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He is the oldest in the Laval stadium. Venant Sochon, at 91, proudly supports the Laval football team. And for as long as he can. Brut met him.
“I take my hat off to him, sincerely, at his age, coming to the stadium, traveling to come. I hope it will last as long as possible.“Venant Sochon is 91 years old, and goes to all the matches of Laval, in Mayenne. A supporter since 1967, he is the club’s oldest fan. And it’s not the 30-minute drive to go to the stadium that will stop him. This time, he follows the players during their meeting against Caen, at home. “The weather is right, the weather is right. And then I think the lawn is in good shape, too. Its very important”, describes the nonagenarian.
“When I was a student in Rennes for a year, as we went with our friends, quite often, when we could, to see the matches of Stade Rennes, that’s also what gave me a passion for football.“, explains Venant Sochon. He became a football fan around the age of 20, and he is still present, 70 years later. “It’s the best club in the Mayenne department and to be in Ligue 2, for a city like Laval with barely 50,000 inhabitants, is very good, it’s wonderful.”
End of the match: Laval winner of 4 points against 0 for Caen. “Given the 4-0 score that we have just inflicted on Stade Malherbe de Caen, which is nevertheless a good team, I hope that it will continue like this so that Laval goes up the rankings again. (…) It was a real hurricane, the surge of Laval residents towards the goals of the Stade Malherbe de Caen”, debriefs the supporter.