The Cheltenham Town Courier
The terraces21 Aug 2028
Anger at Cheltenham Town spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Rodrigo Dias at Cheltenham Town
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Rodrigo Dias is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match19 Aug 2028
Whatever happens, Cheltenham Town do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Cheltenham Town
Jordan Gibson 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Cheltenham Town
5 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Jonathan Tomkinson
At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market21 Aug 2028
Cheltenham Town promote Michael Wilson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Wilson 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Cheltenham Town promote Christopher Martin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christopher Martin 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Cheltenham Town promote Benjamin Simmons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Simmons 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.
In brief
- Market George Edwards steps up from the Cheltenham Town academy
- Squad The manager makes an example of Esapa Osong
- Match Cheltenham Town get the job done against Wigan Athletic