In Todays match day program we look at things that have happened on this day. View todays match program here.
1897 – Northampton Town Football club was born.
Northampton Town Football Club was founded on the 6th March 1897 by a group of teachers and a well known solicitor AJ ‘Pat’ Darnell at the Princess Royal Inn, Wellingborough Road, to become Northamptonshire’s first professional football club.
2001 – The Cobblers 2 Bristol Rovers 1
A Tuesday night game under the Sixfields lights saw a crowd of 4552. The Cobblers side saw no changes from the side that lost 1-0 to Wrexham on the Saturday before. Referee Mr Alan Kaye was the man in the middle.
The first goal came as Mr Kaye awarded the Cobblers a penalty as Wilson fouled Gabbiadini in the box Savage converted the penalty. The Cobblers doubled their lead in the second half as Forrester slipped the offside trap and fed Hunt who scored.
Rovers ended the Cobblers hopes of a clean sheet on the 80th minute as Ellington pulled a goal back for Rovers.
2004 – Cambridge 0 Cobblers 1
A Saturday afternoon trip to the Abby Stadium which saw a crowd of 4,298. The Cobblers side saw one change from the side that lost 2-1 to Kidderminster on the Tuesday, with Youngs coming in for Low.
Referee Mr Grant Hedgley took the names of two players Nicholls for Cambridge and Little for the Cobblers.
The only goal of the game came in the 90th minute of the match as Marshall palmed out a cross that fell to Willmott 4 yards out.
2010 – Port Vale 1 The Cobblers 3
A Saturday afternoon trip to Vale Park in League Two to face twelfth placed side Port Vale. The Cobblers side saw just one change from the side that beat Cheltenham 2-1 a week prior with Gilligan coming in for Curtis.
The first goal of the game came within three minutes of the contest, Akinfenwa picked the ball up 25-yards out and surrounded by defenders he held them off and scored with a low drive. Vale equalised just minutes later as Steele beat out a shot from Rigg but it fell to the feet of Loft who scored.
Two more goals coming just before halftime within the same minute, the first came as Vale keeper Anyon dropped a cross from Rodgers whilst under pressure from Akinfenwa with Osman stabbing the loose ball home.
The fourth goal of the contest came just seconds later as Davis sent a through ball to McKay who put the Cobblers 3-1 up.
06/03/2012 -The Cobblers 3 Bristol Rovers 2
Northampton raced into a 3-0 lead but eventually had to hang on for a 3-2 victory over Bristol Rovers in League Two at Sixfields.Top scorer Adebayo Akinfenwa gave the hosts a perfect start with a goal inside the opening minute, starting and rounding off the move in which Michael Jacobs and Ben Harding set him up for a cool finish.
Eight minutes later Akinfenwa grabbed his 14th of the campaign when he netted from close range after Jacobs had turned two defenders inside out. Northampton increased their lead when defender Kelvin Langmead headed home a cross from Ben Tozer to leave Rovers with it all to do.
They pulled one back in the 66th minute, however, when substitute Chris Zebroski crossed for Craig Stanley to head home at the far post. It took a superb save from Scott Bevan to deny Brett Williams moments later, and when Lee Brown converted an 85th minute penalty after Mustapha Carayol had been upended by goalkeeper Matt Duke it left Northampton hanging on to claim a result which moves them off the foot of the League Two table.