Northampton
Season 1
July/August
League Objective: Fight for Promotion
Transfers In:
2* Scout who will be scouting in England
Alefe Santos from Bristol Rovers $130,000
Ramy Rabia Free Agent
Sam Slocombe from S****horpe United for $250k + Dean Snedker
Luke Moore from AFC Wimbledon for $200k + Ricky Ravenhill
Tansfers Out:
Ivan Toney to Morecambe $110,000
Alan Connell to Yevoil Town $160,000
David Moyo to Bohemians Loan
Dean Snedker to S****horpe as part of a trade
Ricky Ravenhill to AFC Wimbeldon as part of a trade
League
Northampton 1 - 0 Oxford United
Marquis 70'
A good game maybe should have scored more but good defensively and it needs to stay that way. Alefe Santos made his debut and got an assist.
Capitol One Cup
Northampton 2 - 1 Swindon Town
Nicholls 29‘
Nicholls 45‘
N‘Guessan 81‘
Makes it two wins in a row now that’s a good start. Sadly Sinclair dislocated his shoulder blade in the 14‘ minute and will be out 8 weeks but Nicholls stepped up and did the job well.
League
York City 0 - 1 Northampton
Oyebanjo 25‘ (OG)
Unlucky for York City to lose like that but hey that’s football right? A good defensive show by us but we had almost nothing going forward.
League
Northampton 1 - 0 Fleetwood
Hackett 64‘
This was another “lucky“ goal with the shot going way wide only to be deflected by a defender into the back of the net. Our strikers need to figure out how to finish a ball if we want a real chance at promotion.
League
Burton Albion 0 - 1 Northampton
Carter 90‘
A close game that came down to the end. It felt good to get the three points and we hope we can use this win to give the motivation to score some more goals.
J. Paint Trophy
Northampton 2 - 1 S****horpe
Dickenson 6‘
Ravenhill 24‘
Robertson 26’ RED CARD
Burton 27‘ (PEN)
A good match the lads really showed their character and determination when they held the lead for the rest of the game a man down. As for the red card I have no idea what Robertson was thinking the man was on the touchline with no one to pass the ball to all Robertson had to do was contain him outside but instead he slides in for the ball and the man goes down it was a definite red I‘m disappointed with him.
League
Northampton 1 - 0 Newport
Marquis 90‘
An even match contested till the last whistle a good three points for us. Moore had a decent debut nothing special but he put in a good performance.
TABLE:
1. Hartlepool - 15 pts
2. Northampton - 15 pts
3. Bury - 13 pts
4. Portsmouth - 13 pts
5. Bristol Rovers - 12 pts
6. S****horpe - 11 pts
7. Rochdale - 11 pts
(All teams have 5 matches played.)
Q. Steve you had a great first month here what do you thing is behind your success?
A. All of the success is from the players they all work 110% everyday all day and that is all I can ask from them that and the board has a lot of faith in my ability which always helps.
Q. Some people have been a bit harsh on your signings saying they are a waste of the wage budget, specifically Ramy Rabia.
A. He is by no means a waste of the budget. He his not a starter but he provides depth and when we are involved in three cups plus the league that is what we need the starting eleven in my opinion will be strong enough to be promoted so all we really needed was the depth.
Q. We have heard you setup a youth academy is this true?
A. Yes we plan to search around the UK to bring in talent so we can compete at the highest level.
Q. Do you have any youth prospects yet?
A. We have not signed anybody into the academy as of right now but we plan to in the near future, I’ll let you know when that happens.
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