The Chamois Niortais Herald
Market24 Aug 2026
Didier Poirier hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chamois Niortais can pretend not to have heard.
Market24 Aug 2026
Lechia 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Guillaume Roux
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Business is business: Thibault Petit goes
FC Nantes paid $360.0K and Chamois Niortais took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais rebuffed over Francisco Souza Silva
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Benfica have kept their man, and Chamois Niortais go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Bruno Marty
Marked 8.11 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match22 Aug 2026
Late, late show earns Chamois Niortais a point
Minute 93, against Red Star, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Charles Renault
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Charles Renault, and the manager let it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Costly mistake from Robert Lambert
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Robert Lambert knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
In brief
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Robert Lambert's mistake
- Squad Maxima Goffi in a row with a teammate
- Match Honours even between Chamois Niortais and Red Star