PRESS

ACCESSING GRAMMONT

This section is entirely dedicated to journalists and professional photographers, and will hopefully facilitate your visits to the Domaine de Grammont during training sessions open to the public and to the press, and your relations with the club’s press service.

One address for all your press requests: [email protected]

MEDIA MAILING LIST

The MEDIAS mailing list is only for professional journalists who have an email address with their media company’s domain name. For any requests to join the mailing list via a personal address, we request that you send us by email a copy of your press card.

WEEKLY TRAINING

All training sessions are open to the public and press, excepting special circumstances announced by email and on the club’s website. Nonetheless recording images is submitted to approval in advance.

WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE

A press conference is organised generally 48h before each match with the coach and a player, chosen in advance. This conference takes place in the press room located in the pro team building (the big orange building at the back of the training centre).

INTERVIEW REQUESTS

Requests for interviews are possible on other days, but these requests must be made in advance by direct email to the MHSC Press Service ([email protected]) who manage player, staff and club member appointments. Just as for the mailing list, any request coming from personal email addresses or non-professional media will be ignored.

HOW TO GET TO DOMAINE DE GRAMMONT

From the airport follow signs for MONTPELLIER and take the first exit (ZENITH), the Domaine de Grammont is located behind the ZENITH
From the A9 motorway take the MONTPELLIER – EST exit
From the city centre follow signs for LA GRANDE MOTTE – LES PLAGES – ZENITH

ACCESSING LA MOSSON STADIUM

As per our agreement with UJSF (Union of French Sports Journalists), journalist access to Ligue 1 McDonald’s matches requires signup on the UJSF platform.

Journalists registered on the UJSF platform can enter the stadium via the press entrance on Avenue Heidelberg gate 22 between the Roussillon stand entrance and the haut-Languedoc stand entrance. This is the only entrance point for press.

Established listing allows registered journalists to park in the Père-Jourdan 3 car park. The doors open 2h30 before kick-off.

CONTACT UJSF

Your Montpellier-based contacts for the UJSF are:

– Maxime RAYNAUD ([email protected]) for written press
– Julien LANDRY ([email protected]) for radio and TV

MATCH DAY ACTIVITIES

Post-match player-press interviews:
The two coaches for each team will come to speak to the media in the press room. Players will go to the mixed zone
Photographers:

Photographers must collect on arrival a photographer vest from the press reception in exchange for an ID document before accessing the grounds. They must return this vest at the end of the match.
On kick-off they must head to their work area behind the goalposts.
If they want to go to the press stand, they can take the usual path through the press entrance.

FILMING AUTHORISATION

In order to improve the management of all media present during matches organised by the LFP (Ligue 1 McDonald’s), media and audiovisual charters have been put into place. Organisation rules have been established in order to improve everyone’s experience on match nights. These rules concern all media.

Outside of planned post-match interviews in the press room and mixed area, no media, rights-holding or otherwise, can record images inside the stadium without advance approval from the LFP.

In order to record images inside the stadium during a match, all media must DOWLOAD AND COMPLETE EXHAUSTIVELY 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE the Filming Authorisation Request form relating to their status on the www.lfp.fr website.

We suggest you study attentively the LFP Media Charter which explains the above in further detail.

Non rights-holding media without filming authorisation must deposit any cameras in the press room on arrival at the stadium.

WOMEN’S TEAM PRESS RELATIONS

For any interview request of a player or staff member of the women’s team, please make your request by email to the MHSC Press Service ([email protected]).

On match days, press access is obtained via accreditation requested by email at least 72h in advance ([email protected]) in order to facilitate your access to the stadium on the day.

Recording images is forbidden due to agreements with the competition’s broadcaster. Only end-of-match reactions are authorised.