Rushden & Diamonds Blog

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: [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]