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 [...]
Gripped by the Cobblers
All change at Sixfields as Keith Curle starts rebuilding his jigsaw
Cobblers boss Keith Curle loves a board game pun and talks a lot about the “jigsaw” puzzle of team building at Sixfields. Last season the jigsaw got thrown all over the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Gripped by the Cobblers: Big question marks over Town after Newport rout
Keith Curle’s honeymoon period appears to be over at the Cobblers just shy of two months after his appointment, writes Tom Reed. Cobblers shipped 3 goals in the first half [...]
Gripped by the Cobblers: FA Cup clash at Lincoln an antidote to modern football’s greed crisis
In a week where German magazine Der Spiegel’s Football Leaks allegations have rocked football, Cobblers play Lincoln City in the FA Cup, giving fans a chance to reconnect [...]
Gripped by the Cobblers: Mysterious Curle showing a clear route to the playoffs
Who’d have thunk it? Cobblers going from fourth bottom under the luckless Dean Austin to playoff potential under Keith Curle in the space of a few weeks, writes Tom Reed. [...]
Gripped by the Cobblers: MK match is no local derby – you need history for a derby
Cobblers versus Milton Keynes on Saturday and the regular debate about whether the match between two sides twenty miles apart can be considered a derby, writes Tom Reed. [...]
Gripped by the Cobblers: Mysterious Curle not afraid to ruffle a few feathers
Keith Curle was by no means a popular choice for Cobblers fans but has come in and halted the Dean Austin slide. The best thing about the former Wimbledon defender, who fans [...]