Kenny Deuchar struck the winner at Bradford this afternoon to send the Cobblers eight points clear of the League One drop zone. The good doctor notched his third goal for the club with five minutes to go to bag three crucial points in the Town's survival bid.
Stuart Gray made two changes from the side that defeat Bournemouth last week, bringing in Ryan Gilligan for Sam Aiston while David Hunt started in front of Ian Taylor.The Cobblers had the first effort of the game after just 90 seconds when Jason Crowe's long-range effort sailed wide of the target. There were no real openings in the early exchanges as both sides remained cautious. The biggest cheer of the first half hour in fact came when the Bantams (what on earth is a Bantam anyway?) fans heard of Leeds United going a goal down at Southend!
The Cobblers pressed a little more as half time approached and Kenny Deuchar was foiled by Donovan Ricketts in the Bradford goal before David Hunt volleyed wide but all in all the first half was a pretty uninspiring spectacle. The second half, though, burst into life as Jordan Robertson had an early header saved by Ricketts while at the other end, Bradford had a penalty appeal turned down when Moses Ashikodi went down under a challenge from Mark Hughes.
Ten minutes into the second half, Jordan Robertson had two chances in quick succession to give the Cobblers the lead. First, his glancing header was saved well before a glaring miss from just a few yards out kept the game at 0-0.The breakthrough was just around the corner but unfortunately it came at the other end of the pitch with a rare error from Cobblers keeper Mark Bunn. A corner from Marc Bridge-Wilkinson led to hesitation from the young stopper and Billy Paynter headed the ball over him to score for the home side.
The Cobblers would soon be level though and a couple of minutes after Paynter's strike, Bradley Johnson's deflected shot brought the teams level. A quiet period of play followed with neither side willing to go for the winner until Kenny Deuchar sparked scenes of wild celebration in my small room in Southampton by converting Ryan Gilligan's cross and to seal a massive win for the Cobblers!
Andy Kirk could have made it three late on but Deuchar's goal was enough to hand us three huge points and steer us up to 15th in League One.With other sides outside the bottom four also winning, it was an even bigger victory and we should surely have enough now to keep ourselves afloat for another season.
Stuart Gray's side are now just two points off the top half in fact…I'm starting to get a nosebleed!
Stuart Gray made two changes from the side that defeat Bournemouth last week, bringing in Ryan Gilligan for Sam Aiston while David Hunt started in front of Ian Taylor.The Cobblers had the first effort of the game after just 90 seconds when Jason Crowe's long-range effort sailed wide of the target. There were no real openings in the early exchanges as both sides remained cautious. The biggest cheer of the first half hour in fact came when the Bantams (what on earth is a Bantam anyway?) fans heard of Leeds United going a goal down at Southend!
The Cobblers pressed a little more as half time approached and Kenny Deuchar was foiled by Donovan Ricketts in the Bradford goal before David Hunt volleyed wide but all in all the first half was a pretty uninspiring spectacle. The second half, though, burst into life as Jordan Robertson had an early header saved by Ricketts while at the other end, Bradford had a penalty appeal turned down when Moses Ashikodi went down under a challenge from Mark Hughes.
Ten minutes into the second half, Jordan Robertson had two chances in quick succession to give the Cobblers the lead. First, his glancing header was saved well before a glaring miss from just a few yards out kept the game at 0-0.The breakthrough was just around the corner but unfortunately it came at the other end of the pitch with a rare error from Cobblers keeper Mark Bunn. A corner from Marc Bridge-Wilkinson led to hesitation from the young stopper and Billy Paynter headed the ball over him to score for the home side.
The Cobblers would soon be level though and a couple of minutes after Paynter's strike, Bradley Johnson's deflected shot brought the teams level. A quiet period of play followed with neither side willing to go for the winner until Kenny Deuchar sparked scenes of wild celebration in my small room in Southampton by converting Ryan Gilligan's cross and to seal a massive win for the Cobblers!
Andy Kirk could have made it three late on but Deuchar's goal was enough to hand us three huge points and steer us up to 15th in League One.With other sides outside the bottom four also winning, it was an even bigger victory and we should surely have enough now to keep ourselves afloat for another season.
Stuart Gray's side are now just two points off the top half in fact…I'm starting to get a nosebleed!
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