The Nimes Herald
Match28 Sep 2026
Every point is an argument now for Nimes
Position 11 and 7 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Jean-Philippe Célestin keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nimes may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Robin Maulun
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Pablo Martinez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nimes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match26 Sep 2026
Nimes see off Valenciennes
Three points for Nimes, 1‑0 the final word against Valenciennes in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Najib Bennour 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.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Othmane Benhamza
- Player ratings Najib Bennour changes it off the bench
- Market Djibril Sarr leaves for nothing