The Bourg-Peronnas Sentinel
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Bourg-Peronnas
Sidi Cissé was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Mathéo Bodmer falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
Elhadj Keita counts the days
“I watch every Bourg-Peronnas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at JIPPO runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Beimarse Tankiev
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Beimarse Tankiev, and the manager let it.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Jules Meyer goes back to face Dijon
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Jules Meyer’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Bourg-Peronnas needing him to play as if none of it matters.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Francis Kembolo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bourg-Peronnas, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
When it matters, Destin Banzouzi plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Rayan Souici has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Bourg-Peronnas that is a harder question to answer.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
A door opens for Rayan Slimani
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Bourg-Peronnas
- Squad Nathan Vitré back in training