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Remi Garde: Reclaiming The World - THIS STORY WILL NOT GO ANY FURTHER

Started on 14 May 2013 by k1rups
Latest Reply on 8 August 2013 by Louis O.
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It doesn't surprise me that Lyon won the Super Cup since you had the advantage in personnel and formation, but it is still a great accomplishment!
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Brilliant Update. Lyon's domination continues
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Great win mate!
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Nice job winning the Super Cup. Exceptional commentary from this Glenn lad ;)
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Genoa in the UEFA Super Cup final?!?!? OMG! :O

A great start for you! And great updates, as always! :)
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eb: Thanks mate

Paddy: It does indeeeeed

Pauker: Cheers :D

Glenn: Nice trophy to add :) Glenn has been known to work with FMScout Sports before :p

Gambit: Cheers mate :) hopefully we can kick on!
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The Fans




When I joined the club in 2012 there were the same faces I would see at games and watching the players train all the time. Our stadium holds 41,044 seats but we barely filled 25,000 week in week out in my first season. Season ticket sales were below 10,000 and this was affecting the finances, as we weren’t maximising our revenues available.

This was disappointing but also disturbing. Lyon is a great club with a great history but fans are so fickle these days. Our prices aren’t even the highest in the league yet we couldn’t fill the stadium. The obvious solution was to win trophies and that’s exactly what we started doing. Winning the league title in 2012 bought in more fans and more money, which was always a hidden aim in my managerial role. Then cup final wins followed and more fans would be turning up.

We started the 2nd season of my reign and this time we were getting 30,000 fans in and had managed to sell just over 10,000 season tickets. We have a total of 18,058 season tickets to sell and were still way off the total but the improvement was good. There were a few occasions where we were teetering on the edge of 40,000 fans at the European matches and this was a great positive. Champions League football was helping to bring in more fans who were glad to see success return to their great club.

The 3rd season that just finished had ended with the best figures as we had 40,000 fans attend games regularly and season ticket sales hit 15,000 for the year. It was clear that fans just want success but there will always be a solid backbone that will always be at every game they could make. The positive in this for me was the fact that the supporters of our club were happier and enjoyed coming to support their team. Now, heading in to the 4th season of my reign I have just been given the numbers of season ticket sales and for the first time in many many years we have sold all of the allocated tickets. A great moment for the club but perhaps what is even greater is that in just a few months time we will move to a bigger and better stadium, Stade des Lumières that will hold 61,556 people. With architect Populous in charge, we have a stunning and gorgeous stadium with designs that are exceptional. I cannot wait to hear the noise our fans make inside this ground and we will make sure they have plenty to sing and shout about!

And the turn of it all is thanks to you, Mr Garde!
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EPIC STADIUM ALERT
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Another great update :) Detail FTW
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Sounds like some Leeds fans, but yeah the way you've turned Lyon around has been outstanding, best story on FMS for a while IMO
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That is officially the best stadium I have ever seen.
Glenn: Mr Garde thanks you for the comments ;)

Louis: Exactly my thoughts!!

Paddy: Cheers mate :)

JL00: That is a great compliment mate thank you!

TSO: I've seen some more pics on google it looks absolutely awesome!
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The September Match Updates




Olympique Lyonnais 4 – 0 Saint-Etienne

Friday 11th September 2015 – Ligue 1 – Stade de Gerland, Lyon – Att. 41,044



Allione (21, 73)
Lacazette (53)
Watt (77)

Olympique Lyonnais 1 – 2 Manchester City

Wednesday 16th September 2015 – Champions League Grp H – Stade de Gerland, Lyon – Att. 41,044



Watt (80)
Tevez (73)
Silva (90+1)

Troyes 1 – 3 Olympique Lyonnais

Saturday 19th September 2015 – Ligue 1 – Stade de l’Aube, Troyes – Att. 19,185



Benzia (26, pen 58)
Asamoah (46)
Psaume (75)

Sochaux 1 – 3 Olympique Lyonnais

Saturday 26th September 2015 – Ligue 1 – Stade August Bonal, Montbeliard – Att. 19,808



Bakambu (48)
Lacazette (52,81)
Gonalons (62)

Galatasary 0 – 2 Olympique Lyonnais

Tuesday 29th September 2015 – Champions League Grp H – Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleski Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul – Att. 52,695



Lacazette (47, 62)

League Table




Champions League Group H




A great month in the league where we have won 7 straight but P$G have won 8 straight and they will be our next match after Nice so hopefully we can slow them down! The loss against Manchester City was frustrating because it was such a late goal to concede and has meant we have to work even harder in our other games. Galatasary have some class players so I was pleased to get the win and we have to make sure we beat Anderlecht. Allione and Asamoah deserve special mentions as they have had great starts and Boateng and Lovren are absolutely excellent. Both deserve every compliment so far this season.
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Damn You UEFA!!! City again *sigh*
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