The Tours Chronicle
Market20 Mar 2028
Aldo Encinas asks to leave Tours
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Yves Bonnet says Tours went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match18 Mar 2028
No end in sight to Tours's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tours has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Tempers go at Tours
Mads Bidstrup 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.
The terraces20 Mar 2028
Tours supporters have found a favourite in Jérôme Rolland
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Jérôme Rolland has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
Nothing got past Mads Bidstrup
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Daniel Aubert out for 41 days
The medical room confirms 41 days on the sidelines for Daniel Aubert, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Federico Nardin
“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.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
Noa Boutin could not find anything
4.98. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
In brief
- Match Tours and Paris FC cancel each other out
- Player ratings Marcel Da Silva never got going
- Player ratings A day to forget for Daniel Garcia