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Piers Francis sends message of support from England world cup base

Having launched the annual campaign for Northamptonshire’s favourite bike ride in aid of the county’s Cynthia Spencer Hospice back in March, writes Anna Murby, nothing was going to stop Saints star Piers Francis from leaping into the saddle at...

Cobblers show higher level intentions with smooth Newport win

Northampton flowed through a warm September match V second placed Newport County with a 2-0 win that showed higher level intentions, writes Tom Reed. The game saw unseasonably warm highs at Sixfields and Keith Curle’s side turned up the...

Pictures from Saints v Leinster

Leinster's power and nouse looked like it would be too much for a youthful Saints side but the Jimmies charged out of the gate second-half and more than made a game of it. Plenty of squad members got game time...

Clinical Cobblers put in once in a decade performance as they cane complacent Plymouth

You get those matches at Northampton where everything goes right and Saturday’s caning of promotion hunting Plymouth Argyle proved to be one of them. Cobblers put in a once a decade showing in overwhelming the Pilgrims and sticking three...

Saints star toasts spirited riders

As professional athletes, rugby players aren’t usually allowed anywhere near alcohol, but Saints star James Grayson has been granted special dispensation in support of Northamptonshire’s favourite annual fundraising bike ride Cycle4Cynthia – the event at which he’ll be firing...

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...

Saints can challenge for the top two this year

Number Eight Teimana Harrison says that Northampton Saints will be challenging for a top two place this season, writes Max Miller.  The Saints were very impressive last year winning the Premiership Cup, reaching the semi final of the Premiership and...

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...
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