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Gripped the the Cobblers: We need to talk about Sammy

For a quiet lad, the diminutive Sam Hoskins takes up an awful lot of the Cobblers conversation. Granted there is not much to talk about other than patchy results but the Northampton number 7 divides opinion like no other...

Gripped by the Cobblers: Patchy performances but late Swindon win shows talk of Curle sacking is premature

The heat was on Keith Curle, there’s no doubt about it. Go a few games without a win and talk of the sack begins. That’s just how football is. You could almost hear the sizzle. It was ironic that former...

Smooth Silkmen flatten uneven Cobblers

Managerless Macclesfield put in a seamless performance in seeing off clunky Cobblers at Sixfields on Saturday but it was Andy Williams’ mega miss that will stick in the memory. The Northampton forward contrived to shank an open goal shot wide...

Northampton V Walsall preview: Cobblers need to get at Saddlers if they are to give them a leathering

It seems only a couple of weeks since the season ended but Cobblers are back in League 2 action as they open the 2019/20 campaign against Walsall at Sixfields, writes Tom Reed. Both the Cobblers and the Saddlers had...

Consistency greatest enemy for Cobblers as playoffs could be tantalisingly out of reach

Cobblers kick off their 2019-20 campaign against Walsall on Saturday and Keith Curle has made no secret of his desire to get out of England’s basement division. “Ultimately I’m here because I need a promotion on my CV” said...

Gripped by the Cobblers: Star youth players need first team chances as much as development coaches

Cobblers have created a new role and hired David “Ned” Kelly as Development coach. The aim, according to the club, is to bridge the gap between Northampton’s academy and the first team.  Kelly, nicknamed Ned after the famous Australian bush...

Gripped by the Cobblers: Adams the one we’ve been waiting for

This is the one. You could almost hear the opening riff to the Stone Roses' classic as Northampton signalled the return of midfield marvel Nicky Adams.   Impish as Pavel Nedvěd, the signing of Adams has Cobblers fans salivating and...

Gripped by the Cobblers: Another season to forget from Northampton Town’s ghost players

Boom and bust Northampton Town don’t have many seasons to forget but when they do they are so soul destroyingly drab they become a memory before May. Most of the Cobblers players won’t so much be consigned to the...

Gripped by the Cobblers: NTFC needs proper investment

Northampton Town’s financial statements for the year ending June 2018 were depressing if not unexpected. A club cannot go through the upheaval of the ill-fated Chinese takeover by 5U Sports and expect to come out unscathed, writes Tom Reed. The...

Cobblers slice open the Silkmen but style of play remains rough

"If you tolerate this, then your children will be next" sang The Manic Street Preachers. Such a phrase could also be apt for the football on offer at Sixfields this season. Yes the Cobblers eventually came out on top...
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