The Mouscron Gazette
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Márcio Oliveira runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match19 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Mouscron
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Mouscron are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Mouscron
Toby Castagne 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.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nothing got past Thorgan Vertonghen
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Raf Smekens gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match19 Sep 2026
Mouscron and Waasland-Beveren cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Waasland-Beveren came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Simon Boyata makes his debut at 15
At 15 years old, Simon Boyata became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
The one thing Toby Castagne could not do
Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nothing got past Mohammed El Âdfaoui
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 12 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
In brief
- Squad Adnan Hazard knocks on the manager’s door
- Market The Youri Lukaku story refuses to die
- Market Leander De Bruyne leaves for nothing