The Hotel End

New Season, New thread.....

Goals today in the SPL for Kemar Roofe (Rangers) and Hakeem O'Doffin (Hamilton)

I see Scott Wharton played in the Blackburn team yesterday and James Olayinka was on the bench for Arsenal in the Charity Shield match at Wembley

And Andrew Fisher, the Blackburn goalkeeper we had on loan last season.

forgot about him !

So, as for some of our players from last season....
Oliver started for Gillingham but was subbed off after 68 minutes
Williams started for Cheltenham and played the full 90 minutes as they knocked out the Posh
Morton was on the bench for Lincoln and came on after 81 minutes as his new club won at Crewe

Other former Cobblers on the scoresheet included a hat-trick for James Collins as Luton beat Norwich, Luke Chambers scored for Ipswich, Ian Henderson scored for Salford but Matt Crooks equalised in the last seconds to send the tie to penalties.

Former Cobbler(!) Kyle Walker was sent off playing for England over the weekend.

Callum Morton started for Lincoln in their EFL Trophy win but was subbed off after 64 minutes without troubling the scoresheet. Former loanee Regan Poole netted for MK against Cobblers, Joe Powell, another former loanee, scored twice for Burton against Posh, Vadaine Oliver came on as a half time sub for Gillingham and scored within five minutes.

I'm sure we'll settle down to just scorers and sendings off soon.....but..... this weekend.....

Scott Wharton was an unused sub for Blackburn, former Cobbler Bradley Johnson was on the scoresheet for them too.
Charlie Goode was an unused sub for Brentford, for whom Ivan Toney played the full 90 minutes
John-Joe O'Toole picked up a straight red card in Burtons defeat at Fleetwood
Aaron Pierre picked up a red for two yellows, the second of which was for a foul on John Marquis as Shrewsbury drew at Portsmouth, ruling him out of our game there next weekend.
Callum Morton got five minutes off the bench as Lincoln beat Oxford
Ian Henderson bagged a goal for Salford, who also had Jordan Turnbull on their bench, he didn't get on.
Andy Williams started and played 85 minutes in Cheltenhams defeat to Morecambe
Vadaine Oliver came on at halftime for Gillingham who lost at home to Hull.
Kemar Roofe scored for Rangers, Junior Morais came off the bench in the 87th minute for St Mirren for whom Sam Foley played the whole game, O'Doffin and Moyo both played the full 90 minutes for Hamilton

One-time loanee Stuart Dallas played the full 90 in his first ever Prem game in Leeds’ 4-3 loss to Liverpool

Camron McWilliams playing for Steve Morisons Cardiff U23’s

DCL hat trick so far for Everton with 21 minutes left...  ;D

Brad Johnson has scored two of the three for Blackburn at Derby in 15 minutes...Scott Wharton is on the bench for Rovers.

Cracking diving save by Vadaine Oliver to stop a Gillingham shot from entering the Shrewsbury net.... ;D ::)

Dai Cornell skippered the Ipswich side tonight and kept another clean sheet.

Vadaine Oliver with his 1st Gills goal, Luke Chambers for Ipswich, Andy Williams for Cheltenham and JJ Hooper nets 2 for Barnet.

Chambers goal was a corker!

Byron Webster also netted his first Bromley goal.

Just noticed that Charlie Goode hasn't featured in the Brentford team yet at all. Looking at their last handful of games he doesn't even make it to the subs bench.

Another clean sheet? Was that not his first?

Alex Dyer, who was on our books as a youngster 13 years ago, scored his first goal of his second spell with Wealdstone in the National League yesterday.
Dyer made his debut in 2007 and scored three goals for us before moving into non-league with Wealdstone in 2010. After spells playing in Denmark, Norway and Kuwait he signed a short term deal with The Stones a couple of weeks ago.

That was indeed his first. He is yet to appear in the League but has started three games in the Cups (2 in the EFL Trophy and one in the EFL Cup)

For Ipswich yes, in his career?  ;D ;)

David Moyo has just scored for Hamilton against Aberdeen

Ivan Toney ripping up the championship, two in the first half tonight make it 7 in last three and a half games.

Ivan Toney for Brentford, Harry Beautyman for Yeovil.
Bayo missed an open goal.
Charlie Goode dropped for Brentford.

Ivan Toney scored again, Jordan Turnbull gave away the match winning penalty, Charlie Goode completed 90 minutes, Vadaine was subbed after 71 minutes, Scott Wharton came on after 77 and was cautioned on 85.

Another goal and man of match for Toney on tv tonight.

Notice Charlie Goode not in Brentford squads. Is he injured or just out of favour?

He was stuck in S***thorpe reserves when we picked him up so perhaps his time with us was a blip. It would be a good bit of business to get him back.

Not yet a former Cobbler but Matt Warburton somewhat predictably scored for Yeovil against his former club Stockport with just two minutes on the clock...the Glovers went on to lose 3-2 to the Hatters though.

Aaron Pierre received his second red card this season for a dust up with an Oxford City player in the Shrews 1-0 extra time win. Pierre has two goals to go with his two reds this season.

Vadaine Oliver was on the scoresheet for Gillingham but they went down to a 3-2 defeat at home to Exeter in the Cup, Oliver has scored four this season.

A fourth goal of the season too for Harry Beautyman down in the National League as he scored the only goal in Sutton's 1-0 win over Halifax.

Another goal, assist and man of the match for Toney tonight on tv again.

Aaron Pierre's red card has been rescinded...

Oliver x 2!

Alfie Potter has signed for Oxford City.

Ivan Toney tonight will be leading the line for Brentford in a cup semi final and is still tearing up the championship.

Least we aren’t the only club who regret selling him for peanuts...

Just noticed Andy Preece is the Asst Manager of Chorley FC for the FA Cup tie on BT Sport.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Everton against Man Utd, James Collins for Loo'urn, Ivan Toney with 2 more, Luke Norris for Stevenage, Jamie Rekord & Reece Hall-Johnson for Wrexham and a late red card for Lee Collins playing for Yeovil.

Billy waters with a late equaliser for Torquay

Ivan Toney another goal and 2 assists tonight.

Making his total for the year v’s entire Northampton Town total:

Ivan Toney 23 Northampton Town 20

Still blows my mind that when Newcastle were offering him out on loan there were quite a few on this board that wouldn’t have wanted him back because they didn’t think he was good enough.

Matt Crooks named championship player of the month for January

Hang on, didn't people insist he was s***..?

I do find it incredible what bad judges of players some on here are!

Another from Toney tonight

Ivan Toney 24 Northampton Town 20

We could put out some team of ex Cobblers right now. DCL, Dallas, Toney, Collins, Marquis, plus a few more no doubt, my minds gone blank.

Off the top of my head we can make a Prem/Championship XI out of ex players incl loans

Fielding

Furlong  Walker  Goode  Dallas

Johnson Grimes  Crooks

DCL  Toney  Collins

Jordan Turnbull wins at an empty Wembley again...  8)

Did he not play in this competition for us last season? or was the "Cup tied" rule ditched due to player turn over ?

It was ditched for yesterday's final but not for today's... ;)

Good quiz question for the future.

Michael Gyasi scores for Kings Lynn tonight in the conference.
Former youth team player signed by Chelsea as an 11 year old. I had wondered what had happened to him.

Concrete Rod sent off after 18 minutes for Carlisleat Stevenage...

Having never heard of the mentioned, I googled it. It came up with a page full of porn. And some dodgy websites that I have no intention of clicking on. Have you no shame?  ;D

 ;D :o

Andy Woodman appointed Bromley manageer

On Good Friday Byron Webster scored for Woody's new club Bromley And Billy McKay scored for Ross County in the Highland derby with Inverness. Both Luke Norris and Matt Smith missed penalties for Stevenage and Rotherham.

Big bad Bayo with a cool last minute penalty winner for Wycombe. Still doing his bit.

Yeah I remember plenty on here saying there was no way we could get promoted from league 2 with Bayo in the side because of his lack of mobility. He proved that was garbage at Wimbledon, then again at Wycombe and for good measure played a big part in getting them promotion to the championship.

I wonder if he'll be back next season  ;) ;) ;)

Watched the Brentford v Bournemouth play off, Bees very lucky to get the pen but Toney took it cool as...He's not short on confidence is he! :afro

Lets hope Brentford make it to the Prem and don't sell Toney so Pooh miss out on the sell on. Maybe Ivan will be there until he retires from playing and takes over a coaching role, just to make sure!

I’ve just realised Rob Page is leading Wales into the Euros!

Wow.

Kevin Van Veen scores for Motherwell

Hiram Boateng goal for MK Dons

Andy Williams scored for Cheltenham at Crewe

Jonny Hayes who had a brief loan spell with us in 2008 scored for Aberdeen last weekend against Dundee United
Keymar Roofe scored for Rangers against Livingstone

Jordan Turnbull just scored for Salford at Derby...

Sam Foley for Tranmere too

I think it must be just me, but I couldn't give a shít about a player once they cease to play for us, I can't understand peoples fascination in has beens.

Ivan Toney MotM tonight...  8)

Dominic Calvert - Lewin for Everton , in the Championship Matt Crookes gets his first goal for Middlesbrough. In League One, Joe Powell for Burton, Andy Williams for Cheltenham and John Marquis for Pompey. In League 2, Chris Lines and Luke Norris get the Stevenage goals at Bristol Rovers.

Can anyone work out how many of them were at Sixfields at the same time?
If we could have them back, I think DCL and Marquis would be a good pair up front. Lines at his peak and Crookes would be good in a midfield three with someone with legs to win them the ball.

It’s nice to see Curles Oldham bottom of the pile 3 games in  :afro :afro

Oliver - Gillingham
Smith - Rotherham
Henderson - Salford

"Lewis Young has officially announced his retirement due to injury. He will now be first team coach at Crawley. 
He doesn't say exactly what the injury was/is. He did say it occurred when jumping for an innocuous header and when he landed he was partially paralysed!
Fixed now but no longer allowed to play."

A short playing career that can be ended abruptly and without notice.

Another for Matt Crooks for Middlesbrough

Seem to remember some of the experts on here not rating him.

Can you remember any of them… I’d love to hit them with your hindsight award..

One positive after today. Ash Taylor has been well and truly found out at Walsall, at fault for both goals and hooked with half an hour to go. Their fans aren’t happy at all!

Ben Tozer signs for Ryan Reynold's/Rob McElenney's nouveau riche Wrexham for a fee in excess of 100K. They're greeting it as a massive signing for that level which is a testament to the job Duff has done in improving him.

I actually think if he'd been played as a centre back (i.e. his actual position at Newcastle) rather than a utility player/midfielder when he was with us then we might have seen a different player.

I see Morton scored a hat trick and Edmondson got 1 for Fleetwood last night

A fair smattering of ex-Cobblers finding the net today....

Hiram Boateng grabbed a late equaliser for the Franchise at Cheltenham
Former loaneee Brennan Dickenson bagged for Carlisle
Harry Smith scored twice for Orient at Newport, thats 4 in 4 for him now.
Ollie Banks, like Dickenson another 2014 loanee, scored for Barrow at KC's Oldham, a game marred by protests and pitch invasions.
Emmanuel Oyeleke, a 2013 loanee, scored for Chesterfield in the National League
Joe Widdowson grabbed a goal for Barnet in their 4-3 defeat at Grimsby.
Over 10 years since Jamie Reckord was with us on loan from Wolves, now he's at moneybags Wrexham and he found the scoresheet today.
Billy McKay is back for a third stint at Inverness and he scored twice in their 4-0 Scottish Challenge Cup win over Buckie Thistle.

Luke Chambers sent off last night in Colchesters win at Barrow.

Oliver - Gillingham
Morton- Fleetwood
Blair - Cheltenham
Taylor - Walsall
Smith - Orient

Van Veen - Motherwell

Smith-Rotherham

Toney - Brentford
Morton - Fleetwood
Oliver - Gillingham
Kioso - MK
Smith - Orient
Berahino - Shef W
Dickinson - Carlisle

Cornell - clean sheet P@@h

Always rated him and most would have probably laughed at the prospect of him keeping clean sheets in the Championship. Reads as though Pym has had a proper fall out with Fergie.

Just Billy Waters for Halifax and Kane Ferdinand for Maidenhead as far as I can see.

My Notts County mate is livid.

Billy Waters with the equaliser and Matty Warburton smashes a winner 10 mins into injury time as Halifax come from 2-0 down and with 10 men to beat County 3-2.

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/football/how-the-players-who-left-cobblers-in-the-summer-are-getting-on-at-their-new-clubs-3416501

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58898886

Fair play to him, shame that we didn't get a mention.. ;)

I would have MM back :)

I am surprised, probably saving us for the book. We will be plastered all over it *gets coat*

David Moyo gets Hamilton's consolation goal in a 1 - 6 home defeat to Partick Thistle.

Billy Waters (2) and Matty Warburton scored for FC Haifax in their 7-4 win over Maidenhead today...

Ivan Toney against his former club , Newcastle. Matt Crooks in CW;s first 'Boro' game. Keshi Anderson for Blackpool, Chris Long for Crewe, Michael Jacobs for Pompey, Harry Smith with 2 for the O's and 2 for Billy Waters.

Ivan Toney nets the winning penalty for Brentford, who had Charlie Goode making his first Prem start. The only others I can see are Reece Hall-Johnson for Wrexham and Billy Waters for FC Halifax Town.

Chris long for Crewe as well

Byron Webster scored for Bromley yesterday

I noticed that...good player for us in his time here I thought.....

FA Cup goals yesterday for Andy Williams (Cheltenham), Harry Smith x2 (Leyton Orient), and on Friday night Michael Smith for Rotherham.

David Moyo bagged the winner for Hamilton in the Scottish Chamionship.

Its been a while....

League 2 goals yesterday for Chris Lines (Stevenage) and Sam Foley & Ryan Watson (both Tranmere)
Matt Warburton scored again for FC Halifax Town, 7 for the season and four in his last five games.
Keshi Anderson for Blackpool in their Cup defeat at Hartlepool
Ollie Banks for Barrow in their 5-4 Cup defeat at Barnsley (10 for the season for Banks)

Former loanee Callum Morton has been recalled from his spell at Fleetwood and is expected to be sent out to a Championship side during this window. Morton scored seven goals for Fleetwood this season.

Matt Crooks with 2 goals for 'Boro', Ryan Watson scores an own goal on his debut for Salford, Luke Norris nets for Stevenage and Billy McKay scored for Inverness Cali. That's all I could see.

Mixed fortunes for the Chukwuemeka brothers....while Carney started on the bench and came on to replace Phillipe Coutinho in Villas win at Everton, Caleb made his first start for Livingston and was replaced at half time in their 1-0 Cup win over Ross County.

Ivan Toney scored for the second consecutive Premier League game, both ended in defeat for his Brentford side though. Charlie Goode is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury.

James Collins grabbed only his third goal for struggling Cardiff in their defeat at Bristol City, Adebayo Akinfenwa scored his 50th League goal for Wycombe in their 3-2 loss to Morecambe, John Marquis scored on his Lincoln debut as they won 2-1 at Plymouth, Michael Smith scored his 19th of the season as Rotherham beat Cheltenham 1-0. Fellow former Cobblers loanees Mikel Miller, Matty Blair and Kion Etete all played a part in the same game.

Luke Norris scored from the spot earning Stevenage a draw at Hartlepool, Chris Lines and Luke Prosser were also in the Stevenage side. Luke Chambers scored his first Colchester league goal in their 3-0 win at Salford.

Jamie Reckord scored an own goal in Boreham Woods 1-1 draw with Weymouth, Kevin Van Veen scored from the spot in extra time to help Motherwell to Scottish Cup success over Morton.

Joe Laciofano with another goal for Oxford City yesterday.
Welling 0 - 1 Oxford City

So Marquis and Chambers both scored in impressive wins, the two we dreamt of getting.  ::)

Nice to see Callum Morton is still doing the business for us.

Yes I had to laugh at this  ;D

Bayo tackling some inappropriate chanting by the MK Firm  :P
I reckon we'll be hearing that chant very soon  ::)

Tuesday night

Mickel Miller opened the scoring when his corner flew over debutant keeper Jonathan Mitchell and into the net in Rotherham's 5-0 win at Doncaster

Ryan Watson scored a penalty in Salford's 2-1 win over Carlisle

Ryan Edmundson scored for Port Vale in their 1-1 draw with FGR

Michael Jacobs scored for Portsmouth in their 3-2 defeat at Oxford

John Marquis scored for Lincoln in their 2-1 defeat at Stadium MK

Ivan Toney's penalty was a mere consolation as Brentford lost 4-1 at Everton in the Cup

Caleb Chukwuemeka came on as sub for Livingston in the 84th minute and the substituted in the 90th


 

Nathan Cameron was playing for Kiddie who were seconds away from an upset against West Ham...

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/livingston-loan-star-given-scottish-26042244

Interesting article, in this game he was subbed after 45 minutes. Their manage mentioned his application, that he needs to be more aggressive etc. Sounds like he's still 'in the same place' as he was when he was playing for us. Shame really, very very talented player....

Hattrick for Ivan Toney today. Surely the first ex Cobbler to ever score a premier league hattrick. Great achievement.

As far as I can see, in addition  to Toney's hatrick, John Marquis with 2 for Lincoln in their victory over Sheff Weds who's goal came from Berahino. Lukes Prosser and Norris scored for Stevenage and Hallam Hope for Oldham
    Max Dyche sent off playing for Brackley

Hope & missilou for Oldham in midweek also

Ash Taylor equalised for Kilmarnock last night in their 2-1 win over Arbroath sealing the Scottish Championship title and promotion to the Scottish Premier League

Chanka Zimba joins Newport on loan

Should be in Former Cobblers on the Move. Come on Mods do your stuff.

Rob Page has led Wales to their first World Cup Finals since 1958

Season 2022/23
  Didn't look for last Saturday but this week Matt Crooks for Middlesbrough, Luke Norris for Stevenage. In the National League, Jamie Reckord for Yeovil, Ben Coker for Solihull, Nicke Kabamba for Barnet and Junior Morias for Dag & Red

And Ivan Toney today for Brentford.

Interesting to see Horsfall was dropped for yesterdays Stockport game v Colchester.

They won for the first time.

 8)

Dai Cornell just saved a pen against Wolves. Although it was more like a back pass. 8)

Dai was always quite good at penalties, it was the shots from 30 yards he struggled with  :)

Jonathan Mitchell on Saturday !!!!!

I know, from what I have seen he doesn't appear to have improved much but, like former players who come back to score, he could have a Tomaszewski  ;D

I understand that Ivan Toney has been trying to catch up with Super Sam in the goal scoring stakes, the MotD team getting all excited about the prospect of one of our own going to the World Cup.

That Ivan Toney has been scoring again, a couple last night, but one was a penalty and apparently they don't count.

Except for penalty shoot outs. I wonder which team could really do with a penalty specialist in an upcoming tournament.

Scott Pollock has got off to a good start at Boston, 10 goals already this season from midfield.

I assume he will be moving on in January.

Peter Abimbola has joined Rushden on loan.

Ivan toney bags a couple to sink City, and stick a finger up to Southgate.  ;D

https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1591439105887723524

Just read that since the start of last season the only English man to score more Premier League goals than Ivan Toney is Harry Kane.

Ridiculous that he hasn't been given a chance.

Agreed. That’s not even taking into account he is the best English penalty taker by a distance when shootouts have so often been the scourge of the England team.

Matt Crooks for Middlesboro', James Collins for Derby at MK, Billy Bodin x 2 for Oxford & Danny Rose. In the National League Idris Kanu for Barnet and Jack Bridge for Southend and north of the border, Billy McKay for Inverness and Greg Wylde for Dumbarton

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63653384

Maybe this had an influence on why he wasn't picked?  :o

Purely coincidental I'm sure..... ;D

Surely P*sh should have the points deducted for matches he allegedly bet on while playing for them

Billy McKay scored a hatrick for Inverness in their 6-1 win over Cove Rangers

Crooksy scores two for Middlesbrough...

Richard O'Donnell had a bit of a 'mare last night...

Too good for League 2  ;D

Andy Kirk’s Brechin City snatch the Highland League title by scoring two late goals against title rivals Buckie Thistle on the last day of the season. A repeat of Anfield 89, sort of… Never would have guessed he would have success as a manager in any sort of football. A return to the big time calls if City can beat Greek outfit Spartans in the playoff.

Billy McKay scores 2 goals to take Inverness CT to the Scottish Cup Final

Andy Woodman managing Bromley in the National League play-offs, Chris Hargreaves match pundit.

After a 1-0 defeat at Spartans in the away leg they won the home leg 3-2, away goals didn't count so it went to pens where Spartans prevailed 4-3. Bad luck Kirky, another season in the Highland League awaits.

Someone called Kevin van Veen has been nominated as Scotland PFA player of the year, having scored 25 goals for Motherwell including 10 in his last 7 games. The other nominees are all from Celtic. Strange that there should be two players by that name.

I personally loved KVV...an absolute top class finisher...fair play to him!

A side with Van Veen and Sam in - there's 47 goals in a season there.

Evers risked ridicule on this site many times in his admiration for the chap.

A belated note for this one;

Benny Ashley-Seal is back in the UK with Hamilton Academical (who have a play-off to stay in the Scottish Championship shortly).

One goal in 8 so far.

Matty Warburton made it onto the Wembley turf today for Halifax in their win in the FA Trophy final.

That reference to 2020/21 needs removing from the heading - PLEASE MODERATORS.

Done  ;)

Thanks

Van Veen nets for the 10th consecutive game in the SPL.

Never known an ex player hate our club as much as Paul McGregor does...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ul4jcXUF3tf32pbBBrWBs?si=ac96a3e6dfef44c6
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ul4jcXUF3tf32pbBBrWBs?si=ac96a3e6dfef44c6)
If you don't want to listen to it all, just skip to around 1 hour 5 minutes & listen from there...

He was on 120K a year with us. He absolutely despises us. We actually brought him to tears and retired him!!!  ;D

f*** him, he was s***. If he heard the crowd moaning and groaning when the team came out it was probably because they'd seen he was in it!

1. What a c*ck
2. What a waste of £240k
3. He makes some valid points but clearly should have stayed put for everyone’s sake.

Mcgregor, now to be found as front man for the band Ulterior, using the name "Honey". Definitely stuck in the eighties by the sound of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPDgSpQVJl8

A treble for Kyle Walker

And to think that he learnt to do all that with The Mighty Cobblers. We set him on the road to be the player he is today.

Apparently Tom Grennan was a Cobbler once, or at least tried. He’s doing OK for himself.

Trust me to back a winner 98- is his goal tally correct for last season. Would laugh all the way to the expert summit if he comes back here!  Hylton, Hoskins, Louis, and old copper nut! Might be interesting. Won’t happen tho’ as he will be off to Rangers!(

Nicke Kabamba (remember him?) has just bagged a hat trick for Barnet.

A hat trick from centre midfield (apparently)(BBC)

To go with his own goal on Saturday when playing left back! (again BBC)

I think that's his level, scores constantly down there but the EFL looked a step too much. Maybe we should have persevered with him ?

Nah, as you say, thats his level.

Some more ex-Cobblers on the scoresheet today were:

Ricky Korboa for Woking in the National League, Ian Henderson still knocking them in for Rochdale in the same division at the age of 38, Jak McCourt with a brace for Buxton in the National League North, and Ricky Holmes who opened his account for Farnborough in the National League South.

Former Cobblers knocking them in today were Matt Crooks for Middlesbrough in the Championship, James Collins bagged a penalty for Derby, Billy Bodin for Oxford and Jon Marquis scored for Bristol Rovers in League 1.

In the National League Michael Jacobs saw red for Chesterfield after picking up two yellows in their game at Ebbsfleet, Ricky Korboa scored twice in three minutes as Woking won at Hartlepool, Nicke Kabamba also scored twice for Barnet but they fell to defeat at Rochdale for whom Ian Henderson was on the scoresheet. Matt Warburton scored the only goal in the televised game as Solihull Moors won at Kidderminster.

North of the border Louis Moult scored his fifth of the season for Dundee United in the Scottish Championship.

Watching Soccer Special tonight quite a few ex-Cobblers names popped up.....

Kion Etete scored Cardiffs third in their 3-2 Championship win over Coventry.
Former loanee Peter Kioso scored Pish's third in their win over Cheltenham for whom another former Cobblers loanee, James Olayinka, was sent off.
Nicke Kabamba scored his ninth of the season for Barnet as they beat an Aldershot team featuring Max Dyche.
Joe Nuttall scored for Oldham in their win over York and Jack Bridge found the net for Southend as they beat Maidenhead.

Has anyone seen that Tom Scott who left the youth system for Sunderland has now signed for Kettering?

Bit of a fall, just like Lee Tomlin who we were supposed to be looking at last season, he's now turned up at and turns out for Harborough Town.

So on to this weekends Cobblers connections.....

DCL grabbed a goal for Everton in their win at Brentford
In League One there were two for James Collins as Derby won at Carlisle, Marquis scored for Bristol Rovers, Joe Powell for Burton Albion and Regan Poole for Portsmouth.
Down in League 2 there was a brace for Chris Long as Crewe beat Col U, whilst in the National League Ricky Korboa scored for Woking and Ian Henderson bagged for Rochdale.

DCL again on the scoresheet in the Premier League for Everton, 3 in three games for him.
Kion Etete scored his fifth of the campaign in his first league start this season for Cardiff.
Matt Grimes bagged for Swansea at Millwall, his first league goal of the season, as it was too for Darnell Furlong in WBA's 4-0 win at Preston.
Regan Poole scored again for Portsmouth in League 1.
In League 2 Jordan Turnbull saw red for Tranmere in their defeat at Wimbledon and Chris Long scored from the spot in a 3-3 draw for Crewe at Wrexham.
Byron Webster scored for Bromley in the National League and there was a goal for Michael Jacobs in Chesterfields draw at Maidenhead.
North of the border Billy McKay continues to bang in the goals for Inverness scoring the third in their 3-2 win at Arbroath, that's over 100 goals in three spells for Thistle who are now managed by Duncan Ferguson.

Not been tracking the scorers for a while, but one name that seems to keep popping up is Danny Rose.

He made 44 starts for us and 43 further appearances off the bench in all competitions..... 7 goals.
He then went to Stevenage and made 36 starts and a further 16 sub appearances.... 9 goals.

This season he is at Grimsby and has made 18 starts, never come on as a sub and has bagged 7 goals, including scoring in his last three games.

Another former Cobblers striker albeit on loan, James Collins, is now into double figures for Derby with 10 goals in all competitions, five of those coming in back to back games last week.

Former Cobbler, Junior Morias came on as a sub for Notts County yesterday. I didn't know he was there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI7OEUvR9Hc

Our favourite goalkeeper still continues too give so much!

Not football related

But over on twitter Preston North End released a video of Dai Cornell and his partner talking Bout his little girls butler with a genetic disorder really enlightening

Richard Hill‘s Eastleigh well on top versus Reading …..

LOVED Richard Hill, so nice to see him on the telly as a winner.

Emyr Huws (remember him) has announced his retirement at the grand old age of 30.
Probably a recurring neck injury, from watching the ball sail over his head during Boothroyds tenure.

30 years old and only 145 senior games. That probably wasn't part of the dream as a Man City youngster.

Tete Yengi Ipswich -> Livingston Undisclosed fee

Mr "Im too good for league two" still has a very high opinion of himself.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDAkEuIacAAqR-R?format=jpg&name=small)

Micky Bell's son Sam came on for Bristol City's win against West Ham tonight...

I wondered if there was a connection.

Big Vadaine Oliver has linked up again with Evans at Stevenage...absolutely perfect signing for them...can see them getting in the play offs tbh

He did look and move like his Dad...

Would you believe it, Ivan Toney scored on his return from suspension, doing his chances of a big money move back to his boyhood club no harm whatsoever.


Rumours that JB insisted on a clause be inserted into his new contract that he be allowed to bid for Ivan Toney once he gets his scoring boots back on have been strongly denied by sources at NTFC, which can mean only one thing......

Didn't know whether to put this in here or the managers thread, but Richard Hill left Eastleigh on Saturday night after an 11 game winless run, he's been swiftly replaced by former Southampton keeper Kelvin Davies.

It's a shame for Richard Hill especially after there fa cup exploits this season

Jay Williams now at Crawley gets call up for St kitts & Nevis.

A good player shame we have nothing between under 18s and first team to keep players like him

Even at are level some clubs run a under 23 team

Did anyone see Louis Moult's wonder strike from near the half way line? Dundee United vs Inverness. Never managed that when he was with us.

Brilliant goal for sure

Luke Chambers has received the Tom Finney Award for 'an outstanding career and exceptional contribution to the EFL'

Well deserved.