The Tours Chronicle
Match10 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Tours's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tours has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Guillaume Olivier
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Dominique Arnaud 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Tours against Sochaux
1‑2 to Sochaux, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
Pierre Pierre wants to come home
“I did not go to Stade Lavallois to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tours and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Squad12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Charles Duval
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Charles Duval, and the manager let it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Costly mistake from Leonardo Marson
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Leonardo Marson knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Gabriel André makes his debut at 18
At 18 years old, Gabriel André became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
A day to forget for Dominique Arnaud
Marked 5.41, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
In brief
- Market The Charles Duval talk will not go away
- Market Tours and Ferris N'Goma are talking past each other
- Market Quentin Bena joins Tours on a free