Next Northampton Town Manager Odds: After Kevin Nolan

Curle did a solid job at Northampton between October 2018 and February 2021, with the team becoming League Two play-off winners in 2019–20 under his leadership.

But Curle, now in his sixties, has been out of work for a couple of years since he was sacked by Hartlepool United, so it is unclear whether or not he would be welcomed back at the club.

Walsall boss Sadler was reportedly in the running to take the Northampton job before Nolan was appointed, so he might well be linked the next time the vacancy arises.

Sadler's attacking brand of football has earned plaudits and he has come to be regarded as one of the best young managers in the Football League.

Northampton might be regarded as a step up from Walsall, but Sadler may feel he is in the middle of a project.

Currently in charge of League Two club Fleetwood Town, Wild was one of the favourites in the next Northampton Town betting odds prior to Nolan's appointment.

Wild is unusual in the game as he was never a professional footballer, instead working his way through the ranks of boyhood club Oldham Athletic until getting the Halifax Town job.

Good work there earned a shot with Barrow, but despite solid progress he left after missing out on the play-offs.

Kennedy was backed in to as short as 1/3 in the next Northampton Town betting odds before Nolan got the job, with the ex-Republic of Ireland international currently out of work.

He last worked at Swindon Town, but won just 18.8% of his games in charge of the club.

Another firm fixture on the next Northampton Town betting odds with the bookmakers in the past, Woodman's name is very likely to be mentioned again when the job is next available.

The ex-goalkeeper is now at League Two club Bromley, where he won a promotion, with his long spell at Northampton Town as a player likely to keep him well on the club's radar.

Woodman has also worked as head of goalkeeping at Arsenal and previously turned down an approach from Gillingham, but an offer from Northampton might be harder for him to resist.

Most recently the head coach of Charlton Athletic, a job he left in January 2024, Appleton is one of the most experienced managers in the Football League these days.

The former Blackburn Rovers, Oxford United, Lincoln City and Blackpool boss took time out of the game to make a full recovery from testicular cancer after he was diagnosed back in 2021.