The Northampton Town Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joe White gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Joe White has just signed for Northampton Town, and for once the answer mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Northampton Town turn down Millwall for Liam Shaw
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Northampton Town
Tom Eaves 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tyrese Fornah signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tyrese Fornah commits to Northampton Town for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joe White 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Northampton Town rebuffed over Joseph Mangondo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. FC Metz have kept their man, and Northampton Town go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Northampton Town and Joe White
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Elliott List
Still no offer on the table, and Elliott List’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Conor McCarthy 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
- Market Elvis Duré brings the grey hairs Northampton Town lacked
- The dugout Elliott Moore knocks on the manager’s door
- Looking ahead A reunion for Kyle McAdam