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OnThisDay – The biggest match in our history!
The biggest match in Northampton Town’s history – they don’t come much bigger than the champions of Europe! Aston Villa’s aristocrats against the Cobblers paupers and Town battled hard against their lofty visitors who won the tie with a dass goal from a youngster called Marie Walters. A star in the making. Match reporter Brian […]
Garry Thompson – ‘Don’t believe a word’
Ex-Cobbler Garry Thompson has had an autobiography written by Bill Howell. ‘Don’t believe a word’ ‘Don’t Believe A Word’ – The Garry Thompson Autobiography A Brummie by birth but raised in Coventry, Garry Thompson burst onto the footballing scene at a time when Britain’s pioneering black footballers had to fight against some appalling racial abuse […]