The Chamois Niortais Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Arnaud Rousseau
Successful dribbles: 37. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Antoine Charles takes the afternoon — 8.67
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Antoine Charles provided it, and the 8.67 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market17 Aug 2026
FC Metz come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Chamois Niortais did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais sell Nicolas Guérin for $2.5M
Nicolas Guérin has left for Stade Brestois in a $2.5M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match15 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Chamois Niortais
Antoine Charles 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Chamois Niortais
4 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Antoine Charles the difference as Chamois Niortais beat Bourg-Peronnas
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Antoine Charles. 2‑0 against Bourg-Peronnas, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nicolas François joins the Chamois Niortais first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas François is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Thomas Berger steps up from the Chamois Niortais academy
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Chamois Niortais
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Chamois Niortais