Max Howells

Left Wingback - Northampton Town
28 Sep 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Max Howells

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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5 Edition

The Northampton Town Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Northampton Town

A 0‑3 beating by Huddersfield Town was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market

Max Dyche 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Northampton Town

Elliott List was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

3 matches without a goal for Northampton Town

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Words at Northampton Town training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tyrese Fornah is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

No hiding place for Elliott Moore

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

Boardroom

Inquest at Northampton Town

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Squad

Reggie Rose signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Reggie Rose commits to Northampton Town for another 4 years.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Adam Phillips

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief