White season for the Clairacais Football Club. The senior team which plays in Departmental 3 of the Lot-et-Garonne championship had to withdraw generally for the season. His absence from the field allows each of his opponents to be victorious with a virtual score of three to zero. That’s the rule.
Why this package? Due to lack of a sufficiently strong squad this season. “We don’t have enough players to continue. There are not enough of us to provide a team for the entire season. But we continue to train,” explains club president Dorian Vivolo.
To build a team that goes the distance in the championship, the FCC needs 22 players. “We are missing eight or nine,” estimates the president, also a player, but in the veteran category. “Between the suspended players, the injured or those who have a family meal on a match day, if there are not 22 of us, it doesn’t work. »
According to Dorian Vivolo, the drop in numbers in the flag team is mainly explained by the departure of players trained at the FCC who sign with neighbors Castelmoron-sur-Lot, Tonneins or Aiguillon. Clubs that play in higher divisions and suck up the talents of Clairac.
Hard core
In the seven years that Dorian Vivolo has chaired the FCC, this is the first time that the senior team has had to give up playing. But this had already happened in the early 2000s.
Following this general package, some players who had just arrived immediately left. “But the hard core remained. We continue to train and hit the ball on Wednesday and Friday. The objective is to put together a complete team for next season. »
The overall package is expected to result in a drop to the lower division next year. But the District is considering removing Departmental 4. And expanding the number of clubs in D3 with an additional pool which could accommodate the entire senior team of Football Club Clairacais.
