The Francs Borains Sentinel
Match5 Apr 2027
Francs Borains up to position 2
63 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Match3 Apr 2027
Massimo Bruno breaks Beerschot hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Massimo Bruno scored in the 89th minute, Beerschot had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Francs Borains took the lot.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Enoha Bontems, 18, plays like he has been here for years — 7.82
A mark of 7.82 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 18-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad5 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Francs Borains
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Massimo Bruno was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match3 Apr 2027
Francs Borains get the job done against Beerschot
A 2‑1 win over Beerschot, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces5 Apr 2027
Francs Borains supporters have found a favourite in Enoha Bontems
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Enoha Bontems 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.
Match3 Apr 2027
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Francs Borains. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
Market5 Apr 2027
One of our own: Leander Mignolet joins the Francs Borains first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leander Mignolet is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Apr 2027
Francs Borains promote Yannick Vertonghen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yannick Vertonghen 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 Thorgan Castagne steps up from the Francs Borains academy
- Market Youri Fellaini steps up from the Francs Borains academy
- Squad Philipp Wydra in a row with a teammate