Jack Perkins

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29 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Jack Perkins

8 Edition

The Northampton Town Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The small margins put Northampton Town out

Out, 0‑1 to Lincoln City, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Player ratings

Both of them Armando Shashoua's — 8.11

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.11, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Taylor Richards

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Sam Hoskins 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 Northampton Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Northampton Town see off Blackpool

Three points for Northampton Town, 2‑1 the final word against Blackpool in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Adam Phillips at his very best

Marked 8.20. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Northampton Town.

Squad

No hiding place for Jon Guthrie

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jon Guthrie, and the manager let it.

Squad

Armando Shashoua finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Northampton Town have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

Tyrese Fornah asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

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6 Edition

The Northampton Town Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Jack Perkins puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Northampton Town, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

4 matches without a win for Northampton Town

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Northampton Town are no longer polite ones.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Northampton Town

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Tom Eaves 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 Northampton Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

James Dadge attracts admirers

The name of James Dadge has come up in conversations Northampton Town were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Tyrese Fornah falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Armando Shashoua

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

No hiding place for Dean Campbell

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dean Campbell, and the manager let it.

Market

Talks stall between Northampton Town and Adam Phillips

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief