For Sale: Reasonable prices, high quality workers

From: ntfctransfers@ntfc.co.uk

To: Allmanagers@leaguetwo.com; Allmanagers@leagueone.com; Allmanagers@indianpremierleague.com; jfh@jobcentre.com; gary.johnson@ctfc.com

 

Dear all,

Northampton Town are pleased to offer the following players for sale this summer after these wonderful talents of footballers worked wonders for the club last season. As we are now back in League Two, these top notch players are seen as too good to compete in the division so we have made the difficult decision to offer their services elsewhere at reasonable prices.

K. Van Veen – Striker – 27

This forward gives absolutely everything to the cause, haring around the pitch like anyone’s business and will not give up as long as there’s time on the clock. A former Helmond Sport protégé, Van Veen was inspirational in his efforts to keep The Cobblers in League One last season, scoring twenty goals (all disallowed so you’ll not hear about them anywhere else!) and creating moments of pure magic whenever he took to the field.

A bargain for anyone who needs an attacker with an eye for goal and someone with the energy to match a Duracell Bunny.

Y. Kasim – Midfield – 27

This high octane midfielder will give a balance to your midfield like you actually won’t believe. Don’t let his six appearances for the Cobblers last season fool you…those appearances included moments such as Kasim running the length of the pitch to make a challenge, a bicycle kick to create a goal, a through ball that would have made Jonjo Shelvey proud and a corner that had to be seen to be believed.

Kasim has bags of experience and will slot into any team with the greatest of ease. Please move quickly, other teams are looming.

D. Bowditch – Midfield/Striker – 32

What more can be said about Dean Bowditch’s career that hasn’t already been said? After bursting onto the scene at Ipswich Town, Bowditch has spent time on loan at teams from all corners of the land and even came through a spell where he was forced to spend six years playing for Milton Keynes Dons. THAT shows some character, I’m sure you’ll agree.

Bowditch can play in a number of positions across the pitch and even scored two goals while on loan at League Two Stevenage last season. Available at just £500,000 Bowditch is a snip in today’s inflated market and scouts from Manchester City have already been spotted in the bushes overlooking the Cobblers’ Moulton College training ground

J. Bunney – Somewhere on the left hand side – 24

TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE  (Available again summer 2019)

For all enquiries, please get in touch now. Prices quoted above are a guideline only and can be negotiated.

Just too good to be true?

OK, OK it’s the obvious headline but sometimes you’ve just got to roll with it, especially in the summer when it’s pretty quiet on the news front.

It’s a new signing! Always good to see work being done early and the Cobblers have snapped up Andy Williams after his release from Doncaster Rovers. Playing only thirteen times last season thanks to an ankle injury that cost him more than half of the campaign, it’s clear that it’s been a struggle of a year for the man who counts Hereford United, Bristol Rovers, Yeovil Town and Swindon Town among his other clubs through a decent career in the lower leagues.

He’s undoubtedly bringing bags of goal scoring experience from the top end of League Two with him and early reviews are that he’s just the type of character that Dean Austin will be trying to bring in over the coming months.

Quite telling are his reasons for joining Town, with the striker saying

“I hope I will bring goals to the team. I like to think I’ve got good movement, I know where the back of the net is and I am a big believer in not leaving anything out on the pitch.”

Welcome Andy!

 

Andy Williams – the stats

Age: 31

Previous Clubs: Hereford United, Bristol Rovers, Yeovil Town, Swindon Town, Doncaster Rovers

Career Appearances: 517

Career Goals: 123

Great guy & top player! Give this man service & he will get goals!! @ntfc got a top player! All the best Willo, your love it at The Cobblers! #OhhhhhhAndyyyyWilliammmssssss https://t.co/C2X2q0sETk

— John Marquis (@JohnMarquis09) May 21, 2018

Midfield continues rebuilding process as Carter signs

Carter…to sign on 1st August

When Luke Guttridge and Ben Harding both rejected contract offers from the Cobblers last week a giant hole was placed in the potential midfield for next season. The first thought I had was that Lewis Hornby would be pushed into a greater role and would be starting games from the off but that still left a gap that needed to be filled with an experienced head who could create chances and pitch in with the odd goal as Guttridge had done previously.

Step forward Darren Carter, who will be joining the ranks of the Cobblers come August 1^st after rejecting an offer from Cheltenham Town where he had been since August of last year. He’s a player who seems to have been around for years longer than he actually has but still at 29 years old has the perfect mix of experience with energy to get up and down a pitch.

Carter came through the ranks at Birmingham City and spent seven years at the Blues before signing for West Bromwich Albion for £1.5 million. After fifty three appearances for the Baggies, he joined Preston North End with Deepdale his home for the next four years barring a short spell on loan at Millwall. In August of last year Carter signed a short term deal which was extended until the end of the season later down the line.

So it’s summer signing number three and hopefully now that we’re back from the trip to Croatia a couple more will be coming through the door. I would say perhaps one more midfielder and one more striker should be on Aidy Boothroyd’s wish list for the rest of the summer, a summer that rolls on towards the first friendly match this Saturday at Sileby Rangers.