The Cobblers crashed to a Sixfields defeat to keep us in the relegation fight. Bas Savage's double strike for the Seagulls was enough to give Brighton the points on a blustery afternoon.
Stuart Gray made one change to the side that was beaten at Swansea last Saturday with Ian Taylor replacing David Hunt in the starting line-up.The Cobblers were playing with the wind in the first half and looked the better side in the early going. Jordan Robertson had the first real effort on goal, latching onto Kenny Deuchar's knock down but his shot was off target.The game was as frustrating as the game between the sides at the Withdean Stadium back in October with chances few and far between. Jason Crowe attempted to use the wind to his advantage with a deep cross but visiting keeper Scott Flinders did well to hold it.
At half-time the game was goalless and deservedly so, with both sides proving their league positions are right at the moment! The Cobblers looked settled but probably too settled, as if they thought safety was secured already.Brighton came out the stronger side in the second half and seemed to want to win more than we did and this eventually proved to be the difference between the sides.Bradley Johnson summed up our frustation early on with a right footed shot that sailed over the bar before Kenny Deuchar latched onto substitute Simon Cox's ball before firing over the bar and into the travelling fun fair at the top of the bank from six yards!
Brighton were looking the more dangerous side coming forward and were given the lead on the hour mark as Bas Savage found space in the box to fire home from close range before "treating" us to a well drilled dance routine and moonwalk.Just minutes later and the Seagulls had doubled their lead, Savage again the scorer after Mark Bunn had been left stranded by a Jake Robinson header. We knew it was all over at that point and if we'd have played all night we still wouldn't have scored.
Andy Kirk and Sam Aiston came on to try and spark us into life but there was no chance that we'd be getting back into this game.Nothing summed it up more than the late goal mouth scramble involving Kirk and Brad Johnson that was somehow kept out by Flinders.
So all in all a desperately disappointing day for the Cobblers and a defeat that keeps us involved in the relegation fight. Cheltenham's victory over Orient puts Bradford City into the drop zone and we now sit seven points clear, with a trip to Orient up next.
The players were playing like it was all over and it certainly isn't...we all know with the Cobblers that things can always turn sour pretty quickly and go right to the wire!
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