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It was a freezing, foggy start as we headed south to watch a load of old cobblers at Northampton.
For the brilliant 1,200 away fans, this was our first ever visit to the Sixfields Stadium and for me, my first ever visit to Northampton.
Lunch was a hearty steak and kidney pie and proper chips in The Bull, in the quaint village of Harpole, amidst Formula One fans watching Lewis Hamilton qualify in Abu Dhabi.
There were reminiscences of Northampton Town’s famous run in the 60s and early 70s.
There were current tales of the unfinished East stand and related financial scandals.
We also watched Sergio Aguero score against Burnley, leaving Bolton Wanderers as the only Premier League club he hasn’t scored against.
He never managed to score against us when he was with Athletico Madrid either.
At the moment, hardly anybody else can score against us as we kept our third clean sheet in a row and grabbed the three points with a well-taken goal from Zach Clough.
Phil Parkinson put out an unchanged team and it was nice to see Matt Taylor plying his trade for Northampton these days, although he nearly upset us when he hit the post early on.
This was a battling performance won from the back as our midfield had one of their quieter days.
Ben Alnwick got the chance to earn his keep and the back four were outstanding with support from the midfield.
The team is developing into a very solid outfit who are difficult to beat and can see out a match.
There is room for improvement, particularly up front, where we need more goal scorers to save our fingernails but things are looking promising as we moved into second position.
Things are not looking so promising off the field again as rumours of fresh financial problems reared their ugly head this week.
It is difficult to comprehend what is going on as business must be discussed and sorted in private and the details are going to be limited until deals are actually done.
Having said that, I’m not sure that I would believe anything that is said until it happens, as last October I was told by one of the directors that "we had nothing to worry about". Less than a week later, we announced we couldn’t pay the wages.
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For the brilliant 1,200 away fans, this was our first ever visit to the Sixfields Stadium and for me, my first ever visit to Northampton.
Lunch was a hearty steak and kidney pie and proper chips in The Bull, in the quaint village of Harpole, amidst Formula One fans watching Lewis Hamilton qualify in Abu Dhabi.
There were reminiscences of Northampton Town’s famous run in the 60s and early 70s.
There were current tales of the unfinished East stand and related financial scandals.
We also watched Sergio Aguero score against Burnley, leaving Bolton Wanderers as the only Premier League club he hasn’t scored against.
He never managed to score against us when he was with Athletico Madrid either.
At the moment, hardly anybody else can score against us as we kept our third clean sheet in a row and grabbed the three points with a well-taken goal from Zach Clough.
Phil Parkinson put out an unchanged team and it was nice to see Matt Taylor plying his trade for Northampton these days, although he nearly upset us when he hit the post early on.
This was a battling performance won from the back as our midfield had one of their quieter days.
Ben Alnwick got the chance to earn his keep and the back four were outstanding with support from the midfield.
The team is developing into a very solid outfit who are difficult to beat and can see out a match.
There is room for improvement, particularly up front, where we need more goal scorers to save our fingernails but things are looking promising as we moved into second position.
Things are not looking so promising off the field again as rumours of fresh financial problems reared their ugly head this week.
It is difficult to comprehend what is going on as business must be discussed and sorted in private and the details are going to be limited until deals are actually done.
Having said that, I’m not sure that I would believe anything that is said until it happens, as last October I was told by one of the directors that "we had nothing to worry about". Less than a week later, we announced we couldn’t pay the wages.
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