The Northampton Town Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Sam Hoskins out for 114 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Northampton Town will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Northampton Town bid $6.3M for Will Lankshear
The offer went to Middlesbrough 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Northampton Town say no — this time
The offer from Watford for Dean Campbell was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Contrera 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tyrese Fornah signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tyrese Fornah commits to Northampton Town for another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Lewie Coyle
Northampton Town asked and Hull City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Matías Contrera behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Northampton Town will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Northampton Town and Tyler Walton
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Northampton Town, another week without a signature from Tyler Walton.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Elliott List
Still no offer on the table, and Elliott List’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Liam Shaw
- The dugout Elliott Moore knocks on the manager’s door
- Looking ahead A reunion for Kyle McAdam