The Dijon Gazette
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Julio Tavares, 37, rolls back the years — 8.03
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.03 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Paul Delecroix in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Dijon
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jordan Marié falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match15 Aug 2026
Dijon find a way past Valenciennes
Valenciennes made Dijon work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market17 Aug 2026
Dijon promote Émile Bonnet from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Émile Bonnet 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Dijon promote Théodore Girard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Théodore Girard 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
David Da Silva steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Da Silva has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Julien Domingues in the eights
A performance of 8.46 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Market Dijon buy the years ahead of Erwan Adonis
- Boardroom Dijon turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Julio Tavares finally opens his account