While there were solid, hold-them-in-your hand excuses for the Cobblers’ defeats at York City and Southend United, this was a loss that was entirely deserved and comes with no caveats.
Somewhere on Friday night, Kelvin Langmead would have received news of Roy O’Donovan’s late winning goal for the Cobblers and smiled to himself.
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