06:04 – September 02, 2023 – by
The Green Angel Dominique Rocheteau happy to find teammates and supporters.
Rocheteau, Bathenay, Piazza… a dozen players from the legendary Saint-Étienne team of the 70s were present on August 31 in the Le Galion room in Gerzat for a signing session for the benefit of sick children. A passion intact.
Still as strong and as popular, of course it’s the greens! During a signing session organized on August 31 in Gerzat by “The legend of the greens”, we could observe that the passion around the heroes of the final of the 1976 champion clubs in Glasgow and these famous square posts, did not did not turn off. On the contrary.
Hundreds of ASSE fans lined up for more than an hour to have Dominique Rocheteau, Dominique Bathenay, Osvaldo Piazza, Patrick Revelli and Christian Synaeghel sign jerseys, scarves, photos or books.
Christian and Dominique are educators at the Cébazat club and they wouldn’t have missed that.
“I was born in 1964 and it reminds us of the good years of the Greens explains Christian. There is always this craze we see today. It was not the same football, everyone was behind the Greens. But there are still supporters. »
Even if ASSE is in Ligue 2 today, there are still fans. “Today young people support PSG or Lyon more, Dominique admits. But they know Saint-Étienne and all that that represents for French football. We can see that these are players who were and remain affordable. »
At the table, the Greens happily lend themselves to signings and other photos. Starting with the Green Angel. “It’s important to all get together every year, we spend a weekend together with great pleasure explains Dominique Rocheteau. We will soon celebrate the 50th anniversary of the final. Seeing that there are always so many people, it’s nice. This is specific to Saint-Étienne, it is passed on from generation to generation and there are always young people. »
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This dad, who was eight years old in 1976, also subscribed to Clermont Foot, came with his two ten-year-old daughters June and Joyce. “We try to talk to them about this epic even if it’s far away. It’s a fantastic atmosphere, it’s the legend. It’s great to see them all in real life here in Gerzat. It makes memories and it’s for a good cause too. »
The event was charitable and the profits from the jerseys and books sold were donated to the ADCISE association of Professor François Varlet for pediatric surgery. What makes this passion even more beautiful.
“The legend of the greens” is a song written by two Auvergnats Patrick Koclaym and Julien Frobert, and sponsored by the Greens of 76. Since then, signing sessions have been organized to raise funds for associations.
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