Didier Roche

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Chamois Niortais
1 Aug 2027
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Marked for Didier Roche

32 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad8 Mar 2027

Frédéric Barbier signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Frédéric Barbier and Chamois Niortais agree another 2 years.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Tempers go at Chamois Niortais

Silas Ostrzinski was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Words at Chamois Niortais training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Raymond Paris is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

Back issues
31 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad1 Mar 2027

Didier Roche keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chamois Niortais may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Silas Ostrzinski 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.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Théodore Mercier 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

14 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Raymond Paris runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 42. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match31 Oct 2026

Chamois Niortais make it 6 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Chamois Niortais have 6 straight wins of it.

Market2 Nov 2026

Luc Girard wants more than Chamois Niortais are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Laurent Jean is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.30 with 12 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match31 Oct 2026

Laurent Jean sends Chamois Niortais past Stade Lavallois

It finished 1‑0, and it was Laurent Jean’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Chamois Niortais.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A month that belonged to Stéphane Marchand

The young player of the month award goes to a 20-year-old at Chamois Niortais who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

Squad2 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Didier Roche

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Didier Roche, and the manager let it.

Squad2 Nov 2026

The month belongs to Raymond Paris

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Chamois Niortais have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Laurent Jean takes the honours

Marked 7.94 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Chamois Niortais had the best player on the pitch.

In brief