Thursday, April 09, 2009

The Relegation Battle: This weekend's key games...

It’s all go this weekend as teams play twice in League One in the space of two or three days. The Easter games could go a long way in deciding who stays in League One and who is doomed for the drop and there’s some big games of interest to the Cobblers as the season comes up to a vital point.

Tomorrow night, we travel to Bristol Rovers in a game that we must get something from to at least close the gap, if not get out of the bottom four. Meanwhile, Carlisle host Oldham, bottom club Cheltenham go to Peterborough and Yeovil are at home against Millwall.

Saturday sees a massive relegation scrap as Brighton take on Swindon at The Withdean whilst Crewe host Hartlepool. Hereford are desperate for points but face top club Leicester and Leyton Orient, buoyed by the midweek comeback against Leeds, are up against Colchester.

There’s a full fixture list on Holiday Monday including the Cobblers hosting Southend, Cheltenham battling fellow strugglers Yeovil and Brighton travelling to Colchester. Carlisle face a tricky trip to Huddersfield and Crewe go to Oldham. Hereford are also facing a tough away game at Tranmere and there’s another six pointer with Swindon meeting Orient at The County Ground.

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