The Tours Chronicle
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Édouard François scores twice — 8.63
Two goals and a mark of 8.63 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Charles Schmitt out for 40 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Tours say no — this time
The offer from US Creteil for Guilherme Andrade was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market24 Aug 2026
Benoît Maillard asks to leave Tours
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 5 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Arnaud Philippe 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 Tours this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match22 Aug 2026
AS Nancy take the points off Tours
Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Match22 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Tours and AS Nancy in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Luc David
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luc David, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Guilherme Andrade runs at them all day
- Player ratings Guillaume Dubois in the eights
- Market Tours and Jonny Arriba are talking past each other