Tom Reed

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

August 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Smooth Silkmen flatten uneven Cobblers

August 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

August 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

July 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

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. [...]

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

June 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

June 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

All change at Sixfields as Keith Curle starts rebuilding his jigsaw

June 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

April 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

April 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]