Jonathan Tomkinson

Central Defender - Cheltenham Town
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11 Edition

The Cheltenham Town Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Oct 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Cameron Walters

37 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Cheltenham Town lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Harry Ibbitson says Cheltenham Town went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Cheltenham Town

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

Squad12 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Cheltenham Town

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Bolton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Late improvement for Jonathan Tomkinson

At 24 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

A promise honoured for Romeo Akachukwu

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Cheltenham Town told Romeo Akachukwu something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief

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6 Edition

The Cheltenham Town Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market7 Sep 2026

Jordan Thomas 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 The request is on a desk at Cheltenham Town, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Window shuts: 19 in, 0 out at Cheltenham Town

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 19 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

No thanks: Josh Landers rejects the move

Cheltenham Town had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at West Ham United, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Cheltenham Town

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alfie Marriott was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Riquelme Thompson-Jones 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Shaun McWilliams slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Shaun McWilliams is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Market7 Sep 2026

Cheltenham Town and Jordan Gibson are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad7 Sep 2026

The month belongs to Jordan Gibson

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Cheltenham Town have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

James Bolton knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Cheltenham Town, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief