Thetownend.com

Another clean sheet would be nice.

Seems Vincent is doubtful, so I expect Jack Smith to start.

We win today and I'll be in a good mood.

Im worried that Im feeling too positive because of the last two wins and that ill expect us to win tonight but be disappointed when we don't.

Ill go for 2-2.

My first away day in a while so really looking forward to it, hopefully we can continue the good form and sneak a win.  I reckon we will have a score draw tho and it will finish 2-2.

Bit worried about this one, much more of a battle than a game of footy.  

Northampton are a bit more of an agressive side and play less on the floor than either Southend or Hereford.

Hope to escape with a draw.

Morning all. I'm hoping for at least a draw!

We aren't likely to win 3 in a row.

2-1 Northampton.

Not to mention Akinfenwa who is a big lump.

I watched the highlights from their thumping of Stockport at the weekend - from what I can tell, Stockport were very, very shit. I think so long as we go there and churn out another solid performance we're more than capable of taking the point most of us would be grateful for. 1-1.

Just about everyone seems to be hoping for a draw...which is probably code for 'we're expecting to lose this one'.  I would be delighted with a point, but have a feeling that Northampton will sneak this.

Excited already........Chilly and Bruno arriving at 3.30 ish and then pick up the Southmoor massive enroute.

I would be delighted with a draw tonight.

i'm looking forward to this although i'm somewhat wary of the likelihood of us recording three wins in a row...

I think the last time we did this was promotion season Torquay, Bury and Mansfield.

Does anyone know where their main forum resides? Cant seem to find one anywhere.

Hoping for a least a draw, but praying that our recent performances carry on, and now that Cox has started scoring again will mean we may sneak it.

Think 1-1, hope 1-2.

Of all the teams around us, Northampton are in the best position - 1 game in hand after tonight and a positive goal difference (compared to the double digit gd's of everyone else)

I'd like to say a Town win, but as someone said, their style is physical and they have a big fat lump of a striker, who they will be pinging balls at all night, so I think that we will get a draw.  Don't see us losing at all.

The real incentive is to possibly jump 4 or 5 places if we win and Crewe get beat or draw.

go to www.thehotelend.cjb.net

or type in sixfields boys in google but its not the main one....

Cheers

I reckon we need to take at least 2 points from the Northampton or Yeovil games, primarily to stop them getting the full points. If we do lose them both the table won't make pretty reading.

All depends on which team turns out tonight. If its the one that turned up for the last two matches we'll come away with a draw at minimum. If its that bunch of useless twats that we normally see, we'll get stuffed.

I'm getting a good feeling though, I reckon we'll win 3-1.

Good point regarding draws stopping them getting points as much as it gives us 2 more points

To be fair, how many times have we been rubbish since DW took over? Brighton which was the 1st game and he only had a few days to look at things, And Hartlepool where we lost to a last second dodgy penalty, They are the only two that spring to mind,(oops just remembered Cheltenham) but bar those, we've looked pretty decent in most of them.

we say the same thing, if you win it'll be by one goal.....probably.

Looking at the table, even if we win tonight its only 5 points clear and still so easy to drop if we have a few more hiccups.  Nervous next few weeks thats for sure.

bayo is a massive lump but when hes in the mood hes a very very useful big lump, so we dont mind. got vernon too for a month and some 18 yr old serbian forward.

Bayo wasn't fit enough for us so we got Cox instead ;)

4 points from the next 2 games will do just nicely, and for herthab's sake it'd be best to get a win on Saturday. Based on that, a draw will suffice tonight. Of course, to take all 3 points would be lovely!

Akinfenwa is a brutal but effective player as he proved at the CG when Northampton came down here last time. 80 minutes of crap and then for 10 minutes when he came on of decent chances out of nothing. Last time at ours out they looked very narrow and that really helped us so hopefully our newly dangerous wingers will get some freedom to get at them and then we can do some damage.

I'll only feel confident of getting anything if the Akinfenwa isn't playing (still guessing at that spelling) otherwise it will be hard work and I'll take 1-1.

Be interesting if he plays who marks him, what would work best, the guile and positioning of Greer, or the strength and height of Morrison? Tricky one.

Why did they let Cox go?
And Parkin.

You have to remember they also have Scott Vernon who is no mug, so perhaps put Greer on Vernon and leave Morrison to deal with the fat lump?

Because they were only on loan, and they couldn't afford to sign them permanently? Just a thought...

Play the game R4e  :doh:

Gonna be a real tough game today I will be happy with a draw...ecstatic with a win.

Could be a backs to the wall performnce this evening.

its fucking northampton! some shit all town with fuck all history, we should fuck them 4 -0.

Oops... :surrender:

wooooooooooo I off to catch my train soon to northampton quite excited wooooo!

As an ex resident of Northampton I think thats the first time Ive ever heard of someone being excited about going there.

££££££££

weve been in top flight as you have...cant believe your history makes you that much better

in general do opposition fans such as yourselves perceive northampton as a club doing well in league 1 or doing crap cuz you/others think we are loaded and should be doing better ? just wandering...

I think swindon should be top half really, decent gates 6000,7000 most games, i am laughing at brighton though theyve spent abs shed loads as have huddersfield who think there all that (worse than leeds) when came here and what are they doing - nothing.

we could still end up mid-table and thats not bad for a team who can only pick rejects ie. bayo, constantine, doig, gilligan, mcgliesh (gone) and various youngsters

How could anybody perceive a club in a relegation battle to be doing well? The way I see it, your crowds are too small for you to push towards the top of this division and despite what you might think, the fact that WE outbid you for somebody suggests your financial power isn't all that great. I'd rank you as a mid-table kind of side on paper. Quite frankly, we should be mid-table as well but 3/4 of a season of half-arsed performances hes left us in the brown stuff

Blah blah blah same old sales pitch. Northampton are the same as the rest of us down in this relegation battle. Rubbish!

:D

he didnt bite half as much as i hoped.

1-1.

Cobblerclaret, of the sides I've seen this season you should definitely be mid-table, I do not think you are relegation fodder like the Hereford, Cheltenahm, Yeovils of this world. We are in our position because of bad management in the Malpas days and the lack of management to replace him, and of course the stupid mistakes at the back before Wilston arrived, we are a lot stronger now but need a result tonight, we also should be much higher in this league.
It seems just a month ago that you were safe in mid-table, what the hell went wrong with your lot?

One of my old girlfriends used to live in Northampton...and I have to admit I quite liked the place.  It was a long time ago now, but I remember Abington being a decent part of town with some lovely Victorian architecture and a nice park.

It's also quite a large town (maybe slightly larger than Swindon).  And given the size of the place, the only reason I could think of that the football team wasn't better supported was the presence of the rugby club just up the road.

Three points tonight please.

Population of Northampton is quite a bit bigger maybe 25-30,000 relative to Swindon, therefore their crowds should be quite a bit bigger.  I wouldn't know if this was the case. As I don't take too much notice of The Cobblers.

Team = Smith,smith,morrison,greer,amankwaah,timlin,OTJ,kanu,mcnamee,cox paynter
Subs = brez,nalis,marshall,lescinal,sturrock.

Shame about Vincent not making the starting line-up, but a consistent line up is good news again.

Hope by that he hasn't swapped Smith to right back?

Anyone remember Northampton when they shared with the cricket ground ?
The visitors seating was on a lorry trailer with seats in it and I recall down one side of the pitch there was wooden seating + the visitors terrace was below ground level !
Can't remember the score the year I went, as I went with the late lamented (and avid town fan) Cozy Powell in his Ferrari - so the match was always going to be an anti-climax    :car:

that is easily the coolest post in tef history

Aaah-The County Ground

The old County Ground (Northampton) was a shit hole, the pitch used to get battered in bad weather with only having essentially 3 sides and that awful open terrace, I used to hate going there and never saw us win there in 3 attempts in the 80's.

I do not miss that place!

enjoying odds of 41/1 for gordon greer and 17/1 OTD goalscorers

As long as he's fit for Yeovil.

I wont tempt fate but 3 clean sheets in a row? something we havent had since Sept 2001 under King.

Cant see it but I live in hope.

Wouldn't have been Sept 2001 been under Evans? He didn't go that early did he?

Apparently King was back on 20 December 2001 (ready for his traditional first match against Notts County on 21st)

Could have sworn it was King then in his first spell in charge, might be mistaken though :)

gay

wow we are great away

FFS!

You fucking jonah

are we losing?

I are :(

no

Fuck it-I thought he said Amankwah!

Well are we or not?

hahah i wasnt sure either.

Hopefully fat boy will go off with another migrane!  ::)

1-0 Bayo

Answer the question!! Are we 1 down or not?

whats the fucking score?

Someone tell Sutton we're 1-0 down!

Fuck this! I'm going for a walk.

Great start......

Booooooooooooooooo

Radio 5 can't even be bothered to cover any football. Even Sky Sports reporter sounds like he'd rather kill himself than bother to speak. And Hereford are one up too over Carlise. Which at least would drag them into it.

Hereford winning at Carlisle-dont know if that's good or bad.

Good I would say

Thats good

I would say that's good!

I'd say it's good - if we equalise!

good

Good, keeping Carlisle near us is more important right now.

We seem in general agreement, thats good

The long awaited 3rd clean sheet is gone - another 10yr wait :nod:

FFS back to the shit.

Long way to go yet

I agree with Dell that we are in general agreement!  That's good too!

Im glad I asked

Too long, time for a drink, what shall I have - glass of red, glass of malt or a glass of lemonade and orange?

Well it's a given that if we don't concede late we'll concede early.

I'm on the red!

COME ON TOWN!

Good decision, I'll join you...

3rd consecutive night of no alcohol for me. arrrrrrrghhhhhhh

I'm going to at least try and scrounge enough change for some fags or I might go mental.

I'm on the Otley 08. 8% of fighty Welsh beer.

Cheers!

Dongs beating Crewe now too.

Sounds like we've picked it up a bit!

:)

Get in! Coxy!!!!!!!!

GET THE FUCK IN

1-1 Cox

YES!

get in! Coxy!

Another header!

COME ON!!!!!!!!!!

Woot!

Cox hatrick. FACT

Yet another assist for McNamee-get in Coxer!!!!!!!!!!

Let's do these muddafockers now!

Wohoo indeed

Now let us not do what we've done so many times this season and fuck it up!

Kind regards,

Desperate.

Bayo better than Coxy? Ha fuck off.

Are you on commision?

Iffy, are you posting or me?  ;D

Get in coxyyyy :clap:

Brilliant. Thanks for keeping us update chaps. Sky bloke still can't get excited about it though.

McDonalds 2-0 up now against Crewe at Stadium: Tesco

Nah we'll both wait till Coxy has got a hat-trick.

MK DOngs 2 nil up on Crewe

 ;D

Crewe 2-0 down,that's definitely a good thing.

shit 2-1 akinfenwa

Fuck. I blame you.

Huh?

only joking, im in an annoying mood :)

We need at least six posters to agree a good thing, before it is officially a good thing.

DV.....table updates please

JCP you little tinker.

Fell for it. Glad you're a twat :)

Hereford now 2 up

fucking prick, this is the only place we can check so fuck off

I was just looking where I could c&p them from!  We are 17th at the mo!

Attwell has ignited their season!

Live table:

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/tables/cc_league1.html

do you agree?

[Delayed woot!]

You're about as funny as piles.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Raith 2-0 Brechin

Hartlepool    39    43    -10    54    
Northampton    37    42    1    48    
Swindon    39    42    -4    57       
Leyton Orient    38    42    -13    34    
Carlisle    39    42    -15    47    
Crewe    39    42    -19    52       
Yeovil    37    39    -25    32    
Brighton    37    35    -18    42    
Hereford    37    33    -25    34       
Cheltenham    38    30    -36    44

Cheers Si

apparently maccas a 'key man'. we're edging according to sky.

Have you been stiffing somethng tonight?

Cheltenham 1 up
Oxford 1 up

Don't say that Adje will climax too early!  ;D

2-1 COX

woooo

Coxy get in again!!!"!!!

Isn't he always Berniman  ;D

doo doo da doo dadada doo nananana nooooo

OI OI OI

yipeee, Maybe another Coxy away hatrick?

Ooh those League 1 top scorer bets must be looking good right now.

Wowzers. Now I'm nervous.

cox is a bit shit really

This is fucking amazing!

Whooo!

The night is young.  But it sounds like a good start.

Team 		P 	Pts 	Diff 	Goals
Swindon 	 	39 	44 	-3 	58 	2-1 	v Northampton
Hartlepool 	39 	43 	-10 	54 	 
Leyton Orient 	38 	42 	-13 	34 	 
Carlisle 	 39 	42 	-15 	47 	0-2 	v Hereford
Crewe 	 	39 	42 	-19 	52 	0-2 	v Franchise
Northampton 	37 	41 	0 	48 	1-2 	v Swindon
Yeovil 	 	37 	39 	-25 	32 	 
Brighton 	 37 	35 	-18 	42 	 
Hereford 	 37 	33 	-25 	34 	2-0 	v Carlisle
Cheltenham 	38 	32 	-35 	45 	1-0 	v Oldham

Get in  coxy the hatricks on :nod:

this is lush.

Maybe this he can get an away hat-trick and we can get 3 points from his efforts ???

Cheltenham winning.

15th...

When was the last time a Town player scored 3 away hat-tricks in a season?

1968

and i was a click away from puttin £1 on cox hat-trick..shit shit shit,i could do with the money

L1 top scorer is looking good though
yaaaaay win please town

Coxey now worth £1.5 million ?

Fuck me we're 15th!

As we as we get another I could care less if it's Jean-Francois Lescinel in the last minute as long as we win.

has to be Cox for my bet!

Rampant, Swindon, christ

Well, okay then.

 
what were the odds?

40/1 in places I think

What the fuck is going on?

Nothing

Just setting it up for a last minute heartbreak!

i got 66/1

not any more i'd guess

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

come on coxy, you fucking beauty you get top scorer and i will be buying a season ticket with my winnings.

I put a fiver on at 40-1

Billllyyyy!!!!

PAYNTER GOAL!!!!

3-1 Paynter
fuck you

Get in

1-3 Paynter wooooooooooooooooo

yesssss

I might be going to work with a hangover

BILLY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NUMBER 11

woop woop

Haha, I went out for a walk and came back expecting us to be 2 or 3 down and we're 2-1 up :D lush.

ALSO - how do you disable the 'other poster warning' when submitting a post?

It's taken me so long we're now 3-1 up!

shit a brick

I still want more. C'mon Swindon. This is much better.

BILLY BILLY BILLY BILLLY PAYYYYYYYYYNNNNNNNNNTEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

12 for Paynter now. Can we keep both of them next season please?

Fucking hells bells we cant stop scoring :nod:

FFs i've just shat myself

I think it's in your look and layout preferences in your profile.

This is fantastic.

1 nil down
3-1 up
swindon town
are staying up.

there we go,9 goals 2.5 games...lets not sell coxy in the summer,we'l be championship after next season with wilson FACT!

9 goals in 3 games and could be more yet....

As U2 once sang "Its a beautiful day"  when Swindon win away

I heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time today so I was having a good day already but this little extra isn't going to hurt. :)

DV will still be hanging himself after this no doubt!

I'm always more nervous when Swindon are winning!! blow the whistle for full time please.

Not over yet but great stuff by all accounts. One more should do it. Actually with us you never know.

we should have all put a fiver on and payed for cox to stay with us...

3-1, this team is amazing  :eatkf:

Thank you Ben :)

Congrats mate.

Nice work AGO he/she has to be called Simon billy paynter cox.

We will all wet the head with you :)

h/t

Caught half the interview with DW on SSN earlier, spoke about Coxy and us being too reliant on him - if its in another thread I apologise. But DW just cast it off saying the whole squad has contributed and Coxy has been the one who has been at the end of the good work. Glad Billy has got another today. Come on town

BBC stats so far........................

Possession
44% 56%

Shots on target
4 10

Shots off target
0 3

Corners
1 7

Fouls
7 6

fuck me this is ace.

Trust me, whatever you do, do not deliberately give your child the name Cox.......

I've just got in, have I missed much?

Edit: Scoreline says yes. Bollocks.

Cheers all. Billy Simon Painter Cox is still far better than some of the Welsh names my partner has already come up with.

Carlisle get one back. Not that it will matter to a mid-table team like us.

A decent 45 minutes. I hope Wilson gives them a bollocking for conceding so early :)

I'm happy that we've got 3 but lets be honest we've been here before....

C'mon Swindon!

wowo i missed a goal who got the 3rd?

Just flicked on, that's brilliant.

Simon Cox is gonna be a fucking legend.

Billy

Congrats AG'orange. You should go with Bukkake Dread Orange.

No drink no fags. I'm getting a cup of tea.

Crewe losing as well.

hahahaha just spoke to axs, after northampton scored the cobblers fans were taking the piss out of simon cox :) they wont do that again.

Class :)

Hope our gloating isn't premature though!

Cox only needs two more to equal Sam Parkin's best league goals tally in an individual season. That was 25 in his first season here - he got 26 overall which Coxy matched this evening.

Shame he probably won't stay to build on this but I'm happy he's scoring again at a crucial stage for us and him.

if im correct Lambert has 24, Cox 23, Fryatt 23, Hooper 22 Beckford 22

i think Cox will get 4 tonight

Cmon Coxy, I only managed to get the top scorer bandwagon at 22/1 but I'll still take that :D

JPC, did you have him at 50s if I remember?

I hope he passes the Rovers player.

When and what site?

Aren't you lying about that bet JCP ;)

At the start of the season when none of the stupid bookies knew he was. I use Betfair so people had a bit more of a clue, but I still got 22's. Most of the high street were offering 25-40s, I seem to remember JPC and a few others got 50s.

I checked on my mobile and we were one down to Hackingfucker, what happened?

We got good!

wow quickest half time ever!

they let in 3  :D

i got cox top scorer at 26...at the same time we had promotion at 12's...lets carry on scoring get the Goal difference into the positives!

i got him at 40-1, put £20 on e/w.

Meh.
Second half is going to be boring. I'm going to watch Heston's wacky food thing.

Hope its boring!

I would just love Coxy to get his hatrick tonight!

Northampton bringing on Vernon, third sub already.

Well fatboy can't afford to get another "Migrane" tonight!

hope they don't get any injuries then

Let's hope!

2nd half seems to be uneventful?

are they getting into it?

Lets hope rushden kill off any feint hopes of the Pox reaching the playoffs 1- 1 now

Who the hell is the Poindexter co-commentating with Ed?? :eek:

Gone pretty quiet from what i can gather which suits us

Nah, nothing much happening as yet! Let's hope it stays that way!

I was thinking that!

Pretty uneventful thus far then, yes? From BBCs text commentary we seem to be on top.

Sorry, just seen the other posts. Ignore this.

Our Chairman. I think.

Bollocks.

Oh :(

here we go..

FUCK IT! 2-3

Here we go again.

 :doh:

Brace yourself lads!

Shit.

It wouldn't be a 2nd half without the nerves would it!

Darn......

Oooh, close by Kanu!

Im going for a walk :bye:

Shout for a penalty from cobblers. Not given!

Sparky Marky coming on.

I'm going to ignore for 20 minutes i think

Marshall on - Macca Off

I am hating this so much.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttt

I'm off to wash the dishes.  Wishing for a victory on my return.

Arsehole going 5p 50p!

i am going fo a massive wank!

Are we still 15th!

Sounds like we are struggling!

Bolocks. Go for bath, batteries die in radio, come back and it's 3-2 and we are in the shit.  Grrrrrrr.

Yes

Yep

as long as we get the 3 points

No disrespect! Fuck Salisbury!

Fatbury's mob losing to Salisbury.

Gah. Seems inevitable that they'll equalise now.

Annoying feeling isn't it!

I have such a sense of inevitability about this. I can't listen any more :suicide:

No No No No No No Yes

We need to hang on to the ball, they will tire with all their subs on too.

Come on town please dont fuck this up.

Please don't try and defend this Danny!

Sounds like we have settled down a bit now.

no need to panic, the only shot since their goal was from us and 2 corners to nil as well.

Only 5000 there tonight with 700 Swindon fans!

GET THE FUCK IN COX HATRICK

cox hattrick!

yesssssssssssss :) GAME OVER

Get in COX hatrick!


GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

We love you Coxy we do!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GET IN THERE!!

  :D

fucking yes!

Yay! Nerves gone again now.

A scrollbar in a post. Now THAT is impressive.

Fuccccccccccccccck yeah!

Cox hatrick. Paynter sounded good too.  Come ooooooon.

Thank fuck for that!

I think our form is definitely down to the relegation/survival betting game

I think I just wee'd myself...................................a bit!

Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee get in coxy :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

fucking get in!!!!  Loving Cox!!

Cox trick wooooooo live table..

hahaha. he wont score again all season now

we want 5

Yeah sorry!  Calmed down now!  :-[

Wilson out!

Absolutely, I think I might call it a day now, 50% increase is good going!

No No No No No No

We are going up chants :D

Fucking ace!

2 assists and a goal from Paynter-great stuff Billy boy!

Was that a bit G G G G Granville on the commentary?

i want to cry, that lack of clicking has cost me a bit of money..god damn!

lets flog the hole team and just pay cox to stay

I'm going to keep throwing it down the drain in the hope we keep winning.

 :cloud9:

thats REALLY gay. and i don't think your gay.

Are the playoffs still possible?

Mathematically, yes.......

I missed Crewe being back at 2-2, bit of a shame but doesn't lose us a place unless they get a winner.

20 points off...mathmatically yes,swindon-town-ithically i highly doubt.

fuck sake

3-4

Not again

oh FUCK

Oh no.

arse faggott

cox could quite easily turn me

Oh lordy.

fucking cunty McCunterson

hehe! 4-3

How was the wank?

Don't let this go boys!

massive!

oh crap

Corner to Norfampton.

cox's hattrick may live to be another where we only draw..he must feel crap later if we dont win this!

Cunty cunt cunt. Corner in 4-4 with 1 minute to go

Disallowed!

Disallowed goal.

Fuck me sideways.

Fucking hell this is really fucking nerve racking.

im REALLY nervous now. ah shi ... phew ruled out

I love Cox.

ha ha

Hello sailor.

i wonder if the fans are whistling yet...

4mins added!!!!!!!!!!!

4 mins added time

4 fucking minutes.

Oh jesus.

11 men behind the ball now pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

hehe 4 mins!

Owww my heart.

I need a fag and i dont even smoke!

fuck, gonna turn radio off. bye

I have the razor blades ready!

Why don't we just give them the equaliser then?  We have form.

jesus christ-4 minutes!

I'm smoking three at a time!!

Quick give me some :(

See Ardiles.......

Blow the whistle!

if we let 1 in,our confidence will be shot,bang goes the season..

im wanking over yvette from babestation and listening to the game

This fucking horrendous

You can borrow my gun!

And I may cry.

Nalis for HRK to waste time.

KEEP THE FUCKING BALL!!

Top bumming

Blow the fucking whistle

Sub, extra half minute.

You're making me nervous, dont shout!!!!

blow it bitch

Last minute.  Equaliser due any second...

Oh come on...

Full Time whistle goes. Wooot.

FULL TIME yes get in 3 points :)

Full-thank-fucking-time

i thought only winners come in the last minute..bar leicester!

Yeeeeeeeesss 4-3 FT. Massive result.

phew!

WOOO!

Thank fuck for that.

Wohooooo.

i was expecting an OG by Nalis

Get in"!

Thank fuck for that!

easy!

GET IN! 3 more wins to go....

That was tough listening.

Get the fuck in!

great win and oldham have equalised in the 90th min with cheltnum

good result..can't help but think the 3 goals they got will dent the defense,whether that was because smith was thrown in at left back we will see,bring on 3 points from yeovil!

Well done  coxy and all the team i hope our fans enjoyed it who went :beers: :cheese: :beers: :beers:

That result will really piss off Northampton  :D.

I've never been so exhausted looking at my computer screen, and that's saying something!

Great. Another 3 points Saturday please.

Yes I'm being greedy.

Job done.  Happy.  Well done, Danny.  Looks like you've turned it around.

Good night all.

Finally Coxy bags a hat-trick and we win!

I've just aged about ten years!!

Fuck, how good is that 8) Never expected a win tonight, am now even more annoyed that I couldn't go. We don't half make a meal of it though :D

Fuck me I feel like I've just snorted a line!

And I ain't got a clue what that feels like!

15th...that sounds good.

Generally good results for us tonight. Yeovil are still a threat though (2 games in hand, 5 points behind). We dare not lose there on Saturday, it remains a must-not-lose game.

Having the ability to see off their comeback should help us, i hope anyway. Great result, shredded nerves but thats always the way with town. Congrats to Coxy as well

3 wins on the trot, and we've scored 10 goals. could really not have asked for more!! Well done lads. Lets build on this. A win on saturday is still a must.

But who would've expected the last week?! I'm thrilled.

JFW's Earmuffs on the radio teehe!

Some will try and put a downer on this evening. But that is a cracking result.

Nice.

T'was agony at times though to put it mildly.

Carlise are going to be shitting it, they've been dragged right into the dogfight.

Hiddink text :D

What a result and what a time for Coxy to hit form!!

And Hartlepool, if they hadn't stolen 2 points from us even moreso.

I don't think a loss at Yeovil will be that bad after tonights result. Obviously a draw or win for us would be better but we've got some breathing space now so a loss won't be brown trouser time.

I'm more worried about the number of goals Cox is scoring, that is 7 in 3 games. Part of me wants him to stop scoring and playing crap so no one will want to sign him in the summer.

Wow, seems like I missed a lot!

They were right!

Cox is gone, Face it!

We need at least a draw on Saturday, if not for the point, but to stop Yeovil getting 3.

Pretty much, unless he decides he'd rather be a god here. The goals he's scoring now have to be adding zeroes to the price though.

Cox is a Reading fan and an ambitious guy.. He's clearly too good for us and for this division. I won't begrudge him leaving.

Fucking Tom Waits-get in there

Its nice to see coxy top of the goal scorers chart on bbc

My bastard Missus called on skype during the last 10 mins and i missed the 2 goal excitement/bum twitching time.

What a great jump into 15th by the boys. Lets see if we can make it 4 wins on the bounce by beating Yeovil on Saturday.

I thought he was a self confessed Liverpool fan ? I really think a lower prem side bolton, fulham may take a punt on him in the summer we have to start a bidding war and not just jump at the first big offer.

Lucky we didn't lose, this would have pushed me over the edge!

I think Newcastle are sniffing because Calderwood was there tonight!

We shot ourselves in the foot in both games!!!

He will go to Leicester, you heard it first here, unfortunately.

Watching his old management team play the team he loves :D

Cox would destroy the Championship with Newcastle

He was there with mark venus

It will be interesting to see what our board do if we get a 1mil plus for Cox do you think they will give it all to Wilson for squad re-building?

But will we sell him on the cheap if he does go :cry:

Players come and go. We replaced Parkin (eventually) we'll replace Cox.

  Think Wilson has got it right, to set up and attack...we're never going to win games 1-0, so we might as well play to our strengths as they now are, and attack teams, and hope to score one more than them.

 Cox has elevated himself into very elite company with 3 away hat tricks in one season...not checked yet, but I'd guess only Harry Morris might have achieved such a feat.

Whether we get £1 million (which I doubt) or not...it will demonstrate that spending money can generate a better return than picking players up on free transfers.  The board might be tempted to spend again.  You never know.

I used to hate it when we sold our best players, but now I accept it as an essential part of our business model.  Simon Cox may not be around to see us in to the Championship one day, but the cash his transfer will generate will help to get us there.

Nigel Clough there as well. Got a pic texted from Gazza - Clough and Gazza dream team :)

Thought he was shit and had to go over the summer?

Come on then Reg!  We only deal in facts, you know that!

Does that include our 1-0 win at the weekend? Wouldn't rely on BBC stats

I'd hope for his own sake he goes to a top-end Championship side where he can claim a regular 1st team slot and build a career rather than rotting in Prem reserves.

Simon Cox has massive potential. We must not get robbed blind when we do start listening to offers.

 Not a chance, if, if he goes it will be a good deal.

Totaly agree when you hear players like beckford and mclean are worth around 3 million makes you think what cox is really worth on the market or what we can at least get for him.

Surely what cox is worth to us is what we can get for him?

What's the biggest recent transfer received at this level? I think it's been mentioned before but I can't remember.

Colchester got a bit over £2mil for LuaLua back in 2000ish didn't they?

Maynard was 2m rising to 3m.

Didn't Brett Ormerod go for quite a lot back in the day?

Harry Morris didn't do it...Cox might be the only one..in which case it's some achievement.

As long as there is a desperate Championship club in major need for a striker - we'll get good money.

E.G. Nicky Maynard to Bristol City for £2million.

Why would we? Have Fitton & Co suddenly turned from astute business men into mongs overnight? From everything they have said and done so far I really don't understand peoples' concern on that front.

Not saying we will - just being cautious is all :)

Thats what i mean anything less now will be scandelous

To be fair to the board, have they ever failed to come up with the cash when there was justification? They coughed up for Cox and the signings made since January (loan and trialists) will be costing them a good few quid in salaries.

I don't think that will change, or that Cox being sold or not will change it either. If the right player is available at the right price then they'll find the money. What they won't do is just piss money away on players left right and centre which won't improve the quality of the squad - which I reckon is the right attitude.

I also hope Wilson brings in whoever he has lined up. Bit of competition wouldn't be a bad thing right now.

Whatever fee we get for Cox, how much will go to Reading? Surely there was a sell on fee or some kind of clause that means we wont get to keep all the cash.


Cox made his debut for Swindon as a permanent signing in Swindon's 1-0 loss away to Huddersfield Town on 9 February 2008,[14] and scored his first goal in the following game, a 3-0 home victory over Cheltenham Town.[15] He has since scored 2 hat-tricks, both away from home, against Hartlepool and Scunthorpe and becomes the first Swindon Town player since Bill Stephens in the 1946/47 season to achieve this rare goalscoring feat.[citation needed] On the 8th January 2009, it was reported that Cox was wanted by Fulham and Bolton for a fee believed to be in the region of £1 million.

And to be fair to fitton an co they havent said know to wilson have they kanu and greer and tudor jones and now maybe another before deadline day shows they are willing to back there manager. :nod:

another great result,well done to the lads.losing cox will be a major blow but inevitable.goal scorers are what every club wants.he will not be easily replaceable imo

You've got to doth the proverbial cap to Billy Paynter too. His input in this strikeforce cannot be underestimated. Shame such a good strikeforce has gone largely to waste this season.

Still, a great result!

Yeah billy deserves a lot more credit then what people give him

Northampton Match Report:  Warning, This May Not be Objective
http://www.ntfc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10425~43475,00.html

Billy Paynter added a third for Swindon on 40 minutes. The Swindon striker looked to be in an offside position when he picked up Simon Cox's flick but the assistant referee kept his flag down and Paynter was allowed to continue. He made his way into the penalty area and held off the challenge of Mark Hughes before flicking a cool finish into the far corner.

The Cobblers were now flying forward, and a trip on Andy Holt on the Cobblers left earned Sean Morrison a caution. The visitors regained their two goal advantage, despite a suspicion of a foul, when Billy Paynter barged Jason Crowe off the ball before delivering a cross that Simon Cox chested in from close range to become the first player to score a hat trick against the Cobblers in a league game since Stuart Roberts for Wycombe in January 2003.

Just got back (not too far for us tonight).

Don't know about the team but I'm exhausted.

Gave away a sloppy goal in the first couple of mins, and then were fucking awesome for the rest of the first half and could have scored more goals.

Second half, Northampton got the ball forward quickly and lumped it over the top a lot and caused us a lot of problems. We didn't help ourselves by dropping deeper & deeper. Have to say when they scored the disallowed goal (which was up the other end) I thought we'd fucked it up.

Onwards and upwards

Why do most people think that Coxy will get sold?

I would see it as a sign of real ambition from the board if they kept hold of him. Yeah, so money (and a lot of it!) is money, but...

I guess on the one hand he could do a Barry Corr the first game into next season and end up crocked but alternatively if we - looking more likely now - do stay up, he could possibly fire us into the Championship next season.

I'm not being funny here, I'm just interested in the 'business model' in people's minds.

I think it's the ambition of Cox that makes us unlikely to keep hold of him if an offer from a top championship side or higher comes in. Yeah we can tell him tough, he's got a couple more years on his contract, but in reality I doubt we would. Unhappy strikers aren't as good.

Players rule and it will be Cox who will decide if he stays or goes - fact of life - all the board can do is get the best price and in the case of George Ndah they didn't even get that.

strikers are the most sought after players.ones that bang in goals regularly will always be targetted by clubs.every player has his price,if coxys is met then bye bye.
at least it looks like his goals may well keep us in league 1

Hahaha still smarting over George Ndah,football fans have stupidly long memories.

what about dunc to blackburn?

At least with the current board you have to think we will get a decent price for Coxy if we do sell.

Unlike the previous bunch of muppets who probably would have sold him in january for £250k.

I would also like to think that any money generated by the club would be used to strengthen the team.

I guess only time will tell.

Fair enough.

But do we know what his ambitions are? Has anybody got the inside track or has he said anything about them?

As PD pointed out, I'm sure he doesn't want to sit on the bench for a Prem club, so Championship is probably his aim. Why not do that with STFC for the sake of one season? The bloke would be a fucking Town hero and legend. That would probably count for something with him?

Not smarting over him but just pointing out that we didn't get the best price at the time because Ndah wouldn't move to Watford who offered approx £300k more than Wolves.

i still get angry about duncan shearer

yeah, they only did that to stop us getting into the play-offs.

As soon as they did that, in the summer they sold him off to Aberdeen.

Still believe that if we had kept him we would have stopped Blackburn from getting in the play-offs that season.

That signing was one of the most cynical signings of all time. They didn't want him but they knew that signing him was the best chance they had of the play offs - and it worked. 

Urban myth, I've always thought.

Devastating though selling Dunc was, I recall our results actually improving without him.  Drew a lot, won a few and ended up with an outside chance on the last day at Derby - and what a day that wasn't. 

A good assessment, one I agree with...although I head the whistle before they 'scored' at the end, so I was relaxed :D :D

I thought Paynter was motm worked hard, set up two, scored one...really good perfromance.

Had a very goo dpint of Landlord before heading home and listened to Danny Baker as he sung about Fraser Digby's washbag to the tune of Sweet Home Alabama.

Sometimes being a Town rocks...tonight was one of those nights...Thank Cox. (As an atheist I look for dieties elsewhere ;))

We didn't score more than one goal in a game until Bristol Rovers the following season.  No myth to me.

That was fucking great. I love away wins.

Didn't their chairman actually ask Dalglish which other teams player was most likely to stop them going up, he said Shearer, so they signed him? Or is that just an old wives tale?

Don't see how they did anything wrong, or that we can blame them or anything. We didn't have to sell him.

I'm still pissed about the money we got for Fjortoft, that was daylight robbery.

gutted. was all geared up for going and then ended up being ill and couldn't drive.

dagnabbit

Got your £25 in my pocket...

sorry dude. didn't see your email til about half an hour ago, i've been lying down in a darkened room since 6pm.

buy yourself some beers on me to celebrate our momentous victory

Done that :D

Cheque in the post by the weekend.

Listening tonight on the radio was one of the most painful things I've gone through in a long time! Fair play to Wilson and the lads though, 12 points and 10 goals in 8 days, and Coxy flying up the goalscoring chart. Having heard that nearly 800 Town fans went, I was worried about getting a ticket for Yeovil. Thankfully it seems their terrace holds a good 1750 so all is well!

that was fucking immesne, just got back, absolute shattered. Also made my day met Nigel Clough in TGI Fridays and wished him good luck for the rest of the season.

Heard about this.

I said the other day that Derby were watching Cox - that'll be at least 6 times in 2009 now.

Just got home....

3 away games this year...i've seen us win two of them!

Cox and Paynter were both pure class tonight....but we made hard work of it. I was physically exhausted by the end of the game.

Not sure where Phil Smith was for their freekick, but then again the view I had was crap.

Cox's second goal was brilliant, lob from 25 yards

I heard the whistle from the disallowed goal before it went in so wasn't worried about that. But in the 2nd minute of injury time, they got a shot in, and you were just expecting to see all the home fans stand up because it was in, but Smith managed to hold it. One of my worst ever moments in football though!

And Nigel Clough was in the pub before hand - so expect Cox to Derby.

I think this is spot on but I didnt meet Nigel Clough.

Cox and Paynter are a fucking awesome strike partnership

Looks like L1 goals are up on SSN soon.

By rights I ought to be sound asleep by now but I am buzzing.

Oh.

They didn't show the goals.

Cox got a shout out though from the male presenter.

they might show them next time around - they did that last time. They only show a game or 2 at a time but different set of games every 15 or so minutes whenever they loop

well that was fun.....

the game just backed up what we think about cox, too good for this division, hes probably better than maynard and beckford, miles better than fryatt !!

our defence though had my head in my hands over 2 of the goals but at the end of the day swindon players wanted it more, end of.

Not sure what our goal was disallowed for though ? can anyone enlighten me

anyway i wont be bitter so well played simon cox, i mean swindon.

I have no idea, down the other end obviously but the whistle went well before the ball was in the back of the net.

What a brilliant away day that was, can honestly say I have never seen us win 4-3 away.

Thought Cox and Paynter tore them to pieces, we look a great counter attacking team at times what with the wide boys as well.

Despite almost chucking it away the back 4 stood up to some intense pressure.  That will do there confidence the world of good that they survived to get us the 3 points, Greer was again impressive.

Also thought both Tudor Jones and Timlin put in another good shift and at times bossed the midfield.

One of my personal highlights was the young lad at the bottom of there stand giving it large after there disallowed 4th, must of took him 10 mins to realise it had been disallowed, he hid his face whilst we all mocked him, class!

we had been 4-1 down away at scunthorpe and drew 4-4 few months back, that wernt bad but of all the years following the claret this is the worst in terms of individual errors, unbelievable. we finished 9th last year but weve had an awful injury list and the back up players are not upto it, not even god knows if we'll stay up but it'll be down to the players attitudes and not skill, i know that much.

you have now! i've not seen us win all season.

782 from Swindon apparently.

Still buzzing from last night! A great game to watch, but not good for the nerves!

Cox and Paynter have established a brilliant partnership and now our midfield are finally doing their job we look a really good, attacking team.

A few nervy moments in front of our goal, but fuck it DW will sort it out.

9 points, 10 goals and 6 places up the table in 3 games!

I am so god damn excited about Saturday!

tee hee deano's on the OS pictures

A foul on Jack Smith methinks.....too far away to say really.

Just saw the goals, nice second wasn't it! But Paynter took his very well and showed good strength to set up Cox's third.

Marvellous.

Couldnt be arsed to turn on the Lappy last night i was too buzzing.

What a great night (with a great result for a change).

tried to throw it away at the end but held on........great.

I will never ever forget those Cobblers thinking that they had scored one bloke kept pushing his son (i think) away everytime he kept trying to tell him it was disallowed! :D

Finally getting a bit of luck too....at long last.

Need 7 or 8 points from the rest.........fingers crossed sooner rather than later.

Great game! Incredible game for the netural! Another 3 points and now 5 points from the drop. We must avoid complacency on Saturday against Yeovil.

Timlin was fantastic last night along with Cox and Paynter. Where has this team been the rest of the season.

Met Nigel Clough & Leefer before the game which was ace, There is no way in hell we will hold on to cox (snigger) but he must be our new record fee received surly…. He is worth more than £1.5M

Agree with Gaz, we can't let complacency come into it as we're still far from safe.

Oh and DV, yet another assist for McNamee last night was it not?

I agree i'd accept 1.5 million surly, 2.5 million i might be a bit more cheerful.

I would be quite unhappy if we never got atleast 2M for cox. Cox is a lot better player than Maynard.

And Fryatt IMO

What a wonderful game, so happy that we finally ground out a 1 goal win, when going into the last five.  Hilarious when those young Cobblers were going mental when they thought they'd equalised, how they'd missed the ref blow and the lino flag I'll never know.  A couple of them seemed to be celebrating for ages!!!  Ha ha!

Take a bow Billy P, best performance I've seen him play in a town shirt, very good goal too.

Indeed they were going spastic and the stewards moved them on..... Oh I would have loved to have seen them hit by lightening.

Paynter to score 20 goals next season? :D maybe not get too carried away!!

Post your pic Gaz, its ace!

yeah Gaz!

Tee Hee


So is Bart

I noticed Bart. I recall him from Hartlepool away.

Top away day.

Made better by Gary Stanley - celeb stalker, told in no uncertain terms by Mr Clough to leave him alone for asking for an autograph :D

To be fair I didnt realise he was eating until I got there. He was going to sign after he finished but said "no chance at the minute unless you want BBQ sauce over it" :D Cant blame him when he is eating! :)

credit where it's due... I've been among those quick to get on the players' back this season, and I must admit while I always believed in Wilson in the long term, I was beginning to question whether he had enough to turn it around this year.

We're not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination, but fair play to both for what they've achieved in the last seven days. Wilson has never swayed in his beliefs, or in his own ability, while the players have showed tremendous ability, spirit and character, especially last night, and especially having dropped into the bottom four last week. Paynter continues to impress me. Some games he'll simply be outfought but he keeps going. And Timlin, he's been immesnse when we've needed someone to stand up, be counted and take charge. Him and Greer have been instrumental. Get Timlin a ball winner next to him next season and we'll have a good central midfield.

Fair plays lads, just keep it going. Whatever happens, at least we're fighting now and showing some passion, as a fan we can't ask for more than that.

Did anybody feel that Smith should of done better with the freekick?

It didnt look as if it went into the corner but the middle of the goal and it seemed to me that Smith was in the middle of the goal.

Looked to me as if it went through him....

It was.

Two assists and a goal for Billy Paynter though, fucking lazy carthorse!!

:)

Some guy always yells at Paynter in the Town End saying he is a useless prick.

Imagine what paynter could do if he didnt look fucked after 20 minutes of most games

Not a critisism, I think he's as fit as he will ever be, he's just not particually naturally athletic

Great result, reckon we are safe now.
Hardly world beaters yet though are we, but its a start.

You're right we're not but if you want to support world beaters then you picked the wrong team to support.

I think he lost his footing, as the free kick really wasn't that special.  His other saves made up for it though.

I'm sure that is true of most stands. There are about ten who do it in DR. Not me though, I mutter under my breath, it's how we do things in the DR.

We are in a much improved position, it's in our hands. But we have to play teams around us. A loss at Yeovil and those words will haunt you.

We need to finish it off (52 points) sooner rather than later. We have seen how things can improve in just a week. They can go the other way too.

4 in a row, can we really? :D

Yes

Yes. Its Yeovil.

Reckon we will totally pack out the away terrace.  :D

we will draw 1-1

which bookie are you gonna cream JPC - Stan James are getting nervous I would think at the mo' on my behalf

Still need another seven/eight points to be sure. Three Saturday would be awesome... don;t fancy going to Posh needing anything on the last day.

So am I, although somewhat out of focus

And Bart as well :eek:

I have to say credit is due when credit is due. I thought you lot were very good last night and did a professional job. Lucky to hold onto a win in the end after nothing was wrong with the goal disallowed, but I bet you knew I was going to say that. Paynters goal looked offside, but a very well taken finish, i'd probably give you that one ;)

I was sitting in the upper west corner, where the home section sang. I thought the overall atmosphere was very good and your fans were noisy at times. I, along with many other cobblers fans just have absoulte admiration for Simon Cox, a few mistakes from us costing goals but not bad for Cox to score a hatrick against his former loanee club (who he nearly joined but wanted more money :P). I enjoyed the banter from you guys last night and I hope you all the best for the rest of the season. Last night game was truely wonderful.

See you all next year :)
Good luck keeping hold of Coxy

You wanted more money, we wanted a decent striker and League One football. Each to their own... ;)

You got a superb striker and League One football :)

We have got a very good striker (in Bayo) and League One football too :)

So it all works out ;)

That was my favourite Tuesday night away game this season. Good atmosphere and good entertainment.

BTW you scored 3, not 4, because you are not allowed to foul people, wait for the flag to go up, and the whistle, and then hit it in the corner of the goal and pretend it counts.  ;)

Good luck staying up, you're a convenient away day and there's others I'd rather see relegated.

  Aren't these Cobblers fans awfully decent people? Makes a change from the usual mongs we get a-visiting. 

 I do wish people wouldn't say we're now staying up....still work to do, it could still go horribly wrong.

This is true of course, but us staying up looks an awful lot more likely than it did NINE points ago :D

I agree, but we are currently top of the "Relegation contenders league table" if you like. A win at Yeovil and there's very little chance of even a Swindon team ending up in trouble

But I can sense an air of complacency amongst the fans now...let's hope it doesn't transmit to the players.

Think you're confusing optimism with complacency there Reg.
No one I know is certain we'll stay up, but we stand a much better chance now than we did 2 weeks ago.

A bit of positivity makes a fucking change this season.

If we can't enjoy an away win - what's the point?

Maybe...I just don't want to see us bung away this good work now.

Well, i've been half glass for most of the season, but from what i've seen the last few weeks, firstly we wont lose at Yeovil, and secondly we will stay up. If both of  these fail to come true i'll stand on the magic roundabout with a baguette up my whatever. Basically no chance of us going down.....there i've said it so bollocks.

I thought he should have saved all three!

Thats harsh, certainly the first one was right in the corner - no one was getting that.

Third looked decent on the highlights, god knows how their man got so much time and space in our box!!

Smiffy did OK, great save from Akinfuckinpushya in the first half in particular. In fact great performance all round (even Jack Smith who started off very shaky) especially BP and Coxy (and I've slated BP in the past) who look very potent with our improved midfield now looking for ball into their feet as well as long ball.

Only critical thing for me all game was where the ref got 4 mins injury time in the second half ????? and then played an extra minute !

I thought he could have done better with the first at the time, seemed to just bobble passed him, but on the highlights is does look like the fat man struck it a bit better than I had first thought.  The free kick was a poor one to let in, the camera angle makes it look good, as do the commentator's comments, but that really was quite central.  Agree about the third good finish that.

Love BP's goal though, didn't think he had it in him!!  Never offside, nor was it a free kick when he took the ball from their full back for Cox's hat trick as some cobblers have stated. 

As for their disallowed goal, well you can see the fat man in there by Smith, making no effort to get to the ball, just being a nuisance, so I can understand why the ref blew.

Billy Paynter's best goal in a town shirt I'd say. Absolute class.

Agreed  :nod:

billy payners best performance in a town shirt!

Trust me to goaland spoil cox's hat-trick,but i've just seen the highlights and it seems to me that the first of cox's was an OG,cant see how it was goin towards goal off cox's head.

His secind and paynters were class, i recon paynters was the better of the two,they way he did that defender was pure quality.

http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/Football/League1/VideoIndex/0,,12555,00.html

If not posted already.....i cant be bothered to go back through the thread.....

Not sure that the free kick didn't take a little nick off the wall which change the flight slightly

Coxy's first defnitely goes in off the defender. A change of luck a last, two games in a row.

And if you pause the action Paynter is in his own half when the ball is flicked on

Walsall was better for me.

Agreed. No way does it beat the Walsall strike!

Different types of goals to be fair - I think Billy is more capable of goals like the Walsall one, as we've seen before he's not afraid to have a pop from distance. I think the northampton one asked a lot more from him - the way he committed the defender was brilliant, as was his finish. Also required a turn of pace you'd not expect from him.

That said, both fucking ace goals.

Great finish but think he was a bit lucky with the defender, looked like he stumbled a bit.

Billy made him stumble with his mad skillzzzz innnnit.

Agreed.....Smith will be disappointed with the FK but made some good saves.

Just for posterity (or should that be posterior ?)

Oh crap, had a vague memory of posting when i was wasted wednesday, thanks for reminding me :)

nice rugby tackle for the penalty claim.