The Valenciennes Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Valenciennes
Romain Thomas 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 Valenciennes
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Stredair Appuah Owusu 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Stredair Appuah Owusu
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Dominique Lemoine joins the Valenciennes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dominique Lemoine is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes promote Jacques Nicolas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacques Nicolas 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
Valenciennes promote Emmanuel Guillot from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emmanuel Guillot 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
Nicolas Durand steps up from the Valenciennes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicolas Durand 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Valenciennes share the spoils with Dijon
A 1‑1 draw with Dijon leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Valenciennes
- Squad Valenciennes pick somebody else ahead of Hervé Boua Dié
- Squad Daou Diomandé is off the mark for Valenciennes