THE SEASON SO FAR – The Cobblers currently sit in 18th spot with a record of PLAYED 10, WON 3, DRAWN 1, LOST 6, GF 10 & GA 20 with 10 POINTS.
Wigan 2 Northampton 3
Portsmouth 4 Northampton 0
Northampton 0 Charlton 2
Northampton 2 Swindon 1
Plymouth 2 Northampton 1
Northampton 0 Peterborough 2
Bristol Rovers 2 Northampton 0
Northampton 0 Hull City 2
Shrewsbury 1 Northampton 2
Northampton 2 AFC 2
FORM AT A GLANCE – LLLLWLLW
HOME GROUND – Sixfields (7,798 Capacity)
CLUB NICKNAME – The Cobblers
THE MANAGER – Keith Curle, aged 56 and born in Bristol.
Dean Austin was the manager, but he was replaced by Keith Curle on October 1st 2018 shortly before our meeting at Stadium MK, Austin was sacked after the 4-0 defeat to Mansfield, so that makes Curle the 6th manager at Northampton since May 2016.
He began his football career as a defender for Bristol Rovers, and went on to play 708 games scoring 35 goals for teams such as Torquay, Bristol City, Reading, Wimbledon, Man City, Wolves, Sheffield Utd, Barnsley, and finally Mansfield.
His managerial career spans nearly 20 years with appointments at Mansfield, Chester City, Torquay, Notts County, Carlisle and now the Cobblers.His full stats are as follows, GAMES 521, WON 198, DRAWN 139, LOST 184, giving him a WIN RATIO of 38 %, but that jumps to 41% in his time at Northampton.
THE MASCOT
Clarence the Dragon.
FORMER MANAGERS
Syd Puddefoot, Dave Bowen, Bill Dodgin Jnr, Pat Crerand, Clive Walker, Tony Barton, Graham Carr, John Barnwell, Kevin Wilson, Kevin Broadhurst, Colin Calderwood, Gary Johnson, John Gorman, Aidy Boothroyd, Chris Wilder, and the present incumbent who is the 44th Cobblers manager, although on research there are a few gaps, so it could possibly be more.
PLAYED FOR BOTH
Plenty to choose from, so just a snapshot of Ryan Amoo, George Baldock, Mathias Kouo-Doumbe, Ryan Watson, Clive Platt, Mark Randall, Paul Tisdale, Don’s fans favourite Daniel “Marmite” Powell who played 271 games for us scoring 46 goals, and “MK’s Goal Machine” Dean Bowditch played 227 games scoring 48 goals.
SHOOTERS BOOTS
Ricky Korboa and Matty Warburton both on two goals.
CURRENT MATCH ODDS
Northampton 3/1 (BetFred) Draw 12/5 (Coral) MK Dons 1/1 (Betfair)
FAMOUS FANS
Shaq O’Neil (NBA Star) and possibly Alan Carr (Chatty Man) son of former manager Graham Carr.
LAST TIME ROUND
Tuesday 8th September 2020 – MK Dons 3 Northampton 1 (FLT)
Team – Walker, Lewington, Poole, Cargill, Kasumu, O’Hora, Sorensen (Freeman), Nombe, Mason (Morris), Houghton, Sorinola.
Unused Subs – Nicholls, Brittain, Davies, Jallow, Black
Goals – Mills 13’, Poole 34’, Nombe 74’, Sorinola 77’.
Ref – C Pollard (2 Yellows)
Attendance – 0
HEAD 2 HEAD
2020/21 – MK Dons 3 Northampton 1 (FLT) – Poole, Nombe, Sorinola.
2018/19 – Northampton 2 MK Dons 2 (LG2) – Gilbey, Aneke.
2018/19 – MK Dons 1 Northampton 0 (LG 2) – Agard
2017/18 – Northampton 2 MK Dons 1 (LG 1) – Gilbey
2017/18 – MK Dons 0 Northampton 0 (LG 1)
2016/17 – MK Dons 5 Northampton 3 (LG 1) – Agard, Aneke 2, Barnes, OG.
2016/17 – Northampton 3 MK Dons 2 (LG 1) – Bowditch & Carruthers
2015/16 – MK Dons 3 Northampton 0 (FAC Replay) – Reeves, Murphy, Church.
2015/16 – Northampton 2 MK Dons 2 (FAC) – OG & Maynard
2013/14 – MK Dons 2 Northampton 0 (JPT) – Bamford & Alli
2013/14 – Northampton 1 MK Dons 2 (League Cup) – Reeves & Banton
2012/13 – Northampton 1 MK Dons 0 (JPT)
2009/10 – MK Dons 3 Northampton 1 (JPT) – Wilbraham & Reeves 2
2008/09 – Northampton 0 MK Dons 1 (LG 1) – Wilbraham
2008/09 – MK Dons 1 Northampton 0 (LG 1) – Wilbraham
