Manchester United player George Best scores against Northampton Town on 7th February 1970.placeholder image
Manchester United player George Best scores against Northampton Town on 7th February 1970.

Northampton Town retro: 15 cracking pictures which roll the decades back at Cobblers - including the iconic day when George Best scored six times for Manchester United

We’ve dug deep into our archives to bring you this brilliant retro gallery from Northampton Town down the years.

Who can forget the iconic day when George Best scored six goals during Manchester United's Fifth Round FA Cup match at Northampton in 1970?

We look back on an FA Cup tie against Southampton in 1934, Tommy Robson arriving at Chelsea after leaving Northampton Town in November 1965 and a training session with a difference in 1968.

There are those – and plenty more – in this cracking gallery.

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