The Chamois Niortais Herald
Squad2 Nov 2026
Antoine Charles takes the match ball home
4 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Match31 Oct 2026
Chamois Niortais run riot against Stade Lavallois
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Joël Veltman, 34, rolls back the years — 8.17
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.17 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Benoît Faure
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Antoine Charles is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.33 with 16 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match31 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Chamois Niortais do not lose
7 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.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of Antoine Charles at his very best
Marked 10.00. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Chamois Niortais.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
Sébastien Carré has seen enough of RC Strasbourg
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Chamois Niortais, and 0 appearances in 12 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Lamine Guèye named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Lamine Guèye is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
In brief
- Squad Louis Mathieu gets it from the manager
- Market Arnaud Rousseau linked with a move away
- Player ratings Cristiano Farias ran the game