Let the first grumbles of the season begin. It didn't take long for the worries to start in this pre-season campaign and following a couple of passable results, the Cobblers were beaten by Corby Town in game three of the 2009/10 build up. True, there were trialists and youngsters involved but with more than a few first team regulars on show this really should have been a game under the wins column, friendly or not.
The fact that ex Cobblers such as Lawrie Dudfield, Tommy Jaszczun and Jason Lee were in the Corby side made it that bit worse and Lee was the one to open the scoring just eleven minutes in. Chris Willmott's hopes of a contract can't have been helped by the own goal that made it 2-0 but he could be considered unlucky with Dudfield's shot deflecting off Paul Walker and onto Willmott before going in.
The one ray of hope from the game was, once again, Billy McKay, who scored the Cobblers' consolation late on and Stuart Gray is planning to sit down with more trialists from this game along with McKay and Willmott this week, plus former Manchester Unted defender John Curtus who also featured, to discuss their futures.
Whether results matter at this stage is up for debate of course but it's still slightly worrying that we've been beaten for the first time this pre-season. Improvements now certainly needed before Coventry City's visit on Tuesday night in the first home friendly at Sixfields.
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