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  • 19/06/13
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OFF THE WAGE BILL - the departure of Adebayo Akinfenwa' and others mean Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd has funds to play with

Cobblers boss Boothroyd says he will be sticking to Sixfields budget

Aidy Boothroyd says the Cobblers will not spend beyond their means as he prepares to tweak his Sixfields squad this summer.

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DECISION TIME - Roy O'Donovan is one of five Cobblers players currently considering a contract offer from the club

Cobblers’ out-of-contract quintet at Sixfields for talks

Northampton Town’s five out-of-contract players will have meetings with manager Aidy Boothroyd this week to resolve their situations at the club.

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The Cobblers players celebrate Jake Robinson's goal in the 1-0 Johnstone's Paint Trophy win over MK Dons last season

Northampton Town to host MK Dons in Capital One Cup

The Cobblers have landed a home tie against MK Dons in the first round of the Capital One Cup.

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BIG AMBITION - Cobblers defender Joe Widdowson

Cobblers defender Widdowson aiming to hit pre-season running

Joe Widdowson is setting his sights on a return to pre-season training in full fitness after finishing last season with a niggling knee injury.

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WORK TO BE DONE - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd

Boothroyd preparing himself for ‘mad rush’ to make new Cobblers signings

Aidy Boothroyd admits he faces some stiff competition from rival clubs for the players he wants to sign for the Cobblers this summer.

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Aidy Boothroyd

Cobblers boss Boothroyd keen on overseas pre-season training camp

The Cobblers are currently looking into the possibility of repeating their traditional overseas pre-season training camp.

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VERSATILE - Roy O'Donovan fits the bill of the type of forward Aidy Boothroyd wants to sign

Cobblers boss Boothroyd wants strikers who do more than score

Aidy Boothroyd’s forward recruitment this summer will be focused on signing players who can fulfil a number of roles and are not out-and-out strikers.

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TRANSFER TARGET - the Cobblers are monitoring former loanee Matt Duke's situation at Bradford City

Northampton Town ‘monitoring the situation’ of goalkeeper Duke

The Cobblers are keen on signing goalkeeper Matt Duke from Bradford City, with manager Aidy Boothroyd confirming he believes the 35-year-old is a ‘top keeper’.

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CUP KINGS - last season the Cobblers beat Cardiff City in the first round of the Capital One Cup

Cobblers could face derby date in Capital One Cup

The Cobblers could face recently-relegated Queens Park Rangers in the first round of the Capital One Cup.

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TRANSFER TARGET? - the Cobblers have been linked with a move for ex-Arsenal winger Sanchez Watt (top)

Cobblers linked with former Arsenal winger

The Cobblers have been linked with a move for 22-year-old winger Sanchez Watt, who was released by Arsenal last month.

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WEMBLEY PAIN - Lee Collins watches on as Bradford celebrate their play-off final victory

Collins: Northampton Town’s Wembley pain will stay with me forever

Lee Collins says the pain of losing last season’s npower League Two play-off final will be with him for the rest of his career.

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PROMOTION AMBITION - Cobblers striker Clive Platt

Platt says Northampton Town have to improve on ‘abysmal away form’ next season

Clive Platt believes the Cobblers’ key aim next season can only be an improvement of the club’s ‘abysmal away form’ of last year.

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HIGH POINT - Louis Moult celebrates scoring for the Cobblers in the 2-0 win over Port Vale last season

Cobblers boss Boothroyd says releasing Moult could ‘bring the best’ out of striker

Aidy Boothroyd believes the ‘stressful situation’ that awaits the now unemployed Louis Moult could be highly beneficial to the player.

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SADDLED UP - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd (left) pictured with fellow cyclists (from left) John Solako, Ian Wright, Geoff Thomas and Mitchell Thomas

Northampton Town boss Boothroyd gets on his bike for charity

Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd will have to take a break from football business for the next few days as he sets off on a 450km cycle ride to Paris.

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OLD PALS - Aidy Boothroyd chats to Kayode Odejayi following the Cobblers' 2-1 win over Rotherham at Sixfields in 2012

Northampton Town linked with move for striker Odejayi

The Cobblers have been linked with a move for Rotherham United’s transfer-listed striker Kayode Odejayi.

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Northampton Town Football Club v Aldershot Town at Sixfields Northampton.
Matt Duke.

Cobblers closing in on new goalkeeper

The Cobblers are close to making their first new signing of the close season with a deal for goalkeeper Matt Duke believed to be near completion.

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GOING ABROAD? - midfielder Claudio Dias is one of three players who could be sent out on loan to a foreign club

Cobblers considering foreign loans for young trio

The Cobblers are considering sending young trio Dean Snedker, Claudio Dias and David Moyo out on loans to foreign leagues that operate summer schedules.

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Aidy Boothroyd

Cobblers chairman Cardoza confident boss Boothroyd will stay at Sixfields

Chairman David Cardoza is confident Aidy Boothroyd will be staying as Cobblers manager for the new season - unless a big club comes calling.

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SAD END - Joe Widdowson is consoled by manager Aidy Boothroyd following the Cobblers' play-off final defeat to Bradford City

Defender Widdowson says his first Northampton Town season was ‘brilliant’

Joe Widdowson says his first season as a Northampton Town player was ‘brilliant’.

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PAINFUL AFTERNOON - David Cardoza watches Bradford boss Phil Parkinson lift the play-off trophy at Wembley

Cardoza: Cobblers have to quickly move on from ‘embarrassing’ Wembley defeat

Chairman David Cardoza has admitted the Cobblers’ play-off final defeat was ‘embarrassing’, but that everybody at the club now has to forget about it and ‘move on quickly’.

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COMING TO SIXFIELDS - Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson

Northampton Town to take on Foxes in pre-season friendly at Sixfields

The Cobblers have announced they will play a pre-season friendly against npower Championship side Leicester City at Sixfields in July.

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SAD TO SEE HIM GO - but chairman David Cardoza believes it was the right decision for the Cobblers to release Adebayo Akinfenwa

Cardoza sorry to see Akinfenwa leave Cobblers, but says it’s the right decision

Cobblers chairman David Cardoza admits he is sad to see Adebayo Akinfenwa’s Cobblers career come to an end – but that it was a decision that had to be made for the good of the club.

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AWAY-DAY WOES - Aidy Boothroyd watches his team lose to Bradford City at Wembley

Cobblers boss Boothroyd determined to put right ‘irritating’ away form

Boss Aidy Boothroyd says he will be striving to right the wrongs that caused the Cobblers’ woes on the road last season.

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OFFER ON THE TABLE - but Nathan Cameron has yet to sign the contract offered him by the Cobblers

Boothroyd ‘relaxed’ as he waits for players to commit to Cobblers

Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd says he is ‘relaxed’ about whether or not the five players he has offered new contracts to will sign them.

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SUMMER REBUILDING - Aidy Boothroyd

Boothroyd pledges Cobblers will be a ‘new team’ and ‘better team’ next season

Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd is taking a well-earned break from Sixfields duty - but says his mind will still be on his summer recruitment for the new season.

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COGENHOE RETURN - action from the Cobblers' pre-season friendly at Compton Park last July

Cobblers will play pre-season friendly at Cogenhoe United

The Cobblers have announced they will travel to UCL Premier Division outfit Cogenhoe United for a pre-season friendly in July.

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SIXFIELDS RETURN? - Matt Duke

Boothroyd steps up goalkeeper search after giving up on Nicholls return

Aidy Boothroyd has started his search for a new Cobblers goalkeeper after admitting it is unlikely Lee Nicholls will re-join from Wigan Athletic.

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FANS' FAVOURITE - Adebayo Akinfenwa was a hit with the Cobblers supporters, but has now left the club (picture by Sharon Lucey)

Boothroyd confident decision to let Akinfenwa go is the right one

Aidy Boothroyd says it would have been ‘irresponsible’ to sell Adebayo Akinfenwa, who was released by the club this week, to a rival in the January transfer window.

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BUZZING - Lee Collins has signed a new two-year deal at Cobblers (picture by Sharon Lucey)

Collins ‘buzzing’ after signing new Cobblers contract

Lee Collins says he has got ‘unfinished business’ with Cobblers after signing a new two-year contract at the club.

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Clarke Carlisle

Carlisle: It’s right time to call it quits

Clarke Carlisle says he has retired from professional football because of the physical strain it is placing on his body and because he does not want to deny a younger player a place in the Cobblers side.

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END OF THE ROAD - Clarke Carlisle has called time on his professional career

Clarke Carlisle confirms retirement from professional football

Northampton Town defender Clarke Carlisle has retired from professional football with immediate effect.

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NO DISTRACTION - Cobblers midfielder Ben Harding

Contract uncertainty not an issue for Cobblers midfielder Harding

Midfielder Ben Harding insists the uncertaintly over his Cobblers future was not a distraction in the closing weeks of the season.

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HAPPY AT NORTHAMPTON - Lee Collins

Collins ready to ‘jump on board’ at Northampton Town next season

Defender Lee Collins has heaped praise on Cobblers manager Aidy Boothroyd and says he wants to ‘jump on board’ at Sixfields for next season.

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COBBLER NO MORE - Adebayo Akinfenwa sits on the Wembley turf following Saturday's play-off defeat to Bradford. He has not been offered a new deal to stay at Sixfields

Akinfenwa one of seven Cobblers players released

Leading goalscorer Adebayo Akinfenwa is one of seven players who will not be offered extensions to their current contracts at the Cobblers.

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Northampton Town Football Club v Bradford City at Wembley Stadium, London.

Can you spot yourself in the Cobblers crowd at Wembley? video Picture gallery

More than 23,000 Northampton supporters made their way to Wembley...and our photographers took pictures of almost all of them.

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KEEN TO STAY - Cobblers midfielder Luke Guttridge

Out-of-contract Guttridge wants to stay a Northampton Town player

Midfielder Luke Guttridge is hoping to still be a Cobblers player next season - but accepts his fate is completely in the hands of manager Aidy Boothroyd.

LEAVING? - Adebayo Akinfenwa has posted a goodbye message to Cobblers supporters on Twitter

Akinfenwa posts a ‘goodbye’ to Northampton Town supporters

Adebayo Akinfenwa has hinted his time as a Northampton Town striker could be over.

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STAYING A COBBLER - Kelvin Langmead has signed a new two year deal with Northampton

Langmead delighted to sign new Cobblers deal after ‘incredible year’

Kelvin Langmead has signed a new two-year contract with the Cobblers.

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SURPISE SELECTION - Clive Platt started for Cobblers at Wembley (picture by Kirsty Edmonds)

Platt didn’t expect to start Cobblers’ Wembley clash

Cobblers striker Clive Platt says he was not expecting his shock call-up to the starting line-up for Saturday’s play-off debacle at Wembley.

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WEMBLEY WOE - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd (centre) consoles Joe Widdowson (left) after Saturday's npower League Two play-off defeat to Bradford at Wembley

Bookies write off Cobblers’ title chances for next season

The Cobblers are as big as 18/1 with Skybet to win next season’s npower League Two title.

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SO SORRY - Cobblers defender Lee Collins (Picture: Kirsty Edmonds)

Collins says sorry to supporters for Northampton Town’s Wembley no-show

Defender Lee Collins has issued an apology to the Cobblers supporters following Saturday’s npower League Two play-off final capitulation at the hands of Bradford City.

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TAKING HIS TIME - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd won't make any snap decisions on which players to keep at Sixfields (picture by Kelly Cooper)

Boothroyd won’t rush Cobblers contract decisions

Aidy Boothroyd says he will not make any ‘snap decisions’ on the future of his Cobblers squad as a reaction to their damaging play-off final defeat.

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