The big news today is that John Gorman has handed in his resignation as manager of Northampton Town. In a meeting with the chairman, Goran had a resignation request "reluctantly accepted" by the Cardozas and the club state "personal reasons" for the parting.
Gorman took over at Sixfields in the summer following Colin Calderwood's decision to join Nottingham Forest but leaves just six months later with the Cobblers in 18th place in League One.
Ian Sampson and Jim Barron will handle first team affairs until a new boss is named.
There'll be a lot of rumours about the nature of Gorman's departure but I hope it's nothing to do with some of the fickle Cobblers fans that think we should be in the top half of the table. Gorman has taken over a squad that is clearly not good enough to compete in the uper echelons of the table and we're still 3 points above the drop zone. Players have to take some of the responsibility and we don't have anywhere near as good a squad as we did in May when we won promotion.
Good luck to John in the future.
In the meantime, we're in a mess. Things could go horribly wrong from here as it did 4 seasons ago when we went down from this league. Kevan Broadhurst led the Cobblers to mid table before Christmas but that wasn't seen as good enough and he was given the boot. Terry Fenwick lasted 7 games, Wilkinson couldn't save us and that was that.
If we go down this season it'll be a nightmare scenario with the Cardozas in a battle with the council to sort out the development at Sixfields. Relegation could be the final straw and if they leave the club we'll be in total disarray.
The managerial decision has to be right. The fans have to stick behind the club as they always do in bad times. It's time for the players to stand up and be counted, it's time for the maoners in the stands to do the same. It's a simply massive time in the recent history of this football club.
Gorman took over at Sixfields in the summer following Colin Calderwood's decision to join Nottingham Forest but leaves just six months later with the Cobblers in 18th place in League One.
Ian Sampson and Jim Barron will handle first team affairs until a new boss is named.
There'll be a lot of rumours about the nature of Gorman's departure but I hope it's nothing to do with some of the fickle Cobblers fans that think we should be in the top half of the table. Gorman has taken over a squad that is clearly not good enough to compete in the uper echelons of the table and we're still 3 points above the drop zone. Players have to take some of the responsibility and we don't have anywhere near as good a squad as we did in May when we won promotion.
Good luck to John in the future.
In the meantime, we're in a mess. Things could go horribly wrong from here as it did 4 seasons ago when we went down from this league. Kevan Broadhurst led the Cobblers to mid table before Christmas but that wasn't seen as good enough and he was given the boot. Terry Fenwick lasted 7 games, Wilkinson couldn't save us and that was that.
If we go down this season it'll be a nightmare scenario with the Cardozas in a battle with the council to sort out the development at Sixfields. Relegation could be the final straw and if they leave the club we'll be in total disarray.
The managerial decision has to be right. The fans have to stick behind the club as they always do in bad times. It's time for the players to stand up and be counted, it's time for the maoners in the stands to do the same. It's a simply massive time in the recent history of this football club.
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