AS Saint-Etienne : Gérard Farison, this endearing “Tachan” | ASSE News

Just because people are sick doesn’t mean they should be ignored.

On the contrary, it is paying homage to them despite the ravages of time. Above all, it is about performing a duty of remembrance. Victim of a neurodegenerative disease, “Tachan”, the faithful lieutenant had to be accommodated in nursing home two years ago. So, Gérard Farison, the one who talks about it the best, is still his long-time friend, Fernand Verrière. Through a testimony, eyes to the soul.

An indelible friendship, forged long before the football, when the two men resided in the same main street of Terrenoire, this district of Saint-Etienne. United by a passion for sport, their destinies will come closer when Gérard Farison will make his first exploits, ball at the foot under the jersey of the SAM, then of the COT Terrenoire.

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Like Roland Mitoraj and Aimé Jacquet, Gérard Farison started to boil the pot thanks to his work as a guard …