The Tours Chronicle
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Dominique Meunier runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 48. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
AS Nancy come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Tours did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Robert Moreau at 21 — 7.81
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Robert Moreau did not need any: 7.81, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $1.8M sale of Didier Denis
He is going to Paris FC, the club has $1.8M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market17 Aug 2026
Tours sell Didier Denis for $1.8M
Didier Denis has left for Paris FC in a $1.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Gabriel Dupuis 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Tours
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Joseph Thomas steps up from the Tours academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Thomas 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Laurent Renaud steps up from the Tours academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Laurent Renaud 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.
In brief
- Match Robert Moreau rescues a point for Tours
- Squad The manager makes an example of Dominique Benoit
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Tours