The Francs Borains Sentinel
Match28 Dec 2026
Francs Borains refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 37 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Market28 Dec 2026
Philipp Wydra asks to leave Francs Borains
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market28 Dec 2026
One of our own: Michy De Ketelaere joins the Francs Borains first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michy De Ketelaere is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market28 Dec 2026
One of our own: Yannick Januzaj joins the Francs Borains first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yannick Januzaj is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market28 Dec 2026
One of our own: Dries Fellaini joins the Francs Borains first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dries Fellaini is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 135% of everything Francs Borains earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match26 Dec 2026
Nobody wins at Francs Borains
8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Match26 Dec 2026
Francs Borains see off Eupen
Three points for Francs Borains, 1‑0 the final word against Eupen in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad28 Dec 2026
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.
In brief
- Player ratings Mathias Fixelles stands above it all
- Squad Words exchanged at Francs Borains
- The dugout Youri Boyata has his say