The Bourg-Peronnas Sentinel
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Bourg-Peronnas part company with Mathieu Collet
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
Anger at Bourg-Peronnas spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Jean-Luc Michel steps up at Bourg-Peronnas for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Market21 Aug 2028
Hugo Cointard hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bourg-Peronnas can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Bourg-Peronnas baulk at the price for Martial Godo
RC Strasbourg wanted more than $2.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Bourg-Peronnas
Jacques Mbiandjeu 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Bourg-Peronnas
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Bourg-Peronnas rebuffed over Lionel Mpasi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Paris FC have kept their man, and Bourg-Peronnas go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Yann Marty joins the Bourg-Peronnas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yann Marty is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Thomas Petit joins the Bourg-Peronnas first team
- Market Bourg-Peronnas promote Dominique Lemoine from within
- Match Andy Pembélé the difference as Bourg-Peronnas beat Dijon