Mum of former Cobblers’ trainee urges town to get behind club in relegation fight
THE mother of former Cobblers’ trainee Richard Butcher has urged the town to get behind the team as it fights to avoid relegation from the football league.
Richard Butcher died from an undiagnosed heart condition in January 2011, aged 29.
Gail Butcher, who will attend the match at Sixfields tonight against Mr Butcher’s final club, Macclesfield Town, said she found it impossible to know who to support out of the two, given both clubs’ significance in her son’s career.
Tickets for this week’s matches, against Macclesfield tonight and Port Vale on Saturday, have been discounted to £10 for adults and £5 for children. Forty per cent of the price will go to the Chronicle & Echo’s and Macmillan Cancer Support’s fund-raising for the new haematology unit at Northampton General Hospital.
But she urged Cobblers fans to back their local team, saying the club needed them now more than ever.
She said: “I want to see as many people there as possible. Football clubs need fans behind them. Whether times are good or bad, they need support there. I think it gives them a bit more encouragement and uplift. I don’t believe in booing or moaning. Fans need to get behind the team and cheer them on.
“I think negativity does rub off on players,” she added. “I’ve experienced, with Richard, when things are not going right, and I think it can play a big part in a team having a run of losing games.”
Of tonight’s match, she said: “It’s going to be quite a difficult game for me. I don’t want Northampton to lose, but I don’t want Macclesfield to lose either. It’s such a big game for us as a family.”
The club has confirmed the discounted tickets will also be available to buy on arrival at the game tonight and on Saturday.
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SteveRiches
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:05 PMOh what a dreadful state we are in after all the hype we've gone through over the last few years: yet, there is surely no option but to get behind our beloved club? We must get out of this mess, and then hope that the mistakes of the last 10 years or so when the right people have been sacked and the wrong people have been appointed on a dismayingly regular basis, or the wrong people have been kept on when they should be sacked etc. etc. while good money has been poured in to no avail - will finally be learned.
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