The Bourg-Peronnas Sentinel
Squad24 Aug 2026
Teddy Boulhendi keeps Bourg-Peronnas in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market24 Aug 2026
Mamadou Conté puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bourg-Peronnas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Bourg-Peronnas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mathéo Bodmer was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Enzo Mayilla
Bourg-Peronnas asked and AS Saint-Etienne said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match22 Aug 2026
FC Versailles take the points off Bourg-Peronnas
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Édouard Dupont to a room that had heard them before.
Looking ahead24 Aug 2026
Ange-Kévine Gnabo goes back to face Sochaux
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Ange-Kévine Gnabo’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 dugout24 Aug 2026
The plan did not have a place for Mamadou Magassouba
Nobody at Bourg-Peronnas is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
In brief
- Player ratings Francis Kembolo runs at them all day
- Squad The room hears from Elysée Logbo
- Market Essam Medjebeur placed on the list