The décor is an education in itself, a framed pictorial history of Stade in shirt, sticker and fanzine form. 1986 to 1987: Stade Brestois (Division 1) 1987 to 1992: Stade Rennais (87–91 Division 2, 90–91 Division 1) 1992 to 1993: Tours FC (Division 2) 1995 to 1997: Stade Quimpérois (Division 2) Honours Club honours. David Ginola, Franck Ribéry and Júlio César all ran out in the white and red of Brest in its various guises, the club going through two name changes since its formation in 1950.

Right on the main drag in town at 7 rue Jean-Jaurès, the Stade Brestois 29 Boutique Officielle (Tue-Sat 10am-noon, 2pm-7pm, match days including Mon 10am-7pm) is awash with red and white – although away tops for 2019-20 are either black or white, and with a different sponsor to the home kits, unusually. La saison 1986-1987 : Alors que la section professionnelle prend le nom de Brest Armorique, Brest fait parler de lui lors de l'intersaison. Discounted prices, tarif réduit, of around 25%, are for under-18s and students.

Admission to the Brittany Ferries end (€9-€25) means you’ll be open to the elements – and it does rain in Brest.

If it’s an evening game, the tramway will have stopped running by the time you get to Place de Strasbourg after the final whistle.

Look out for artefacts displaying the fearsome flag-bearing mascot Zef le Pirate.

Brest held on for two more seasons before the inevitable drop. Save all your kisses, then, for Le Penalty. Slap opposite the home Quimper end of the Stade Francis-Le Blé, this simply wonderful pre-game bar does so many things right.

Pre-match drinking is sacrosanct at Stade Brestois. Total market value of departures: €12.20m.

Matches screened, too.

Promoted in 2019, Stade Brestois 29 are the flagship club of the Breton port of Brest, whose relatively short spells in the top flight barely reflect a colourful history of star names and long-suffering support. The stadium is an easy glide up from town on tramway A, alighting at Place de Strasbourg, five stops up from focal Liberté. Home of Brest football for nearly a century, the Stade Francis-Le Blé is the smallest of the 20 Ligue 1 grounds in 2019-20. If there are any places in the home end, Quimper, these run at €15-€28.

If you’re coming directly from the airport, the shuttle bus runs to the terminus of tramway A at Porte de Guipavas – Place de Strasbourg is six stops away. David Ginola, Franck Ribéry and Júlio César all ran out in the white and red of Brest in its various guises, the club going through two name changes since its formation in 1950.

Further down, La P’tite Taverne awaits new ownership.

Grâce aux centres Leclerc, Brest fait signer deux joueurs présents lors de la Coupe du Monde : le brésilien Julio Cesar et le tout nouveau champion du monde argentin, José-Luis Brown. Generally considered to be the successors of Amoricaine de Brest founded in 1903, Stade Brestois were, in fact, an amalgamation of five clubs supported by the local Catholic Church.

Crowds remained modest and Brest barely blipped past mid-table. Playing for reformed Stade Brestois 29, reserve players battled in the third, then fourth, tiers as gates dipped into the hundreds.

Two unremarkable decades passed before veteran midfielder Alain de Martigny brought a professional approach to Stade Brestois in the late 1970s. (August 8, 1986, OM) Surface: Grass: Construction; Opened: 1922: Renovated: 2010: Tenants; Stade Brestois 29 (Present) Stade Francis-Le Bl é is a multi-use stadium in Brest, France.

The stadium is named for Francis Le Blé, former mayor of Brest who died in 1982. In 1988, they went down, and their immediate return persuaded a young David Ginola to try his luck there. By now, Brest had municipal backing, the City buying up and modernising the stadium, renaming it Stade Francis-Le Blé after a recently deceased mayor, the rebranding the club Brest Armorique. Sector 1 nearest the home end is a Kop all of its own.

Advance tickets are sold at the club shop in town at 7 rue Jean-Jaurès (Tue-Sat 10am-noon, 2pm-7pm, match days including Mon 10am-7pm), at Le Penalty bar (see below) opposite the ground, online through the club and regular networks France Billet, Fnac and Ticketmaster.

Head up to the roundabout, then veer right down rue de Quimper – the stadium is 2min ahead on the left. Saison 1986/87 - 4e journée - 15 000 spectateurs - Arbitre : De Zayas BREST 1 LENS 3 Julio Cesar 90e s. pen. It may be filtered by positions. Stade Brestois 29 transport/Peterjon Cresswell. For using this site, please activate JavaScript. Angers - Brest | Conférence de presse d'avant-match, Romain Philippoteaux rejoint la #TeamPirates ?‍☠️.

Stade Brestois 29 tickets/Peterjon Cresswell. Auxerre also keen on a long-awaited return to Ligue 1, Furlan left Brest in the close season, long-term Dijon coach Olivier Dall’Oglio coming in to steer the club clear of relegation in 2019-20. Après un début de saison en fanfare et une place de leader après trois journées, les Brestois piétinent à l'automne avant de se reprendre avant la fin des matchs aller. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Stade Brestois 29. After a first promotion to Ligue 1 in 1979, then relegation, de Martigny took over a coaching role, getting Brest back up in one season before he headed off to Spain to work as assistant to Michel Hidalgo when France lit up the 1982 World Cup. The Foucauld opposite houses the press and VIPs. Brest currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division in French football.The club plays its home matches at the Stade Francis-Le Blé, a stadium with a capacity of … Blessed with a terrace, friendly regulars and equally welcoming staff, it screens live games, sells match tickets and its U-shaped counter allows many to crowd in and get served pdq. An average price there is around €40-€50, going as low as €20 for the poorest seat against, say, Reims. Squad size: