The Tours Chronicle
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Richard Poirier
112 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tours lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Richard Laurent runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market31 Aug 2026
David Renard puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Tours, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Tours
Louis Prévost 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Tours come up short against Clermont Foot
Clermont Foot left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jean-Luc Rey
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Tours training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Théodore Roussel is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market31 Aug 2026
The shop window has Olivier Morin in it
Tours have let the market know Olivier Morin can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Supporters make their feelings known about Daniel Sanchez
The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Tours would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.
In brief
- Market The stand keeps filling up for Daniel Sanchez
- Market Thomas Blanc leaves on loan