The Tours Chronicle
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Sébastien Leroy
Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad24 Aug 2026
3 goals for Michel Colin
The match ball belongs to Michel Colin, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market24 Aug 2026
Tours say no — this time
The offer from Pineto for Édouard François 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
Roger Lemoine 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 Tours can pretend not to have heard.
Match22 Aug 2026
Tours make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Tours have 3 straight wins of it.
Market24 Aug 2026
The Raymond Chevalier conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Stade Rennais will make the call about Raymond Chevalier this week. Tours have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Michel Colin at his very best
Marked 9.68. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Tours.
Match22 Aug 2026
Tours get the job done against AS Nancy
A 3‑1 win over AS Nancy, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sébastien Leroy 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.
In brief
- Squad Tours count the cost of losing Frédéric Gonzalez
- Squad Rémi Le Roux dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Raymond Chevalier