Vincent Duval

Right Forward - FC Annecy U18
25 Nov 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Vincent Duval

17 Edition

The FC Annecy Courier

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

FC Annecy sink to position 17

9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

58 days out for Vincent Duval after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. FC Annecy will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Player ratings

Vincent Pajot pops up at the right end — 7.41

7.41, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad

Florian Escales 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 FC Annecy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Montpellier HSC take the points off FC Annecy

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Annecy

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Axel Drouhin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Kadan Young

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Florian Escales

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Loan watch

Adam Yahi counts the days

“I watch every FC Annecy game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Valenciennes runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Squad FC Annecy are still strangers to each other
  • The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Florian Escales
Back issues
16 Edition

The FC Annecy Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Vincent Duval breaks a bone — 67 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 67 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

A falling-out at FC Annecy

Florian Escales and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Annecy

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Axel Drouhin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Vincent Pajot

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting Sambou Sissoko's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Market

No place for Clément Billemaz in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Clément Billemaz has his answer from FC Annecy; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

15 Edition

The FC Annecy Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

FC Annecy bow out of the cup

LOSC Lille go through and FC Annecy go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad

74 days out for Vincent Duval after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. FC Annecy will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Player ratings

Travis Patterson beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 31. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

FC Annecy leave it late against SC Bastia

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 87th, and SC Bastia spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Player ratings

Gessime Yassine, 20, steals the show — 7.73

Marked 7.73 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad

Florian Escales signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Florian Escales commits to FC Annecy for another 3 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at FC Annecy

Florian Escales and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

FC Annecy see off SC Bastia

Three points for FC Annecy, 1‑0 the final word against SC Bastia in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Words at FC Annecy training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thibault Delphis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief