The Cheltenham Town Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Admir Bristrić is a medical away from Cheltenham Town
The deal with Leicester City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Cheltenham Town
Duncan Watmore and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kelsey Mooney comes home
The shirt still fits. Kelsey Mooney is back at Cheltenham Town, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Zach Mitchell
Cheltenham Town asked and Charlton Athletic said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Henry Hall joins the Cheltenham Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Henry Hall is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Charles Lawrence steps up from the Cheltenham Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Lawrence has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Steven Parker steps up from the Cheltenham Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Parker has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Duncan Watmore has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Cheltenham Town know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
Janoi Donacien goes back to face Accrington Stanley
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Janoi Donacien’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Cheltenham Town needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- Squad An aura around Shaun McWilliams
- Squad Somebody is after Andreas Weimann’s shirt
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Accrington Stanley at home