Foster wants Daventry to put pressure on Chalfont
Darran Foster says Saturday’s opponents Chalfont St Peter are one of the best sides Daventry Town have faced this season.And the boss knows his men must use the home side’s strengths against them at...
View ArticleWoodford United chairman Worrall not expecting any miracles
Woodford United chairman Andy Worrall says his club are merely making up the numbers in Southern League Division One Central this season.Worrall is still hoping the Reds can survive in step four, but...
View ArticleAll change at Buckby as assistant managers leave club
Long Buckby boss Scott Goodwin says he needs coaches who are 100 per cent committed - after dispensing of the services of his two assistants.Dave Williams and Joe Smyth have left the club as Goodwin...
View ArticleFoden to skipper Saints as they head to Exeter
Full-back Ben Foden will captain Saints in their final LV= Cup group clash at Exeter on Saturday evening (ko 6.30pm).But Foden’s fellow England reject Lee Dickson has only been named on the...
View ArticleJail for man found with £300k of drugs
A Long Buckby man who was a key player in the wholesale supply of cocaine in Northampton has been jailed for nine years.Christopher Peachment, aged 41, formerly of Selt Close, Long Buckby, was jailed...
View ArticleForty more homes put forward in village
A PROPOSAL has been put forward to build an extra 40 homes in Woodford Halse.The homes will be just off Byfield Road and these will be situated next to a site which has been earmarked for another 200...
View ArticleTown sports pavilion gets demolition date
A sports pavilion on a Daventry park which has become a focus for vandalism and anti-social behaviour will be gone by April.The pavilion at the Spider Park on the town’s Headlands estate has become a...
View ArticleNorthampton Town defender Artell facing more time out
Cobblers defender David Artell will miss a further two to three weeks of first-team action with an Achilles injury that has kept him out since October.The club have received advice from a specialist...
View ArticleTom Vickers’ Exeter v Saints preview: LV= Cup progression is a must
The LV= Cup may not be the most prestigious prize in rugby, but Saints can gain plenty from it should they collect the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow this season.A bonus-point victory at Exeter...
View ArticleRoad teams turn attention to potholes
Highways crews are now ‘focusing their attention’ on fixing potholes caused by the cold weather, the highways chief has said.After a week of severely cold weather, including periods of heavy snow and...
View ArticleMusic night at a village hall
Love will be in the air at Kilsby Village Hall when a musician performs next week.Barb Jungr, an acclaimed song stylist will be performing a concert called The Men I Love.It will take place on Tuesday...
View ArticleCobblers’ away-day misery continues as Rotherham romp home
The Cobblers’ travel sickness showed no signs of easing at Rotherham as the home side romped to a comfortable victory.Town had no answers to a team that - along with Manchester United - are the only...
View ArticleBoothroyd says Cobblers got what they deserved at Rotherham
Aidy Boothroyd pulled no punches in his assessment of the Cobblers’ defeat at Rotherham and said his side fully deserved to lose the game.Town made it back-to-back league defeats for the week with a...
View ArticleShocking start sends Saints spinning out of LV= Cup
Saints were made to pay for a shocking first-half showing as they bowed out of the LV= Cup with a 28-19 defeat to Exeter at Sandy Park.The home side, who had lost their previous four games in all...
View ArticleNorthampton Saints were ‘still in the hotel’ during first-half cup calamity
Saints boss Jim Mallinder said his side were ‘still in the hotel’ during their first-half horror show at Exeter.Northampton slipped to a 28-19 defeat at Sandy Park, as hopes of an LV= Cup semi-final...
View ArticleHelp is at hand for expectant parents
New classes for expectant parents will be launched in the Daventry area next month.The ‘Speedbumps’ classes from the Daventry and villages NCT will offer antenatal classes based at Mayfield Sports...
View ArticleJefferson Lake’s Rotherham v Cobblers view and player ratings: Town back to...
So it appears rumours of the current Cobblers’ side’s impending greatness have been somewhat exaggerated.The rush of excitement that greeted the club’s elevation to third place in the league two...
View ArticleTom Vickers’ Exeter v Saints view and player ratings: Fringe men let...
Following Saints’ defeat to Exeter on Saturday, questions were asked of Jim Mallinder’s team selection.Mallinder opted to leave his big guns in reserve, with Soane Tonga’uiha, Samu Manoa, Phil Dowson,...
View ArticleCoach Pellow delighted as ruthless Exeter shatter Saints
Skills coach Ricky Pellow hailed Exeter’s ruthless streak after they slayed Saints at Sandy Park.The Chiefs ran in three tries during the opening 32 minutes, surging into a 22-0 lead in the LV= Cup...
View ArticleThe spirit of wartime
A drama group will be encouraging people to step back in time and discover some wartime spirit with its latest production.The West Haddon Players will be presenting A Wartime Night Out designed to...
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