Sorry for the lack of pictures,i forgot to tale the camera! Doh!
I don't like grounds like Northampton's Sixfields Stadium.For me its everything that is wrong in the game today.I prefer grounds to be in the heart of the town,not like this one stuck on the outskirts.The ground although newish and clean lacks character. plus its quite small only holding around 6000-7000 or so.Its not just Northampton though,Doncaster,Scunthorpe walsall are all as drab as this place is.Sincil Bank may have its faults but i would take it over any of the above places. any day of the week.
The journey down there was pretty uneventful apart from Baz reviewing his Mr Porky pork scratchings.We went the back way through Northamptonshire and took a trip through the town going past the impressive Northampton Saints RFU ground,As sure a sign as any that Northampton is very much a Rugby town first and foremost and a football town secondly.
After paying £3 to park the car the guys went off to KFC while i checked out the club shop (i was saving myself for a kebab later in the evening) The Programme was £3 and to be fair it is quite a good effort with plenty to read and it looks quite smart as well. There is a stall outside the ground selling old programmes(not just Northampton ones either) i was tempted to buy a couple of bundles but having just had a clear out i really don't need to start building my useless junk collection up again.The club shop was quite small but sold a good range of goods.i got a badge and joined the guys feeding in KFC.
Northampton are one of these clubs that makes you queue up to buy a ticket from a little ticket booth then queue up again at the turnstiles,why i don't know.
On to the game.I don't like to complain about refs but for the first time in along time i felt he ruined the match for both sides.He didn't let the match flow,blowing up for anything and everything. Neither side created anything of note in the entire 90 mins. The high point of the game for me was Janos seeing our Hungarian Flag.
Six Lincoln players were booked thus earning us a £1000 fine. They scored about half way through the second half
Nuff said
Overall we are looking alot stronger at the back although as Chris Sutton says we need to sharpen up upfront but i feel things are still on the up. 6 points from 9 isn't a bad return for Suttons first three games (plus two were away from home)
This was my third visit to Northampton and all three have ended in 1-0 defeats. hmmm one to avoid next season me thinks. We didn't even vist the old thatched Inn In the village of sturton under Barton on the way back!(its an old story that i wont go into here!)
Admission £19
Programme £3
Badge £3
Ground 4/10
Match 3/10
Imps man of the match- Janos!!
The most entertaining points of the day came at halftime.Firstly the prize in the raffle was a free months membership at the same gym chain the Baz works out at!!!
I know alot of clubs have cheerleaders these days but where oh where did Northampton get a male cheer leader to join there troupe and dance to Leonia Lewies "Bleeding love"?
can you imagine the stick you would get at work the next day if you did that? i hope the lad was payed very well!!!
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