Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Paul Marshall's Ligue 1 Focus


Lille and Barcelona don't have too much in common. One is a cosmopolitan Mediterranean metropolis, the other an unremarkable Eurostar stop on the fast track from London to Paris. However, like Barcelona - and unlike Ashford in Kent, the other town rendered famous by the Channel Tunnel rail link - Lille have a football team the envy of the country.

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