Rushden & Diamonds Blog

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, [...]

Torquay Utd striker Lee Phillips today completed his move to Rushden and Diamonds for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £17500. The 27 year-old hard working frontman signed just 24 hours after Daryl Clare put pen to paper, promising to excite Rushden fans with plenty of goals to boost a play-off push.
Phillips previously [...]

Rushden have today announced the signing of prolific Burton Albion striker Daryl Clare on a free transfer. The 29 year-old former Grimsby, Northampton, Cheltenham, Boston, Chester, Crawley and most recently Burton player netted 48 times in 99 appearances at the Pirelli Stadium, helping the Brewers to the play-offs this season.
Clare rejected a new contract [...]

Rushden left-back Dean Howell has decided to move on to Blue Square Premier champions Aldershot Town, leaving on a free transfer. The much-travelled player had an excellent first season at Nene Park, becoming a fans favourite and picking up 3rd place in the clubs player of the year award.
Howell, who previously played for Notts [...]

Rushden and Diamonds midfielder Andy Burgess has been selected for the England ‘C’ squad by manager Paul Fairclough after a string of excellent displays for his club during the second half of the season. Faircloughs’ side begin their defence of the Four Nations tournament against newcomers Gibraltar at Colwyn Bay, before playing Wales and Scotland. [...]

Some silverware at last!
Rushden and Diamonds 2-1 Brackley Town
(Northants Hillier Senior Cup Final)
A strong Rushden team only just crept past a spirited Brackley Town, for who it was manager David Oldfield’s last game in charge before taking up a coaching role at Peterborough. Tom Winters opened the scoring for the visitors, directly from a corner, [...]