[themaclad]

Cheltenham have brought in two promising youngsters from higher division sides on loan deals.

The League One Robins have signed 20-year-old Arsenal forward Nathan Butler-Oyedeji and Birmingham right back Josh Williams, also 20.

Butler-Oyedeji has twice been on the bench for Arsenal's first-team and finished last season on loan at Accrington.

Williams has made six starts for the Blues in the Championship.

Butler-Oyedeji - who joins on a season-long deal - scored four goals for the Gunners under-21s in the EFL Trophy last season and was an unused substitute in both the Premier League and FA Cup.

He told the club website: "I am looking forward to the challenge. I was with Accrington last season - coming from Arsenal it was a big culture shock, but one that I think every player needs.

"I'm fast with an eye for goal and like to make things happen so hopefully I can do that for Cheltenham."

Williams' loan is only until January as Cheltenham went into the market after an injury to loan signing from Fulham, Luciano D'Auria-Henry.

They have also loaned Oli Hammond from Nottingham Forest, Owen Bevan from Bournemouth, and Brighton's Cameron Peupion.

Williams told the club website: "I'm an attacking full back. Hopefully I can create some goals and maybe score some goals as well."

[themaclad]

Cheltenham have brought in three promising youngsters from higher division sides on loan deals.

The League One side have signed Arsenal forward Nathan Butler-Oyedeji and Birmingham City right-back Josh Williams, both 20.

West Brom forward Jovan Malcolm, 21, has joined on a season-long loan but was not registered in time to feature in Saturday's game against Barnsley.

Butler-Oyedeji has twice been on the bench for Arsenal's first team.

He finished last season on loan at Accrington while Williams has made six starts for the Blues in the Championship.

Campbell made his Championship debut last season and also had a loan at Accrington, playing 13 times in 2021-22.

Butler-Oyedeji - who joins on a season-long deal - scored four goals for the Gunners under-21s in the EFL Trophy last season and was an unused substitute in both the Premier League and FA Cup.

He told the club website: "I am looking forward to the challenge. I was with Accrington last season - coming from Arsenal it was a big culture shock, but one that I think every player needs. I'm fast with an eye for goal and like to make things happen."

Williams' loan is only until January as Cheltenham went into the market after an injury to loan signing from Fulham, Luciano D'Auria-Henry.

They have also loaned Oli Hammond from Nottingham Forest, Owen Bevan from Bournemouth, and Brighton's Cameron Peupion.

[themaclad]

Cheltenham Town have signed free-agent midfielder Tom Pett.

The 31-year-old former Port Vale player has agreed an initial short term deal until January to link up with former Vale boss Darrell Clarke at Town.

Pett, who played more than 150 games for Stevenage in two spells, has also spent time at Lincoln City before moving to Port Vale in 2021.

He is the first player to be signed by Clarke since he took over from Wade Elliott as manager in September.

The Robins are second-from-bottom of League One having won just twice all season and scored just six times in 15 league games.

"I've been in touch with the gaffer over the last couple of weeks and I'm really happy to get it over the line," Pett told the club website.

"I was really keen to work for a manager that I trust and he knows what I'm all about, so it was a win-win.

"You'll run through brick walls for him, you can see the lads doing that now. That's what I want to do for him and obviously for Cheltenham."

[themaclad]

Cheltenham Town midfielder Tom Pett has signed a contract extension.

The 32-year-old will stay until the end of the season, having joined in November on a short-term deal.

He has gone on to play nine games in all competitions for the Robins, who are second-bottom of League One after failing to win a game until 21 October.

"I've really enjoyed my time here since I joined a couple of months ago, so I'm really happy to have signed a new contract," Pett told the club website.

"I'm looking forward to the challenge that we've got ahead and I firmly believe we have got what it takes to stay in this league."

[themaclad]

Cheltenham Town have signed free agent midfielder Josh Harrop on a deal until the end of the season.

The 28-year-old underwent a successful trial having been without a club since leaving Northampton after last season.

He came through the ranks at Manchester United and in 2017 scored against Crystal Palace in his only Premier League appearance.

Harrop told the club website: "I'm really delighted to be here, it's a great opportunity for me."

After leaving Manchester United Harrop spent five years at Preston, making 83 Championship appearances, and had loan spells in League One with Ipswich and Fleetwood in the past two seasons.

Darrell Clarke's first January signing added: "I've been working really hard since I've been a free agent and I've been able to show that to the gaffer and now he's given me that opportunity to come in and play until the end of the season. I like to play through the middle and try to score goals and pop up with assists."

[themaclad]

Cheltenham Town have signed midfielder Liam Kinsella from Swindon Town on an 18-month contract until summer 2025.

The 27-year-old joined Swindon last summer and has made 27 appearances for the team in all competitions.

Town have also completed the signing of Hull defender Andy Smith on loan until the end of the season.

The 22-year-old has played 67 games for Grimsby on loan across the past two seasons.

Smith told the club website: "Ever since I knew there was interest from the club, I was really excited by it and I wanted to come here straight away."

Kinsella began his career at Walsall, where he spent a number of years working under Cheltenham manager Darrell Clarke.

"He's a real consistent performer. Whether that's with his performance or his energy levels," Clarke said.

"He gives us another option in the middle of the park and with a lot of games to fit in - everyone is going to be needed and Liam adds that bit more strength in depth."

[themaclad]

League One strugglers Cheltenham Town have signed strikers Matty Taylor and Joe Nuttall, defender Jack Shepherd and winger Jordan Thomas.

Taylor, 33, arrives on a two-and-a-half year contract from Forest Green Rovers while Nuttall joins on loan from Oldham for the rest of the season.

Shepherd has also arrived on loan from Barnsley until the end of the campaign.

Thomas has signed a two-and-a-half year deal from National League South side Bath City.

Taylor had scored twice in 18 games for League Two Rovers after rejoining from Oxford United.

His switch to Whaddon Road will reunite him with boss Darrell Clarke, who he played under at Bristol Rovers and Port Vale.

"I'm delighted to be here and I'm glad to finally get it done," Taylor said.

Taylor, who joins a Robins side that has only scored 20 goals in 27 games, won promotion two years running at Bristol Rovers as they went from the National League to League One in successive seasons between 2014 and 2016.

Nuttall, 27, has played 13 times this term for Oldham, finding the net once.

After coming through the academy at Manchester City, he spent two years in Scottish football before joining Blackburn - then in League One - ahead of the 2017-18 season.

Spells at Blackpool, Northampton and Scunthorpe followed before his move to Boundary Park in December 2022.

Shepherd, 22, signed his first professional deal with the Tykes last summer after spending his career previously in non-league football.

The left-sided centre-half has has made nine League One appearances this season.

Thomas has spent his career so far in non-league football and joined Bath last summer under manager and former Cheltenham player Jerry Gill.

The 22-year-old has scored 10 times so far this campaign.

The quartet take the number of Cheltenham signings in this transfer window to seven.

---

Cheltenham Town have signed Greg Sloggett on a short-term deal until the end of the season.

He has signed following a short period on trial with the Robins after leaving League of Ireland side Dundalk.

The Irish midfielder, 27, is the club's eighth signing during the transfer window.

Cheltenham are 22nd in League One, seven points adrift of safety and play Wycombe Wanderers at home on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

[themaclad]

Curtis Davies is one of nine players being released by Cheltenham Town after their relegation from League One.

The former Derby County, Hull City, Birmingham City and Aston Villa centre back, 39, scored once in 39 appearances for the Robins after joining as a free agent in the summer.

Jamie Pardington, Ben Williams, James Olayinka, Josh Harrop, Adulai Sambu and Greg Sloggett will also leave the club when their contracts expire this summer.

Cheltenham have triggered an extension to Tom Bradbury's contract while discussions over new deals continue with Luke Southwood, Sean Long, Will Ferry, Liam Sercombe and George Lloyd.

The Robins have 10 players already contracted for next season.

[themaclad]

Cheltenham Town have announced that Liam Sercombe, Luke Southwood and Sean Long will leave the club this summer.

The Robins offered the trio new contracts but all three rejected the deals proposed by the club, who were relegated from League One at the end of the season.

Midfielder Sercombe, 34, was the Robins' top goalscorer in 2023-24, netting 11 times as well as providing two assists in 45 league appearances.

Goalkeeper Southwood arrived on loan from Reading in the summer of 2022, keeping 16 clean sheets in his opening campaign.

Last season, after turning his move into a permanent one, the 26-year-old kept 10 shut-outs in 48 appearances across all competitions.

Defender Long, 29, is one of Cheltenham's longest-serving players and exits after six years with the Robins.

Both Sercombe and Long were part of the Cheltenham team that won the League Two title in the 2020-21 season.

[themaclad]

Cheltenham Town have signed former AFC Wimbledon midfielder Harry Pell.

The 32-year-old was released by the Dons last month and returns to Whaddon Road where he spent three seasons.

He scored 22 goals in 134 appearances for Cheltenham under former boss Gary Johnson, who returned to the club as director of football this summer.

Pell helped the Robins win the National League title in his first season at the club and went on to have spells at Accrington Stanley and Colchester United before moving to the Dons two years ago.