Northampton Town 0 Blackpool 3: As it happened and reaction as Cobblers are relegated

Cobblers wrap up their home campaign with a tough game against play-off chasing Blackpool this afternoon.
The PTS.The PTS.
The PTS.

With no coverage on Twitter or Facebook this weekend due to the boycott of social media, we have a live blog on this page to keep across today's game. We will have a report and all the post-match reaction as usual...

LIVE: Cobblers v Blackpool

Key Events

  • Town host Blackpool in final home game of the season
  • Fail to better Wigan’s result and Cobblers will be relegated
  • Watson, Kioso and Miller all start

Cobblers are unchanged: Mitchell, Kioso, Horsfall, Jones, Mills (c), McWilliams, Morris, Watson, Hoskins, Miller, Jones.

Subs: Woods, Harriman, Bolger, Marshall, Edmondson, Rose, Chukwuemeka

Blackpool XI: Maxwell, Turton, Ballard, Thorniley, Husband, Garbutt, Dougall, Robson, Kaikai, Simms, Yates

Ex-Town striker Keshi Anderson returns from four months out and is on the bench for the visitors.

Who starts for Cobblers?

Team news on the way shortly from Sixfields. Will Brady be tempted to start any of the substitutes that impressed against Gillingham? We’ll find out in the next 20 minutes...

No social media coverage

REMINDER: There will be no coverage on Twitter or Facebook this weekend as we stand together with the football community in boycotting social media. The website is running as usual and we’ll have report, reaction, ratings and everything else on here over the coming days.

Hello all and welcome to our live blog for Cobblers’ final home game of the season. It really is do or die time now. Defeat to Blackpool today would confirm relegation, even victory might not save them.

Can they take it to Sunderland and the final game of the season? Stay tuned...

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