The Chamois Niortais Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Vincent Charpentier
Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sorrento come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Chamois Niortais did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Nicolas Lemaire 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 Chamois Niortais this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Chamois Niortais
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre steps up from the Chamois Niortais academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Thomas Garnier steps up from the Chamois Niortais academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Garnier has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sébastien Barré steps up from the Chamois Niortais academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sébastien Barré has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Antoine Henry signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Antoine Henry and Chamois Niortais agree another 3 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Pierre Morel 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
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Chamois Niortais
- Squad Chamois Niortais pick somebody else ahead of Nicolas Garnier
- Match Chamois Niortais draw a blank against Bourg-Peronnas