The Le Mans FC Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Edwin Quarshie's — 8.17
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.17, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Joane Gadou
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Le Mans FC have done the hard part with Borussia Dortmund, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
João Resende turns down Le Mans FC
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Farense keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Lucas Calodat
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Le Mans FC
Baptiste Guillaume 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Le Mans FC get the job done against SC Bastia
A 2‑0 win over SC Bastia, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Yann Leclercq joins the Le Mans FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yann Leclercq is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Le Mans FC promote Pierre Philippe from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pierre Philippe 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Le Mans FC promote Robert Dupuis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robert Dupuis 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 One of our own: Gabriel Pierre joins the Le Mans FC first team
- Squad Words at Le Mans FC training over how hard people work
- The dugout No hiding place for Lucas Bretelle