Since its inception in 1904, OGC Nice has a long history behind it, experiencing exceptional moments of glory on the field at the Stade du Ray, particularly during the great decade of the 1950s.
When the club faced severe difficulties in the spring of 1969, the professional team was on the verge of disappearing; a man would then save it, take it in hand and provide it with the ambition and above all the means to become one of the finest French, even European, teams again: it was the city’s mayor, Jacques Médecin.
OGC Nice would then experience, from 1969 to 1978, a decade that still remains today, in the minds of all the people of Nice, as the last great golden period of the club. The team would experience it all: overflowing vitality, passion, the presence of big names in French and European football, moments of jubilation and euphoria as well as deep dismay, crises, changes of coaches, intense rivalries with the legendary club of Saint-Étienne, the European Cup… everything, except for a title that would have crowned that fabulous decade of the 1970s.
This book, richly illustrated with photographs from that era, will allow readers and supporters of the “Aiglons” to revisit, year by year, this glorious period of the Gym.
A must-have for all the fans, this book has already sold several thousand copies since its release. A handful of copies remain.
The author: Bertrand Tremel developed a passion for OGC Nice at a very young age when he attended his first football match at the Stade du Ray. The extraordinary 70s saga, which he continued to follow through newspaper readings and radio-broadcasted matches,
