“We have never seen so many people here. » On October 27, Auray supporters can hardly believe their eyes. Having come to support their team before this 6th round of the Coupe de France, they quickly felt outnumbered against the Ruffiac-Malestroit lovers who arrived en masse.
“Three-quarters of the stadium are green”, relishes goalkeeper Florian Le Breton at the end of a match which ended with an invasion of the pitch and a shortage of drinks at the Alréan refreshment bar. “They are very, very good at calling shots,” jokes Timothée Guillaumot, player-coach during the year of the rise to R2 in 2022-2023. The supporters are at full tilt! »
“A very popular club”
That’s Ruffiac! The club attracts a large audience behind it both at home and away. “When you have 200 people every weekend who come to see you in R3, it makes you want to fight for the jersey,” confides Guillaumot. The club is something very important to them, almost visceral. It’s part of them. Even away from home, they are often outnumbered by the opposing team’s supporters. »
This is indeed evident again this year despite the presence of the team with group F composed almost exclusively of teams from Ille-et-Vilaine. “We went to Châteaugiron the other day, there were around thirty people supporting us,” continues his successor Maxime Michel. It’s a very popular club. In Auray, grandpas, grandmas, parents, children and babies gathered on the ground to celebrate. »
The 2,500 tickets sold in a few minutes
With this enthusiasm, it is difficult to imagine anything other than a raid on ticket sales for this 7th round. The 2,500 places were taken in a few minutes. “There is a fervor that has been created over the last four or five years,” confides defender Romain Houeix. We are quite close to our audience. We stay to chat with them when they come to see us outside. This encourages them to follow us to the next match.” And they will be there more than ever on Saturday in Ploërmel.
