The Cheltenham Town Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ciarán Kelly gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Ciarán Kelly has just signed for Cheltenham Town, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Cheltenham Town
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match15 Aug 2026
Cheltenham Town see off Accrington Stanley
Three points for Cheltenham Town, 3‑1 the final word against Accrington Stanley in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Harry Ibbitson
Cheltenham Town asked and Bradford 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Adam Lawrence steps up from the Cheltenham Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Adam 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Cheltenham Town promote Simon Jackson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Jackson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: David Parker joins the Cheltenham Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Parker is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ani Ozoemena
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Owen Dale makes it 200
200 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
In brief
- Squad Cheltenham Town lose Charlie Caple
- Player ratings Owen Dale in the eights
- Player ratings One of those days for Tyler Walton