League Two

COBBLERS FAIL TO FORGE A WAY BEYOND IAN’S ROBINS

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The LeaguePaper Team
16 August 2026

LEAGUE TWO
By James Heneghan

NORTHAMPTON T 0

FULL STRETCH: Swindon’s Matty Virtue closes down Northampton’s Jack Perkins
PICTURES: Focus Images

BOTH bosses were content with what they had witnessed, as Northampton and Swindon Town played out an opening-day goalless deadlock.
Nothing could separate the two sides, after hard-fought battling for a season-starting stalemate, while nothing could separate Northampton boss Chris Hogg and Swindon counterpart Ian Holloway’s respective positives they drew.
The home side edged the first-half and generally had the mor...

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