Ribery et gerard houllier biography

The sad passing of former Liverpool boss Gérard Houllier has been felt across the football world

Former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has died at the age of 73

Travel down Avenue Jean Louis Sanguet in the sleepy northern French seaside town of Le Touquet, which lies on the shoreline of the English Channel, and the lush greenery of the trees that align the route and the smattering of picturesque traditional properties with their window boxes full of flowers might not lend itself to be the starting point for a remarkable football journey.

Halfway down the Avenue there is a break in the trees and the open space of a football pitch can be seen, with one modest stand running alongside the road.

It's quaint and fairly unspectacular, the kind of place you might find when searching for local non-league football in the New Forest, perhaps.

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