The Tours Chronicle
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Richard Laurent
Successful dribbles: 53. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
Pro Patria come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Tours did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market3 Aug 2026
Louis Prévost wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Tours hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Louis Prévost 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Tours training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jean-Luc Philippe 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.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Rémy Simon
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match1 Aug 2026
Tours see off Dijon
Three points for Tours, 1‑0 the final word against Dijon in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on David Pierre again
The phone has started ringing about David Pierre again, and this time the name on the line is Stade Rennais. Tours are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Patrick Aubry signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Patrick Aubry and Tours agree another 1 years.
In brief
- Player ratings Rémy Simon takes the honours
- Squad Louis Prévost knocks on the manager's door
- Market No place for Émile Huet in the plan