The Toulouse FC Courier
Squad23 Aug 2027
Guillaume Restes is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Toulouse FC
Mark McKenzie 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Franjo Posavac gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Franjo Posavac has just signed for Toulouse FC, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Toulouse FC
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Mark McKenzie gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
Toulouse FC supporters have found a favourite in Guillaume Restes
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Guillaume Restes 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Yann Leclerc joins the Toulouse FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yann Leclerc is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Toulouse FC promote Benoît Guillaume from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benoît Guillaume has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Aug 2027
Toulouse FC promote Hervé Paris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hervé Paris has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Laurent Morel joins the Toulouse FC first team
- Player ratings Jacen Russell-Rowe was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Boardroom A promise the Toulouse FC board did not keep