Nolan takes credit for McGeehan's double after training ground work

Nolan forged a reputation for scoring goals from midfield during his long and successful career at the top level, and McGeehan very much has a similar knack for popping up in the right places at the right times in and around the penalty box.

He finished as Northampton’s top scorer with 10 last season and he’s leading the carts again this time around having scored his fourth and fifth goals in the space of eight minutes against Wimbledon, both from inside the six-yard box.

"They are the type of goals I like to score,” said McGeehan. “I just try to get in the box as much as I can. Some nights you don’t get near anything but you have to keep the faith, keep going and keeping make the right runs and that run I made for the goals tonight is one the gaffer talks to me about a lot.

"I think there are some similarities in the way we played. Obviously he did it at a much higher level than me so I’m always trying to learn off him and listen to what he’s telling me to do and where I should run. It's something we work on pretty much every week, the run from those free-kicks, and it’s great to score two in the same game.”

Nolan, who scored 69 Premier League goals, added: "I just said to Cam, I've got him a brace tonight because he listened to me! Tom Eaves just now needs to start listening to me because if he runs where I tell him to run he might scoring a few goals as well.

"But we work on those things. We don't just throw it in the box and hope for the best. We work on it every week to get the best outcomes and I'm delighted for Cam that he got himself a couple of goals.

"All three goals came from set-pieces and that’s really pleasing because we work on them tirelessly. The corner that Conor scored, that’s something we have worked on in training and once it went in, I thought 'come on, let's crack on now'. We didn't manage to do that but we spoke at half-time and I thought the lads responded really well in the second half.”