And that’s certainly been the case over the years when it comes to sport, with many of our very own doing themselves and our great town proud.
Northampton can boast national champions, Olympic athletes, pro golfers, a World Cup winner and even a Major League Baseball pitcher.
That is of course the tip of the iceberg with plenty other stars from Northampton showing what they are made of in a variety of sport.
Here are just some of those athletes to have made it to the top.
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13. Maria Costello
Maria Costello MBE held the Guinness World Record for being the fastest woman to lap the Isle of Man TT course at an average speed of 114.73 mph until Jenny Tinmouth took the record at the 2009 TT. Costello was the first woman (solo racer) in the history of the Isle of Man motorcycle races to stand on the podium when she took third place in the Ultra Lightweight category of the 2005 Manx Grand Prix Photo: AFP
14. Danny Cox
Daniel Cox left Northampton aged two and went on to become a baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals (1983–1988), the Philadelphia Phillies (1991–1992), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992), and the Toronto Blue Jays (1993–1995), after which he retired from active play. Photo: Otto Greule Jr
15. Carl Fail
Carl Fail was the 2016 ABA welterweight boxing champion and won a silver medal at the 2018 EU Championships. In July 2020, it was announced that Carl had decided to turn professional along with his twin brother Ben.[ Photo: James Chance
16. Richard Beeby
Referee Richard Beeby worked his way up from the local Northampton leagues, eventually attaining Football League status in 1999. Although not on the Premier League list of referees, Beeby was given a "trial run" in that league on 7 May 2005, when he was man-in-the-middle for the Aston Villa versus Manchester City tie at Villa Park Photo: Bryn Lennon