COBBLERS PAST
Pleasure to be joined by a player who really needs no introduction, the luscious locked Cobblers midfielder with the caravanning habit-John-Joe O’Toole. John-Joe was a key figure in the NTFC 2015/16 title winning season earning cult status among the shoe army with his dominant displays in the centre of the park. He talks us through […]
WALOC is joined by legendary ex-Cobblers right-back Ian Clarkson who played an integral role in driving Cobblers to two Wembley playoff finals in the late 1990’s. Clarkson talks us through the beauty of captaining the club he supports in Birmingham City, then moving to Stoke before taking the chance of dropping down the divisions to […]
A bootroom special with former Cobblers midfielder Ryan Gilligan who performed ably for Northampton Town over a 7 year period, playing under nearly as many managers. Ryan talks about joining up with family friend Colin Calderwood at Cobblers, learning from such quality players as Sean Dyche and Ian Taylor. Gilligan came into his own in […]
We’re joined for a manager special podcast by former Cobblers boss Kevin Wilson. Kevin forged a successful career as a forward, playing for clubs with real heritage such as Derby County and Ipswich Town and also internationally for Northern Ireland. Wilson had his most successful spell up front for Chelsea in the late 80’s-early 90’s […]
Tom Reed from ‘ What a load of Cobblers’ Interviewed Ex-Cobbler Roy Hunter and he talks about the Wembley highs and injury lows and for the first time about the upsetting way he came to leave the Cobblers. Roy describes his time at the Cobblers as; ‘It was a really good time. With the club […]
Another Bootroom Special podcast, this time with talented Cobblers midfielder Steve Brown. Not many Northampton players go on to play in an FA Cup Semi-Final and Steve talks us through his formative years playing 20-a-side on the Racecourse before signing for his home town club. Steve is eloquent and candid about falling out of love […]
Delighted to be joined by one of the stars of “that night at Anfield”, Andy Holt, who played under 5 managers at the Cobblers. Taking in Holty’s varied career from playing at Oldham Athletic under Neil Warnock then to Hull City with Brian Little and a good spell at Wrexham. Holt, aerially one of the […]
Former Cobblers forward and reserve team manager Garry Thompson joins us to talk about his long career and being part of the “Birmingham mafia” that turned the club around under Ian Atkins in the late 90’s. Dig beneath the surface on Thompson’s career and he has some brilliant stories from playing at Jimmy Hill’s Coventry, […]