The Chamois Niortais Herald
Market24 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Nicolas 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 The request is on a desk at Chamois Niortais, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Thomas Prévost at 20 — 7.67
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Thomas Prévost did not need any: 7.67, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Yves Chevalier
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Julien Ménard 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Esteban Pourcher gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Esteban Pourcher has just signed for Chamois Niortais, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Jean Charles 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Chamois Niortais against Red Star
1‑2 to Red Star, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yves Barré
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yves Barré, and the manager let it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Red Star are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Chamois Niortais will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
In brief
- Market Chamois Niortais sign Esteban Pourcher, one for the future
- Market Emmanuel Nicolas runs his contract down