” Here is. You have in front of you the central hinge of AS Fidésienne in 1969”, jokes Jocelyne Daumer, seated at the Ninkasi de Gerland with her friend and teammate at the time Michelle Avril, pointing to two young women on a black and white Polaroid photo. a little horny.
In the group photo, taken before the kick-off of the first women’s football match played at Gerland on February 15, 1970 as a curtain raiser for OL-Bordeaux, the two 21-year-old players pose alongside their partners and of their trainer Daniel Valtre. Both are wearing white shorts, long-sleeved shirts and short boyish hair. At the end of the row, Madame Toutain. An illustrious figure at OL, this mother from Lyon ran the brasserie de l’Ours Blanc, Cours Charlemagne (Lyon 2), the headquarters of players and supporters. In 1969, she took matters into her own hands to set up a women’s team in conjunction with OL. “She was the players’ granny, she had a lot of contacts at the club and…