In another busy week of off-field developments at Sixfields, the winding-up order is separate to the deadline handed down by Northampton Borough Council for a loan repayment and comes after the collapse of takeover talks with an Indian consortium.
Cardoza insists he is in talks with other interested parties and that 'definite news' will be coming out soon on that front.
The Chairman has been speaking to the official NTFC website about the current situation but his call for calm in the face of the latest developments will do little to reassure supporters about the future of their club.