When we ask the supporters about their best memory of Beaublanc, many are those who answer their first time at the Palais des Sports. This is the case of Laurent, who came as a kid with the family for a large European poster: “Limoges-Barcelona. I was very young, 10 or 12 years old, with my father and my grandfather, who told me that he would never come back because there was too much noise. Big memory. .. Very, very big memories and we want to relive evenings, atmospheres like that. This is what keeps us subscribed and always present. “
Something grandiose
Jean-Max will not forget his first time either. It was 40 years ago, at the age of 22, for the inauguration of Beaublanc, November 28, 1981 and this match against ASVEL: “The first time I entered Beaublanc it was something grand. Before coming there, we had played in a few games at the Sisters of the River. It was a different place than what we had experienced before. The resonance is not the same When we got to know the Sisters of the River and we arrive here, it is really a specific forum. 40 years later, we still love him. The proof, we are still coming! “
The great European evenings
Claude and Gérard, too, knew the “Mu room” before discovering Beaublanc. They will never forget those great European evenings, during which the Palais des Sports was as full as an egg: “There were a lot of people. The first match, I remember, when they played at European level, the steps were full! There was no security. There were over 6,000 people. We have seen some very, very good matches. Of course we have seen bad ones, but we have seen very beautiful ones. “
2000: the year of the treble
Supporters, like Arlette, have not forgotten, either, the incredible epic in 2000. This season during which the club could have disappeared but, which ended with the improbable treble, championship, French Cup and Korac Cup, won by Yann Bonato and his teammates: “In every game that was played here, we didn’t know if we were going to come back afterwards.”
2014 and 2015 titles
Without forgetting, in the wake, the long crossing of the desert after the demotion in National 1, then the reconquest with the titles of champions of France 2014 and 2015 against Strasbourg, in a Beaublanc in fusion. A very strong memory for Annick: “We had waited so much. We had done 8 years of purgatory, 2 years of N1 and 8 years of ProB … This title of 2014, against Strasbourg in addition, won in 3 rounds! It was great!”
For Dominique also, the title of champion of France 2014 remains apart: “The old memories of the European Cup, we were more or less used to it for a while. But then, when we spent this dark period, it was the case to say it because we were dressed in black … It is true that the renaissance was the title of champion of France. We came out of such a catastrophic period, we started from scratch. It gave us a little balm in the heart. “
– Jerome Ostermann
Many Limoges CSP supporters take a very positive view of the Beaublanc modernization project. A room that they would like, like their memories, never to see disappear.