Vadaine Oliver's goal after 54 seconds set Town on their way before Sam Hoskins wrapped things up with a late spot-kick. Here's how the players rated....
9. Callum Morton
Showed his goalscoring instincts last week, here he did the other side of the game brilliantly. Ran hard, pressed hard & held it up, often without support. Fine work to win the pen encapsulated those qualities... 8 CHRON STAR MAN | Getty Photo: Pete Norton
10. Vadaine Oliver
Too strong and too powerful for City's defence as a fabulous thumping finish gave Cobblers the ideal start. Won his headers in the first-half but seemed to suffer a knock that led to his withdrawal not long into the second... 7.5 | Getty Photo: Pete Norton
11. Scott Pollock
Impressive off the bench. His quality on the ball has never been in doubt but he mixed it up against Exeter and did the ugly stuff well, winning his fair share of tackles... 7.5 | Getty
12. Michael Harriman
Presumably sent on with the instruction of snuffing out City's chief threat in Williams and that's what he did to good effect... 7 | Getty