The Cheltenham Town Courier
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ezra Mayers
Cheltenham Town asked and West Ham United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market24 Aug 2026
Arkell Jude-Boyd 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 The request is on a desk at Cheltenham Town, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Zak Sturge due for a Cheltenham Town medical
Everything agreed with Millwall, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Match22 Aug 2026
Cheltenham Town come up short against Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Appearance number 100 for Jake Bickerstaff
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Cheltenham Town
Amin Nabizada 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.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Jake Bickerstaff 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.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Jason Howard left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Stuart Moore
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
In brief
- The dugout Stuart Moore knocks on the manager’s door
- Looking ahead Cheltenham Town take on the side everybody is chasing
- Match No goals between Cheltenham Town and Tranmere Rovers