Lorient captain to wear fishing net armband for Caen fixture | OneFootball

FC Lorient have taken a unique approach this season to their captain’s armbands. For each home game, the Ligue 2 side have designed a unique armband which pays homage to a different part of the club and the port town’s history.

They’ve previously designed one, which was made out of a sailcloth, while another was created in a joint effort with Athletic Club to promote Breton and Basque culture and language.

For their penultimate home game against SM Caen this weekend, the captain, Laurent Abergel (32), will take to the pitch with an armband made from a fishing net that was recovered from a local port, and “enhanced” with oyster shell powder from an oyster farm in Baden.

It’s been a brilliant season so far for Lorient, and they look to be set to return to Ligue 1 at the first time of asking. The club have a one-point lead over Paris FC at the top of the championship with only three games left to play.

They take on already relegated Caen this Saturday, before travelling to face AC Ajaccio, and hosting strugglers FC Martigues on the final day of the season.

GFFN | Nick Hartland