Their first game in 103 days ended in frustration following goals from Charlie Raglan and Conor Thomas. Here are our player ratings from the PTS...
5. Michael Harriman
Had a pretty solid game at wing-back, the highlight of which was the first-half spot-kick he earned. Limited Cheltenham to few attacks on their left and got forward when he was able to... 6.5 Photo: Pete Norton
6. Alan McCormack
Picked an unfortunate time to have perhaps his least influential game in a Cobblers shirt. Just couldn't get into proceedings and was hooked on the hour... 5 Photo: Pete Norton
7. Ryan Watson
His penalty was not a particularly poor one but Evans made a fine save and that knocked the stuffing out of both him and the team for the next 20 minutes. Unable to exert much influence on the game overall... 5
8. Nicky Adams
Had plenty of opportunities to put balls in the box, particularly at set-pieces, but whilst some of his delivery was excellent, Cheltenham's back three was in no mood to give Town any free headers... 6