Saints lock Day suspended for three weeks
Saints lock Christian Day has been suspended for three weeks by an RFU disciplinary panel for stamping on an opponent during last Saturday’s LV= Cup match at Exeter, the RFU has confirmed.The player...
View ArticleSaints star Wood moves to No.8 for Ireland showdown
Saints star Tom Wood will start at No.8 for England in the Six Nations clash with Ireland on Sunday.Wood, who started at six in the 38-18 win against Scotland last weekend, moves to eight to cover for...
View ArticleCobblers ‘fend off’ clubs to sign former Vale defender Collins
The Cobblers have signed former Port Vale and Barnsley defender Lee Collins.And boss Aidy Boothroyd has revealed that the Cobblers had to ‘fend off’ a number of clubs to secure the signing of a player...
View ArticleFoden out of Gloucester clash as RFU ask for him to be rested
Ben Foden has been left out of Saints’ matchday squad to face Gloucester on Saturday – at the request of the RFU.The full-back was released by England earlier this week, but will play no part in the...
View ArticleTom Vickers’ Saints v Gloucester preview: No excuses now for Mallinder’s men
When the phrase ‘Why not us?’ started being bandied about following Saints’ superb league win at Exeter last month, there was always the potential it could backfire.A European exit and an LV= Cup...
View ArticleJefferson Lake’s Cobblers v Rochdale preview: Only wins will do at Sixfields
With all due respect to the cultural treats offered by a trip to Gillingham or Rotherham, there really is no place like home for the Cobblers right now.The vast chasm between the team’s home and away...
View ArticleBoothroyd says Nuneaton loan switch will be good for Cobblers striker Moult
Cobblers striker Louis Moult has been loaned out to Blue Square Premier outfit Nuneaton Town for a month.The former Stoke City youngster has found first-team opportunities hard to come by in recent...
View ArticleLetter’s warning to businesses in town
The manager of the Daventry Business Partnership has defended a letter to local businesses which some have branded threatening.The letter, which outlines the consequences of not re-electing the...
View ArticleSaints boss Mallinder admits Foden still not ‘100 per cent match fit’
Jim Mallinder admits Ben Foden is not yet 100 per cent match fit following his return from injury.Foden was released by England earlier this week, but will play no part in Saints’ Premiership game...
View ArticleRochdale boss Hill says Cobblers are ‘league one club playing in league two’
Rochdale boss Keith Hill has heaped praise on the Cobblers ahead of tomorrow’s npower League Two showdown between the sides at Sixfields (ko 3pm).Hill is back at Spotland for a second stint as manager,...
View ArticleWorkshops are geared to teenage cooks
A series of cooking workshops designed especially for teenagers will take place throughout next week in Farthingstone.Bay Tree Cottage Workshops in the village will start the with a cakes and baking...
View ArticleCall for action on town road
A collision which saw a young girl knocked over on a Daventry road has re-ignited calls for action to make it safer for drivers and pedestrians.On Monday, at 3.30pm, a car collided with a five-year-old...
View ArticleVideo nasty to inspire Saints against Gloucester
Jamie Elliott has revealed Saints have used a ‘brutal’ review of the defeat at Exeter as inspiration for Saturday’s showdown with Gloucester.The young wing was part of the Northampton team that was...
View ArticleSaints flanker Wood sees his long-term future at eight
England’s Tom Wood sees his long-term future at number eight - even though tomorrow’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland will be his first ever senior start, for club or country, in the position.Wood has...
View ArticlePlatt says Northampton Town will recover from ‘a bit of a battering’
Clive Platt admits the Cobblers squad has taken a ‘bit of a battering’ in the past week - both from the outside and the inside.First came the back-to-back league defeats, at Gillingham (where the team...
View ArticleAnger after 200 new homes win approval
‘Democracy is dead’ was the conclusion of a campaigner against 200 new village homes which have just been given approval.Daventry District Council’s planning committee was split on whether to grant...
View ArticleMay shows the way as sorry Saints are swept aside by Gloucester
Saints suffered their fifth home defeat of the season as a Jonny May-inspired Gloucester claimed a crucial 27-11 win at Franklin’s Gardens.May, who was everywhere, including in the sin bin at one point...
View ArticleMallinder: Lack of confidence to blame for Gloucester defeat
Jim Mallinder blamed a lack of confidence for Saints’ below-par showing in the 27-11 defeat to Gloucester.Northampton turned in one of their worst displays of the season so far to slip to a shocking...
View ArticleClassic film comes to stage
A stage adaptation of Driving Miss Daisy will be staged next week.The show, starring Rising Damp’s Don Warrington and Gwen Taylor, fresh from a memorable spell in Coronation Street, will be shown at...
View ArticleIt’s home sweet home as Cobblers see off stubborn Rochdale
The Cobblers maintained their reliability on Sixfields soil with an 11th home win of the season at the expense of a stubborn Rochdale side.Clive Platt’s header, a scrambled Kelvin Langmead effort and...
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