The Bourg-Peronnas Sentinel
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Andy Pembélé runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
The paperwork begins on Imrane Robert
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Bourg-Peronnas have done the hard part with Monaco, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Bourg-Peronnas bid $69.0K for Jean-David Uras
The offer went to AC Ajaccio this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Bourg-Peronnas
Quentin Lacour 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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Door shut on Alexandre Huet
Bourg-Peronnas asked and Chamois Niortais said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Bourg-Peronnas
5 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Bourg-Peronnas promote Stéphane Meyer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stéphane Meyer 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Daniel Durand joins the Bourg-Peronnas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Durand is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Bourg-Peronnas promote Jacques Lemoine from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacques Lemoine 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 Dominique Dupuy steps up from the Bourg-Peronnas academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Quentin Lacour
- Boardroom A promise the Bourg-Peronnas board did not keep