No doubt that the Sochaux lion only thinks of making a bite of the little Saint-Sernin du Bois … because it was with contempt that he responded to the president of Saint-Sernin for the lag of the match schedule. It is not glorious from such a posh club.No doubt that the leaders of Sochaux watched the Burgundy-Franche-Comté card to find out where Saint-Sernin du Bois is, after the draw of the French Cup and the organization’s decision to program this quarter-final match at 3 p.m. this Thursday, May 8.
This even as regularly the Burgundy League – Franche -Comté program of matches staggered for the cuts it organizes. But undoubtedly that in the league, we are more concerned with the financial hole which is inexorably widening over the seasons, than by the contingency problems that a regional club can have.
It is up to the clubs to organize and this is what the Saint-Sernin du Bois club wanted, including President Jérôme Hamulka, made a request for the match to be shifted at the end of the afternoon, at 5.30 p.m., because on May 8 was scheduled for the U13 tournament.
It is with contempt that the Montbéliard club club processed the requests of Saint-Sernin du Bois. With an answer arrived this Tuesday, May 6 at 1 p.m. …
We do not know if on the northern side Franche-Comté we consider that the lion, like a wolf, will only make a plug of the San-Serninois little thumb … But one thing is certain, the FC Sochaux Montbéliard does not come out of this episode. And on the league side, it may be time for the right questions to be asked. But there are so many and so recurrent that it is said that it will still take patience …
While waiting for the meeting, we tell ourselves that it was still much better when Burgundy was independent and had not been forced to get married, by force, with the Franche-Comté … We told ourselves that only mere-compliance and detestation were prevailing. But it is therefore also true in sport in general and therefore in football in particular.
Alain Bollery
The story told by the president of Saint-Sernin du Bois:
“After having eliminated AJ Auxerre 2 in 1/16th and the Besançon club in the 1/8th finals of the Burgundy Cup (two clubs of N3), I learn with joy that we will receive in the quarter -final N3 club, the reserve of the historic club of Sochaux Montbéliard (the draw took place on 24/04)My enthusiasm is quickly cooled when I discover that this meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 8 at 3:00 p.m. because we will be in the process of our traditional U13 tournament, but hey I tell myself that with more than 15 days ahead of us we will find a solution between intelligent people so that this day is a football party.
A request for a postponement to start the match at 5.30 p.m. is sent to the League and Sochaux on 04/27 by stipulating that it is linked to the organization of our tournament. We receive a negative response on 03/05 …
Sunday 04/05, we are reducing a request to postpone the start of the match at 4:00 p.m., that is to say a small hour … and specifying that we would like a quick response to organize whatever the answer … This came this Tuesday 06/05 at 1:00 p.m. (after two reminders):
Bonjour,
We keep the schedule at 3 p.m.
Sorry, the secretary is sick and I just had your email.
SincerelyAt first I am of course stunned by this answer but very quickly the anger takes over because we were not listened to, nor respected … Just a laconic response of Sochaux after several reminders (by the way, I am struggled to learn that because of the absence of their secretary, the functioning of the club is strongly impacted, the poor …).
We organize our tournament to pay our costs with regard to sports institutions because money is more likely to climb the pyramid than to make the opposite route … We, small clubs, we have to fight daily to find finances, there we had a unique opportunity to put a little “butter in the spinach” by chaining the tournament and the quarter -final, but as often, there are the beautiful words and acts … Refusal, refusal …
But in Saint SERNIN DU WOOD we do not allow ourselves to be killed! Even if we are at 48 hours from the match, even if it will disorganize our tournament, we will welcome this beautiful team from Sochaux and play the match at 3:00 pm!
I thank the tournament organizers for the implementation of a new organization in such a short time
I apologize to the guest clubs for these last -minute changes
I am moving the professional world that lives on its planet and which is disconnected from amateur sport when it is this one that makes it live …
A Thursday Sochalian Friends
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