The Tours Chronicle
Match26 Oct 2026
Tours refuse to drop out of the race
Position 2, 26 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Théodore Royer keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tours may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Tours
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Éder Cavalcante was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match24 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Tours do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match24 Oct 2026
Tours get the job done against Red Star
A 3‑1 win over Red Star, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Telli Siwe 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.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
One of their own: Éder Cavalcante
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes of Bruno Robin at his very best
Marked 8.74. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Tours.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Marcel Leclerc out for 20 days
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Marcel Leclerc, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Louis Royer at his very best
- Player ratings Éder Cavalcante in the eights
- The dugout No hiding place for Louis Baron