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Next Game: Banbury Away On Friday March 29th Kick-Off 3.00pm

Monday, November 30, 2009

Cobblers Bemoan Low Gates

Northampton need to win Tuesday's game with the Bulls to get the club's supporters back through the gates.

Gates at Sixfields have dropped 18% on last season, and just 2,800 home fans of their 4,000 average watched Saturday's FA Cup loss with manager Ian Sampson telling the local press that only one thing will get the fans back through the doors: "Without stating the obvious, we just need the results. It doesn't matter how you play, winning football gets fans back into the stadium and that's what we're trying to do.

"We're in a bad spell of results where we haven't had a win, but the past couple of performances have pleased me. The first half at Aldershot was probably the best we've played for a while and I was delighted with our general play against Southampton.

"We've conceded too many goals this season and we know that. We've scored a few, we've been pretty good going forward but we need to tighten up at the back. We just need to be closer to the opposition, whether it's the player crossing the ball or the player in the box."

The Cobblers will be boosted for tomorrow's game by the debut of loan man Danny Swailes. The MK Dons defender missed their FA Cup game with stitches in a knee injury, while ex-Bull Dean Beckwith is back in training after missing two weeks with a hamstring problem and fellow defender John Johnson is also expected to return from injury.