Marlon Pack

Central Defender - Cheltenham Town
27 Jul 2027
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Marked for Marlon Pack

45 Edition

The Cheltenham Town Courier

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Jun 2027

Ryan Broom asks to leave Cheltenham Town

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets7 Jun 2027

Daniel Bentley due for a Cheltenham Town medical

Everything agreed with Coventry City, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets7 Jun 2027

West Bromwich Albion tell Cheltenham Town: Akeel Higgins is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout7 Jun 2027

The manager makes an example of Fábio Tavares

“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.

Market7 Jun 2027

Talks stall between Cheltenham Town and Jordan Gibson

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad7 Jun 2027

“I want to play”: Alfie Marriott speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

Squad7 Jun 2027

Cheltenham Town have started building around Shaun McWilliams

He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.

Market7 Jun 2027

Fábio Tavares linked with a move away

The name of Fábio Tavares keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cheltenham Town say nothing, which says plenty.

Boardroom7 Jun 2027

Open for business: Cheltenham Town enter the window

The registration window is open and the phone has started. Between now and the deadline this club will be linked with forty players and sign three, which is the usual ratio.

In brief

Back issues
43 Edition

The Cheltenham Town Courier

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout24 May 2027

Mauro Aguirre keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Cheltenham Town may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad24 May 2027

Riquelme Thompson-Jones falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad24 May 2027

A falling-out at Cheltenham Town

Gerrard Buabo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout24 May 2027

The manager has not finished forgetting Shaun McWilliams's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Market24 May 2027

Josh Martin told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Josh Martin has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Cheltenham Town.

The dugout24 May 2027

Ben Stevenson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

42 Edition

The Cheltenham Town Courier

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 May 2027

Jake Bickerstaff is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cheltenham Town is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

The dugout17 May 2027

George Miller: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cheltenham Town have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market17 May 2027

As if he never left: Marlon Pack returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Marlon Pack is a Cheltenham Town player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Squad17 May 2027

A falling-out at Cheltenham Town

James Bolton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad17 May 2027

Words at Cheltenham Town training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Riquelme Thompson-Jones 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.

The dugout17 May 2027

No hiding place for Alfie Marriott

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

Squad17 May 2027

Marlon Pack signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marlon Pack commits to Cheltenham Town for another 2 years.

The dugout17 May 2027

When it matters, Myles Roberts plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Squad17 May 2027

Marc Roberts is a square peg at Cheltenham Town

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

In brief