In our “Mixed Zone” podcast, we go back in time with the series “Once upon a time, in the history of sport…”. With this new episode, it is about a popular song that has become the anthem of a football club. No, it’s not about You’ll Never Walk Alone in Liverpool, Great Britain, but from the tube of Pierre Bachelet The settlements.
In February 2005, four days after the death of the singer from Pas-de-Calais, the management of RC Lens decided to broadcast one of his songs, composed in tribute to the underground miners whose daily life he recounts.
Is RC Lens really the club for minors?
The refrain is taken up in chorus by the 30,000 spectators. A moment of intense emotion which has not left the stands of the Bollaert stadium since. At each meeting, at home, but also outside, Lens supporters do not hesitate to sing this anthem at halftime. Where does this attachment to mining come from? Is RC Lens really this club of minors that the legend describes? If you are interested in the subject, go quickly and listen to our podcast on RC Lens and the song “Les corons” with our guide, former journalist Thierry Tempez, passionate about the history of this club.
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