The Tours Chronicle
Match15 Aug 2026
Tours run riot against US Creteil
9‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A day Marc Roussel will not forget
4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Market17 Aug 2026
Tours turn down RC Strasbourg for Marcel Renault
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Raymond Chevalier takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Jérôme Rodriguez, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.38
A mark of 8.38 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Raymond Chevalier 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 Tours this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
Marc Roussel among the goals in a wild afternoon
9 goals in one match, Marc Roussel on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Tours and US Creteil.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Raymond Chevalier
Marked 9.77 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Tours
2 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.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Michel Colin
- Squad The manager makes an example of Marc Roussel
- Market Tours promote Charles André from within