October was a baron month for goals and entertainment as the Cobblers held firm their position just above the bottom four. As frustrations grew with successive draws, relief was finally at hand in the final game of the month…
The month began with a Friday night trip to Bournemouth, and a local game to get to from my Southampton location. We booked up a night in a hotel and raced down to the seaside after work to take in the game. Despite the final result, a 0-0 draw, it was an entertaining game and the Cobblers were unlucky not to get anything from it. Scott McGleish’s header that scraped the post was the closest we would come.
It was a similar story the following Friday night as Bradford City were the visitors to Sixfields. Ian Taylor had the best chance of the game within just three minutes but scuffed his shot wide when clean through on goal. But for the second week in a row, despite a dominant performance, we came away with just a point.
Our Johnstone’s Paint Trophy campaign came and went when Brentford beat us 4-2 on penalties following another goalless game. The new rules in the competition meant that any game ending in a draw went straight to spot kicks and we were eliminated.
The following weekend and we were back on the South coast for more beach action and the expensive trip to Brighton and Hove Albion. At £21 a ticket, we were praying to be entertained but unfortunately that wasn’t the case in arguably the worst game of the season! Jake Robinson scrambled the home side in front on 39 minutes before James Quinn took advantage of slack marking from a throw in to level late on. All in all though it was a dire game and one to instantly forget…summed up by the fact that the biggest cheer of the day was for Ryan Gilligan and Brett Johnson being escorted from the bench due to the lack of room!
The Brighton game also saw a significant event off the pitch. Lee Harper, the Cobblers number one for many a season decided to stay at home after being told he was being dropped to the bench to be replaced by Mark Bunn. Harper would later be transferred to the MK Dons.
Back on the pitch and the month ended with the Cobblers finally getting that illusive first win of the season at Sixfields. In a tight game, we had an unlikely hero as Luke Chambers pounced in the 55th minute to volley home a David Hunt throw in. Leon Britton was sent off late on to compound the Swans’ misery and we had three massive points to round off October.
So all in all a moderate month with three draws out of four in League One. The Swansea victory set us up though and we could look forward to the winter campaign!
The month began with a Friday night trip to Bournemouth, and a local game to get to from my Southampton location. We booked up a night in a hotel and raced down to the seaside after work to take in the game. Despite the final result, a 0-0 draw, it was an entertaining game and the Cobblers were unlucky not to get anything from it. Scott McGleish’s header that scraped the post was the closest we would come.
It was a similar story the following Friday night as Bradford City were the visitors to Sixfields. Ian Taylor had the best chance of the game within just three minutes but scuffed his shot wide when clean through on goal. But for the second week in a row, despite a dominant performance, we came away with just a point.
Our Johnstone’s Paint Trophy campaign came and went when Brentford beat us 4-2 on penalties following another goalless game. The new rules in the competition meant that any game ending in a draw went straight to spot kicks and we were eliminated.
The following weekend and we were back on the South coast for more beach action and the expensive trip to Brighton and Hove Albion. At £21 a ticket, we were praying to be entertained but unfortunately that wasn’t the case in arguably the worst game of the season! Jake Robinson scrambled the home side in front on 39 minutes before James Quinn took advantage of slack marking from a throw in to level late on. All in all though it was a dire game and one to instantly forget…summed up by the fact that the biggest cheer of the day was for Ryan Gilligan and Brett Johnson being escorted from the bench due to the lack of room!
The Brighton game also saw a significant event off the pitch. Lee Harper, the Cobblers number one for many a season decided to stay at home after being told he was being dropped to the bench to be replaced by Mark Bunn. Harper would later be transferred to the MK Dons.
Back on the pitch and the month ended with the Cobblers finally getting that illusive first win of the season at Sixfields. In a tight game, we had an unlikely hero as Luke Chambers pounced in the 55th minute to volley home a David Hunt throw in. Leon Britton was sent off late on to compound the Swans’ misery and we had three massive points to round off October.
So all in all a moderate month with three draws out of four in League One. The Swansea victory set us up though and we could look forward to the winter campaign!
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