Rushden & Diamonds Blog

After a season long loan spell last year, Curtis Osano has chosen to sign for Rushden ahead of many Football League clubs. Osano today put pen to paper on a deal that expires in 2010, after being released by Championship side Reading.
Kenyan born Osano joined Reading at the Schoolboy stage and had similar loan spells […]

The Blue Square Premier fixtures for the 2008/09 season have been announced, with Rushden travelling to newly promoted Eastbourne Borough on the opening day of the season. This match is followed by home games with Ebbsfleet and Wrexham, before the game all Diamonds fans want to go to- Kettering away. The Poppies then return to […]

Rushden and Diamonds midfielder Curtis Woodhouse has announced that he will play football for one more season before quitting to concentrate on his ever-blooming boxing career. 28 year old Woodhouse from Driffield, who fights at Welterweight, won his seventh straight pro fight against Wayne Downing in just 57 seconds recently. And now he believes he […]

Rushdens’ young attacking protege Lee Tomlin has committed his long term future at Nene Park by signing a deal to stay until the 2010/2011 season. Tomlin joined the Diamonds as a youth player for nothing from Leicester City, before becoming Diamonds youngest ever player at 16 when he made a sub appearance at Wycombe Wanderers. […]

Scott Mitchell has agreed a one year contract at Nene Park following successful talks with manager Garry Hill. The defender/midfielder began his career at Championship side Ipswich Town, before moving on to Scottish side Livingston, where he made 40 appearances. Last season he had a short stint with Peterborough where he started 5 League 2 […]

Keith Cousins has announced that Rushden will tour Portugal as part of their pre-season warm-up. This tour will take place in the Algarve region, where fans can also follow the team around. The tour will take place from the 15th July to the 19th July, where Rushden won a friendly match 1-0 last year.

Cambridge Utd midfielder Rob Wolleaston has moved to Nene Park on a two year deal for an undisclosed fee. The 28 year-old free scoring midfielder counts Chelsea, Bradford, Northampton and Oxford amongst his former clubs, and his two goals in the play-off semi-final second leg against Burton eventually took the U’s to Wembley, where they […]

Keith Cousins has announced that he is ready to splash the cash as Rushden and Diamonds target a return to the Football League.
The club chairman confirmed there will be more money spent this summer in a bid to build a promotion-chasing squad following last season’s bottom-half finish in the Blue Square Premier.
Cousins said: “I’m […]

Rushden and Diamonds have announced 5 friendlies in preparation for the 2008/09 Blue Square Premier season, including matches against Arsenal and Tottenham XI’s, and recently relegated Derby County from the Championship.
Diamonds start the campaign with a match against Eastern Counties League side Halstead Town (away, July 12th, 15:00), before taking on Peterborough for the […]

Rushden manager Garry Hill has finally announced his retained list for the 2008/09 season.
Players leaving
As earlier reported, Dean Howell signed a two year contract with Aldershot Town after impressing manager Gary Waddock. Paul Nicholls, Andy Gooding, Alex Bolt and Abdou El-Kholti have all been released and are free agents to join other clubs. Also, […]