The Tours Chronicle
Match10 Oct 2026
Tours run riot against Sochaux
6‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Both of them Charles Morin's — 8.70
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.70, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match10 Oct 2026
Tours make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Tours have 4 straight wins of it.
Match10 Oct 2026
Charles Morin among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, Charles Morin on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Tours and Sochaux.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Nacim El Hassani 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.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Gabriel Fernandez in the eights
A performance of 8.71 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Émile Dufour was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.67. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Yves Poirier gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
Richard Cousin wants to come home
“I did not go to Stade Lavallois to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tours and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
In brief
- Player ratings Yves Lefebvre runs at them all day
- Squad Gabriel Fernandez is in the form of his life
- Squad Sofian Bahloul finally opens his account