Match Day Thread Northampton Town vs Saints - Tuesday, August 12 - 19:45 KO

So, here we are: The Hampton Derby

A winning start to the league campaign and now two games in six days ahead of us. Let's see if we can keep rolling and stack up some wins

And much more importantly, obviously, let's figure out if I actually do have the winning touch this season or if it was a total flash in the pan and I can re-retire from match threads promptly...

Didn't know then, still don't now
What the hell is a Carabao?
But now the first round and the Cobblers await
Take a good guess at our team, we'll rotate

If anyone can nail the Starting XI perfectly then I'll pop a small charitable donation to the Saints Foundation in the forum's name

 

We will win, lose or draw this.

 

McCarthy
Edwards
THB
Sanda
Wood
Manning
Sesay
Matsuki
BBD
Archer
Downs

 

No extra time until the semifinals to decide who progresses should the score be level after 90 minutes.
"The rationale put forward by the EFL is that withdrawing the additional 30 minutes of play would directly address any additional fatigue issues that are occasionally caused when the midweek ties go beyond the traditional 90-minute period,"

 

Big game in terms of building that momentum and turning winning into a habit. Don't want to slip up here when our next league game is arguably the hardest game of the season despite Ipswichs poor opening game performance.

Just had a look to see how Northampton have started their season. They lost the opener away to Wigan 3-1 and drew their first home game against Bradford 0-0.

 

It'll be a game of two halves with the winner progressing to the next round being played during w/c 25 August 2025.

 

I'm going to take todays wordle (yep...I still do that) as a sign that we are winning this.

 

Woke up with a strange feeling today. Realised it was optimism.

 

First new ground since April last year

 

For those with no ticket, you can get tickets for else where in the ground.

 

Tuesday, 12th August 2025
Northampton Town v Southampton (19:45)
Referee :- DAVID ROCK
Assistant Referees :- Kevin Howick and Andy Bennett
Fourth Official: Conor Farrell

 

Will be interesting to see Downs, Sesay and Matsuki in a competitive match, plus any other youngsters that will feature (Bragg, Akachukwu, OBW)

 

Wrong. We either win or lose!

 

I'd probably go:
McCarthy
Wood THB Taylor
Fraser Sesay Matsuki Manning
BBD Downs Archer

 

Not sure I'd keep the three at the back thing, but yeah, it'll be something along those lines.

 

Carabao Cup Preliminary Round and Round One schedule confirmed. The schedule for the Preliminary Round and Round One of the Carabao Cup has been confirmed, with all 37 ties set to air live on Sky Sports+ or Sky Sports Football.4 Jul 2025

Wasn’t expecting the above but pleased that we should be able to watch the game.

 

Comments from Will Still, taken from the Echo. I like what he says. THB and Taylor will be involved.


“I'm fully focused on Northampton now and it's just a game that we want to win and we want to field the best team that we can field.

"Some of the players that played against Wrexham will play again because we need to get used to that fitness side of things, and I just want to win.

"We'll take care of players that are struggling or got little niggles, but I don't really care who we're playing, we just need to try and win games of football."

Still added: "There is no cup team or league team. We're just a group of players and whoever is on the pitch needs to put a shift in.

"Everyone knows where we're going and how we're going to do things, so whoever plays on Tuesday will be the best team at that moment in time."

 

Trying to win games of football? What madness is this?

 

Not heard of that, must be something fancy he learned on the continent

 

Just want a convincing performance. I very much enjoyed the win on Saturday but the performance was woeful and the joy clouded a lot of issues. I would love for Still to have a frontline that he sticks with for multiple games, really don't want to have to resort to the merry go round kitchen sink approach that Saturday required.