Northampton Town: Aidy turns attention to Daggers
AIDY BOOTHROYD said the Cobblers’ focus switched immediately to the crunch weekend clash with Dagenham & Redbridge as soon as Saturday’s game was called off.
Town’s scheduled game against Macclesfield at Sixfields was postponed after a heavy frost on Friday night rendered the pitch unplayable.
Only one game in npower League Two went ahead, with Plymouth Argyle coming back from a two-goal deficit to take a point from high-flying Southend United at Home Park.
That result sees the Pilgrims creep a point further ahead of Northampton, who go to Dagenham – the third side in the bottom three – this weekend.
“We were disappointed the game was off,” said Boothroyd, who had planned to give a debut to transfer deadline-day signing Clark Carlisle against the Silkmen.
“We had prepared well, we had done our homework, we were ready but despite the best efforts of everyone at the club we were beaten by the elements.
“It doesn’t really change anything in the bigger picture, we still have the same number of games against the same opposition, but it is disappointing for everyone when there is no game at the end of a hard week’s training.
“But there is nothing that can be done about it, and already we have turned our attention to Dagenham.
“We will have another busy week preparing for that game and we will also be ready for that one.
“There was only one game played in league two on Saturday so not much has changed, the call off will just mean another Tuesday night game for us.
“I don’t mind that at all and the players won’t either. Any player would rather play than train and if you can get some momentum going you can make a lot of progress in the space of a week by playing Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday.
“The biggest disappointment was that the call off denied us the chance to get three points on Saturday, but we can’t help that.”
Saido Berahino’s loan deal from West Bromwich Albion is now up, but as the transfer has been arranged on a ‘youth loan’ basis it can be extended even though the window is technically closed.
The striker would have a 24-hour recall clause in the deal established between the Cobblers and the Hawthorns club.
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therealcobbler
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 08:24 PMThat's going to raise a few temperatures! Funnily enough I've never had a problem with the Poppies. As long as they merge with us, move to Sixfields and still use Northampton as the first name.
Bob Nudd
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 02:24 PMSurely once relegated in May the time will have arrived for Northampton and Kettering to merge and become a Northamptonshire superpower, with the combined support you,d be looking at what 5500 fans? That type of support would make you a big club in the Conference,bigger than teams like Wrexham, Cambridge etc.
therealcobbler
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 02:24 PMYou'd need it nowadays to keep the fans in. Doncaster's old Belle Vue was my most hated. Pompey's away end toilets weren't any better than the old Hotel End loo's on my last visit, and that was only eight and a bit years ago when in the Premier League
kefalloniacobbler
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 09:31 PMThe broken glass was on the wall adjoining the County Tavern I think. But the hazard value was nothing compared to entering the Hotel End loos and daring to breathe in. I'd say quite a few people miss the old dump though.
Marvo
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 06:25 PMI remember the walls around the County ground having broken glass embeded in the top? I also remember travelling to Exeter shortly after our timber grandstand was demolished, only to find myself sitting in a timber grandstand.
mojo
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 04:51 PMJez get yourself down to Nene Park it has always been a morgue but at least the few Kettering fans that do turn up make some noise occasionally unlike the painfully quiet long gone Rushden ones used to.
.~* JEZ *~.
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 02:16 PMSixfields is probably the worst footballing experience I have ever had. It's aweful in every way. Fans, food, etc, etc, etc.
kefalloniacobbler
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:18 PMThe County Ground was indeed a kip of the highest degree. It was never actually closed down, but the club closed certain areas,as well as demolishing the old grandstand folllowing the tragedies of the 1980s. In fact, it was no worse that similar facilities at other clubs, who more wisely chose to install better fire exits and treat hazardous timbers (eg Oxford, Chesterfield). I can't remember barbed wire at all, though there were some pretty grim fences to keep people in, which was quite common at many grounds in that era. Different times and different standards. Nobody died, though the Hotel End when full could be a rough ride for smaller, younger people, especially before rival fans were segregated. Awesome atmosphere that makes Sixfields a monastery in comparison.
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Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:06 PMWas not the ground that held "20,000" closed down because it was a health hazard? And Stevenage were denied a league place bacause their ground was not up to standard? I remember barbed wire in front of the wooden stand.
kefalloniacobbler
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 09:55 AMDagenham and Redbridge is now a massive game for the club. And to think that way back when I first supported the Cobblers we thought of 'massive games' in terms of Manchester United and Liverpool, and wouldn't have given a second thought to Manchester City, who were a division below us. After two matches in the top flight, the 'Chronicle and Echo' bemoaned 'Where have all the supporters gone?' when gates failed to reach 20,000.
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