From the 1960s the club would experience a stream of mediocre seasons and steady decline until Pierre Fabre, the founder of a local pharmaceutical company, decided to take over the club and restore it to its former relative glory in 1988.
Dende a década de 1960, o club experimentará un fluxo de tempadas mediocres e constante diminución ata que Pierre Fabre, o fundador dunha compañía farmacéutica, decidiu tomar as rendas do club e devolverlle a súa antiga gloria en 1988.