{"id":774699,"date":"2026-09-18T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/774699\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:32:14","slug":"northampton-saints-cancel-memorial-wall-project-for-fans-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/774699\/","title":{"rendered":"Northampton Saints cancel memorial wall project for fans&#8217; ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A plan for a memorial wall that would have included the ashes of Northampton Saints rugby fans has been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Saints Memorial Wall was to have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9d3z2y9jnvo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">part of a wider development<\/a> to enhance the fan village at the Prem Rugby side&#8217;s Franklin&#8217;s Gardens ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the club said initial demand &#8220;was not sufficient to support the long-term viability of the development&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Supporters who have already paid will receive a refund, Saints said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;When we launched the Saints Memorial Wall, we did so believing it could provide a meaningful and lasting tribute for supporters and their loved ones at the heart of Franklin&#8217;s Gardens,&#8221; said the club&#8217;s chief executive, Julia Chapman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Having carefully reviewed the level of demand we concluded that it was not right for us to proceed with the project. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This was not a decision we took lightly and we recognise that it will be disappointing for some supporters. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;While that is a source of genuine regret, we hope they will understand the reasons behind our decision,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A plan for a memorial wall that would have included the ashes of Northampton Saints rugby fans has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-774699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}