Mike Packwood

Cardoza, David. Two words that are going to live long in the memory of Northampton Town fans, and for all the wrong reasons! Even if you were previously a supporter of his, it's now impossible to present him in a positive light. The man appears to be single-handedly hell bent on destroying a football club that is dear to thousands of people. And for the rest of Northampton, who don't really care, he's the person who appears to have 'lost' over £10million of public money. So whether you're a Cobblers fan or not, this week is huge for Northampton.  For the past couple of months anyone with NTFC close to their hearts has done their level best: The staff at the club are working without being paid. The Supporters Trust have raised the best part of £50k, As we speak close on 2000 people have signed a petition pleading with him to sell. And on top of that, almost unbelievably given the circumstances, the team are in an automatic promotion spot. DC has been rightl

….we're getting what we pay for! The Chronicle and Echo (and Mercury and Herald) building in the market square Northampton As a fascinating  aside to the continuing  financial woes at Northampton Town FC there’s an online spat taking place between a number of twitter and forum posters about the role the Chronicle and Echo has played in reporting (or not) events at Sixfields over the past year or two. In one case the spat has become personal between the editor and an ex-employee, where an ill thought out letter from the editor has found its way onto a public forum, The Hotel End. I have been very critical of the Chrons coverage of this story myself and recently emailed the editor with a plea that he ‘grow some balls’ to which I got a long and detailed reply about  the apparent ‘size of his balls’ which I presume was intended to firmly put me in my place. (Incidentally he didn't reply to the one I sent him last week asking how much the Chron has contributed to th