With the club's land asset destined to become a blanket warehousing development to the north and east of Sixfields stadium, will club owner David Bower now update fans as to precisely how this development - granted planning permission by West Northamptonshire Council last week - will benefit the club going forward?
We highlighted the Supporters Trust's concerns about the club's future to councillors last week.
In contrast Tom Cliffe, the supporter representative on the club's board, re-assured those same councillors that the warehouse development would be good news for the club and its fans.
How exactly?
Hopefully he will be allowed to provide a detailed explanation to the next Fan Advisory Board meeting and re-assure supporters that the club's future is secure.
As a board member, we would of course expect Tom to have had access to all the figures and projections to take an informed position on the matter.
We are not privy to that information but our assessment is that Northampton Town FC, like many others it has to be said in this bonkers world of unsustainable football finance, is exposed and vulnerable.
Last night's Vertu Trophy exit now allows Kevin Nolan's side to concentrate on preserving League One status.
Fans will all have their own views on the poor results this season and our consequent position in the relegation places in League One.
We have little current visibility of the transfer dealings pre season, or during the transfer window, and as a Trust we have a long-standing policy of not commenting on the players and management (although of course directors may individually have, and express, such opinions).
With the lack of goal scoring power it looks increasingly possible that the club will be relegated to the fourth tier with a significant and rising debt, at a time when the owner's interest appears to be more focused on getting a land deal over the line rather than a football team up the table.
The debt owing to David Bower and Nigel le Quesne’s companies was recorded as £11.436 million to the end of June 2024.
But, in our estimation, it is likely to have grown to at least £16 million by the end of June 2025 and it will have increased further since the accounts date.
So we have some questions for David Bower…
Is the plan to retain the land, or part of it, so that rental income from warehousing will service the club going forward?
Or, is the plan to sell all of the land to a developer - as has always been our understanding - and use income from the sale of the club's land asset to repay all, or part of, the debt to you and Nigel Le Quesne?
In the latter scenario, and in the clear interest of making the club more sustainable in the future, how would the sale of the club's land asset guarantee ongoing investment benefit for the club looking five to ten years down the line?
The club may emerge debt free in Year 0 - but what about Year 5?
The land behind the East Stand has gone, and with it a lost and squandered opportunity to maximise an income stream from a development which could directly have benefited the club and its football communities.
Mr Bower, over to you.
