Northampton Town are deeply saddened by the passing of Club President Bob Church MBE.b

Bob became a Director of Northampton Town in 1986 and served on the Board for 10 years, before becoming the Club President.

A huge Cobblers fan, even though his health was failing in recent years, Bob was still a regular attender of matches at the Sixfields Stadium, and remained hugely supportive of the club.

Beyond football, Bob was a world champion fly fisherman. Bob’s medal tally includes team gold medals at the world fly fishing championships in 1987 and 1988 and European team gold in 1990.

The readers of Trout Fisherman magazine also voted Bob the Game Angler of the Millennium.