The Tours Chronicle
Match14 Nov 2026
Raymond Colin leads the rout of US Creteil
3‑0, and Raymond Colin took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Tours tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Christophe Roger beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 33. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Stéphane Breton out for 81 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Tours will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Raymond Colin scores twice — 9.55
Two goals and a mark of 9.55 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Léo Botz, 21, steals the show — 8.59
Marked 8.59 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Benoît Rémy: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tours have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Raymond Colin is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.47 with 15 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Tours
Khalis Merah and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match14 Nov 2026
Tours keep winning on the road
4 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Tours
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Léo Botz
- The dugout No hiding place for Romain Padovani