The Tours Chronicle
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Tours part company with Michel Lucas
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Squad21 Aug 2028
85 days out for Richard Joly after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Tours will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market21 Aug 2028
Stéphane Lemaire agrees terms with Stade Lavallois
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Tours people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Stéphane Marty takes charge at Tours
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Tours
Richard Joly and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Tours baulk at the price for Evan Bouttier
Stade Lavallois wanted more than $79.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Tours
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match19 Aug 2028
The goals have deserted Tours
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Tours can tell you which week it ends in.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Stade Rennais tell Tours: Charles Arnaud is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Dominique Guillot joins the Tours first team
- Market Henri Mathieu steps up from the Tours academy
- Market One of our own: Patrick Fleury joins the Tours first team