, Matthew Simmons, shouted racial insults and threw a missile at him as he walked off the pitch after being given a red card for kicking another player during a tackle.

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(January 18, 1995, Utrecht, Holland 0-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 73, February 1995

(January 18, 1995, Utrecht, Holland 0-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 95, December 1996

(January 18, 1995, Utrecht, Holland 0-France 1)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2546, January 24, 1995

(January 18, 1995, Utrecht, Holland 0-France 1)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 3066 bis, January 14, 2005

(January 18, 1995, Utrecht, Holland 0-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 74, March 1995

(France squad, January 18, 1995, Utrecht, Holland 0-France 1)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, de histoire van oranje, 1989-1995, Authors Matty Verkamman and Henk Mees

(Holland squad, January 18, 1995, Utrecht, Holland 0-France 1)

 

Date: March 29, 1995

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 1

Result: Israel 0-France 0

Venue: Tel Aviv- Ramat Gan, National Stadium 

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: James McCluskey (Scotland)

Linesmen: Ian Cathcart and George McGuire (both Scotland)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Israel): None

(France): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Israel:

1-Bonnie Ginzburg (Ironi Ashfod)

2-Felix Halfon (Ironi Rishon)    

6-Nir Klinger (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

5-Alon Harazi (Maccabi Haifa)  

3-Moshe Glam (Maccabi Haifa) 

4-Alon Hazan (Maccabi Haifa)  

7-Tal Banin (Hapoel Haifa)

8-Haim Revivo (Maccabi Haifa)

11-Ronnie Rosenthal (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

9-Eyal Berkovic (Maccabi Haifa) (14-Itzik Zohar (Royal Antwerp Football Club / Belgium) 64)

10-Ronen Harazi (Beitar Jerusalem)

 

Coach: Shlomo Scharf

Booked: Moshe Glam 39

 

Team Captain: Nir Klinger

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: Light Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Light Blue Socks

 

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

6-Paul Le Guen (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

8-Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

7-Patrice Loko (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

10-Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (15-Youri Djorkaeff (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 78)

9- Nicolas Ouédec (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (14-David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 66)

11-Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Nicolas Ouédec 55

Other Substitutes:

Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)

Christian Karembeu (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

Jean-Michel Ferri (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

 

Team Captain: Paul Le Guen

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White (with Red/Blue/White triangles vertically on the right side) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-Paul Le Guen was France’s Captain for this match. Following Eric Cantona’s exclusion from the national team, the France Manager Aime Jacquet experimented with the captaincy by rotating it from match to match.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(March 29, 1995, EC Qualifier, Israel 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 76, May 1995

(March 29, 1995, EC Qualifier, Israel 0-France 0)

Photo From: Capitaines des bleus depuis 1904, Author Vincent Duluc

(March 29, 1995, EC Qualifier, Israel 0-France 0)

 

Date: April 26, 1995

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 1

Result: France 4-Slovakia 0

Venue: Nantes-Stade de la Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Own Goal (Ondrej Kristofik) 27, David Ginola 42, Laurent Blanc 58, Vincent Guérin 63

(Slovakia): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (27^th minute, France): Vincent Guérin’s cross from the right side was diverted into his own net by Ondrej Kristofik.

2:0 (42^nd minute, France): Éric Di Meco’s cross from the left side was headed in by Ginola.

3:0 (58^th minute, France): Vincent Guérin’s cross from the right side was struck in by Blanc at the far post.

4:0 (63^rd minute, France): Deschamps’ cross from the right side was knocked in by Vincent Guérin.

Lineups:

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2- Jocelyn Angloma (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy)

3- Éric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

7-Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

8-Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

6-Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

10-Zinedine Zidane (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) (14-Youri Djorkaeff (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 74)

11-David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

9-Patrice Loko (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Éric Di Meco 53

Other Substitutes:

16-Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)

12-Christian Karembeu (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

13-Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

15-Nicolas Ouédec (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

 

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White triangles vertically on the right side) Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1- Didier Deschamps was France’s Captain for this match. Following Eric Cantona’s exclusion from the national team, the France Manager Aime Jacquet experimented with the captaincy by rotating it from match to match.

 

Slovakia:

1-Ladislav Molnár (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub) 

2-Tomáš Stúpala (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub) 

3-Marian Zeman (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)         

4-Milos Glonek (Stade Malherbe Caen Calvados Basse-Normandie / France) 

5-Vladimir Kinder (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)

8-Ondrej Kristofik (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha / Czech Republic)

6-Dušan Tittel (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)

11-Lubomir Moravcík (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire / France)

7-Robert Tomaschek (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub) (12-Jaroslav Timko (Fotbal Club Petra Drnovice / Czech Republic) 46)

9-Marek Penksa (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. / Germany) (13-Stefan Maxiner (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub) 73)

10-Petar Dubovsky (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

 

Coach: Jozef Venglos

Booked: Petar Dubovsky 25, Dušan Tittel 32

Other Substitutes:

14- Vladimír Weiss (1. Fotbal Club Košice) 

15- Karol Prazenica (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split / Croatia)

22- Alexander Vencel (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football / France)

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(April 26, 1995, EC Qualifier, France 4-Slovakia 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 76, May 1995

(April 26, 1995, EC Qualifier, France 4-Slovakia 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 76, May 1995

(April 26, 1995, EC Qualifier, France 4-Slovakia 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 76, May 1995

(April 26, 1995, EC Qualifier, France 4-Slovakia 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 19, 1995

(France squad, April 26, 1995, EC Qualifier, France 4-Slovakia 0)

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White (Blue and Red striped on sleeves) Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 19, 1995

(France 1994/95 season)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 19, 1995

(France 1994/95 season)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2565, June 6, 1995

(France 1994/95 season)