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The Cobblers look a great fit right now

by
The LeaguePaper Team
27 November 2022

Chris Hargreaves

FORMER EFL MIDFIELDER

LIKE most ex-pros, I take a keen interest in all my former clubs – and it’s great for me to see Northampton and Plymouth going great guns.
Northampton are in the automatic promotion spots and boss Jon Brady will be determined to go one better after the heartache of missing out on the last day of last season.
The Cobblers looked like they would be going back to League One last term with a 3-1 win at Barrow on the last day, only for Bristol Rovers to thrash a youthful Scunthorpe 7-0 to pip them to third place. Having spent six years at Rovers, I ...

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