Northampton Town - Match Preview
By 4two
July 24 2003
The Saddlers travel to Third Division Northampton Town for there first freindly game against League opposition.
Moor Green Vs Saddlers Preview
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Date: Saturday
26th July
Location : Sixfields,
Northampton
Kick Off:
1:00pm
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Match day
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The Sixfields is a neat little
stadium on the edge of Northampton, surrounded by Cinema's and Theme
bars etc. (pic)
(guide)
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Adults
£10, Concessions £2.
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No drinks inside the ground, but
the American style diner / bar has catered for away fans in the
past.
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Food Kiosks in the corners a la
Bescot. A Burger King outside the ground.
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M6 South - M1 - Exit J9 - Get on
A45 - Ground on the right - Well signposted directions.
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Northampton Station is 2 miles
away from the ground. Taxi from station is strongly recommended !
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| Saddlers
Wins |
Draws |
Cobblers
Wins |
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14 |
29 |
| Last
meeting |
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Cobblers |
0-3 |
Saddlers |
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the 5th of April 2001, Ray Graydons Saddlers side traveled to Sixfields
knowing they were already in the play-offs. It was Party time for the
Saddlers who fielded a weakened side yet won 3-0 thanks to a Brett Angell
hatrick. All of Angell's goals came in the second half. The Saddlers
went on to beat Stoke and Reading to gain promotion to the first division.
Town were already safe, and went on to have another relegation battle in
01/02 before finishing bottom of the second division last
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The
Last 5 Games. |
| Northampton
Town |
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Walsall |
| Ven |
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Versus |
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Pos |
| A |
1-10 |
LA
Liga XI |
W |
- |
| A |
1-0 |
CD
Marathon |
L |
- |
| A |
0-3 |
Raunds
Town |
W |
- |
| A |
1-2 |
Mansfield |
L |
R |
| H |
2-2 |
Plymouth |
D |
R |
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| Ven |
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Versus |
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Pos |
| A |
0-3 |
Hednesford |
W |
- |
| A |
0-1 |
Moor
Green |
W |
- |
| A |
1-3 |
Solihull |
W |
- |
| A |
1-2 |
Sheff
Wed |
L |
- |
| H |
3-2 |
Derby |
W |
- |
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Team
News |
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Northampton's new signings Martin
Smith, Luke Weaver, Oliver Burgess and Ashley Westwood should all
feature at some point.
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Lee will take the senior squad.
Merson may get to play his first full 90 after completing 45 at Moor
Green and an hour at Hednesford. Carbon could be set for his first
pre-season game.
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One's
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24 year old Tom Young's has a
wealth of experiance in the lower leagues despite his young age.
He was signed from Cambridge for £50,000 in March last season. He
averaged a goal every 3 starts for the U's and can play as a
midfielder or a forward.
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Mersons first game against testing
opposition. Lee's plans should start to take shape. This game should
allow us to see how he wants to deploy Merson and his other new signings
during the new season.
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Verdict |
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Should be a good game. Ns. Both sides have high hopes for the
forthcoming season because of there activity in the transfer market. It wasn't
all that long ago that the Cobblers failed to gain promotion to the
first division themselves. They have since sunk back in to the basement,
which they will want to get out of sharpish.
Predication : Northampton
2-2 Walsall
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