The 3-0 win at Accrington Stanley on Tuesday night wasn’t just impressive for the result, a first win of the season for a relieved Stuart Gray, but for the volume of travelling support from the claret faithful. Not since the 3-1 success over Leyton Orient in April have we recorded an away win and for the Cobblers fans it was a just reward for a tough drive north.
Stanley fans themselves were said to impressed by the number of away fans on show on Tuesday night and this sort of commitment despite a less than impressive opening to the season must have provided a massive lift for the players as they ran out of the tunnel.
There could be an argument that many visited the Fraser Eagles Stadium because it was another of “the 92” to tick off their list but still, a Tuesday night in Accrington still doesn’t seem appealing even to the biggest of the stadium explorers. Much more is still to come this season with some tough away ties at equally unglamorous locations and the night at Accrington could be the start of a turn around in attitudes both on and off the pitch.
Stuart Gray won’t have won that many new fans just yet but a 3-0 away success is difficult to moan about, though some will still grumble about us sitting back for long periods at 2-0, but a few more results like this one will go a long way to sealing Gray’s future at the club. There’s a thought that Gray has ten games to get it right so work is still to be done without a doubt.
We just have to hope that we don’t need to send Gray on his way as a tough looking few weeks looms on the horizon.
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