Match Report
| Northampton Town | Northampton Town |  |  | Walsall | Walsall | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Wilcox | A. Wilcox |  | 50 | G |  | 1 | | G | 55 | | Eoin Thompson | E. Thompson | |||||||||
| Lomano Fortune | L. Fortune | | 58 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 46 | | Oleg Terry | O. Terry | |||||||||
| Niccolo Vernazza | N. Vernazza | | 54 | D | | 3 | | D | 46 | | Noel Jeffers | N. Jeffers | |||||||||
| Darren Mortensen | D. Mortensen | | 47 | D | | 4 | | D | 46 |  | Kevin Bremner | K. Bremner | |||||||||
| Malcolm Goodwin | M. Goodwin | | 46 | D | | 5 | | D | 46 | | James Grimandi | J. Grimandi | |||||||||
| Kelvin Terry | K. Terry | | 71 | M | | 6 | | M | 51 |  | Armin Linke | A. Linke | |||||||||
| Jason Burgess | J. Burgess | | 55 | M | | 7 | | M | 48 | | Graham Robinson | G. Robinson | |||||||||
| Graham Standing | G. Standing | | 44 | M | | 8 | | M | 48 | | Harvey Woodgate | H. Woodgate | |||||||||
| Eddie Fletcher | E. Fletcher | | 43 | M | | 9 | | M | 46 | | Alec Telfer | A. Telfer | |||||||||
| Ralph Davies | R. Davies | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 56 |  | Jacques Deroin | J. Deroin | |||||||||
| Neil Sharpe | N. Sharpe | | 55 | A | | 11 | | A | 44 | | Steve Gallagher | S. Gallagher | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Sixfields Stadium where Northampton Town play host to Walsall. A crowd of 4,390 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Northampton Town and Walsall are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Northampton Town and Walsall are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Walsall start the match!
6.05
0-0Jason Burgess knocks the ball to his team mate, Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Oleg Terry.
8.07
0-0Kelvin Terry knocks the ball to his team mate, Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies whips in a cross ball towards Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
10.25
Graham Standing chips the ball to his team mate, Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Noel Jeffers.
12.36
Graham Standing deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe shoots from long range. It's miles wide!
20.27
0-0Harvey Woodgate makes a probing pass to Jacques Deroin. Jacques Deroin plays a perfect one-two with Steve Gallagher and rushes in on goal... Jacques Deroin tries a spectacular strike but Anthony Wilcox is on top of it.
22.49
Eddie Fletcher threads the ball through to Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe shoots from long range but somehow Eoin Thompson manages to keep it out.
26.10
Graham Robinson makes a probing pass to Jacques Deroin. Jacques Deroin knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Anthony Wilcox who gathers it comfortably.
27.02
Niccolo Vernazza makes a probing pass to Graham Standing. Graham Standing knocks the ball forward to Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Eoin Thompson who gathers it comfortably.
30.07
Lomano Fortune controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jason Burgess. Jason Burgess chips the ball to his team mate, Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies whips in a cross ball towards Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it is tipped over by Eoin Thompson.
33.34
0-1Graham Robinson deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jacques Deroin. Jacques Deroin knocks in a cross ball towards Steve Gallagher. Steve Gallagher is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Steve Gallagher!
39.21
Niccolo Vernazza passes the ball forward to Jason Burgess. Jason Burgess knocks the ball forward to Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Kevin Bremner.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Northampton Town kick off and get the second half underway!
49.26
Jason Burgess makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by James Grimandi.
55.33
Graham Standing passes the ball forward to Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe whips in a cross ball towards Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies directs the ball goalwards with his head. Magnificent save by Eoin Thompson!
63.34
Graham Standing threads the ball through to Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
66.36
Jason Burgess makes a simple pass to Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Noel Jeffers.
67.11
Kevin Bremner knocks the ball to his team mate, Graham Robinson. Graham Robinson kicks a strong pass forward to Jacques Deroin. Jacques Deroin knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Darren Mortensen.
71.09
Graham Robinson kicks a strong pass forward to Steve Gallagher. Steve Gallagher tries a spectacular long range effort but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
81.53
Darren Mortensen knocks the ball to his team mate, Jason Burgess. Jason Burgess passes the ball forward to Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
Jason Burgess sees space and advances. Jason Burgess shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
3
2
Shots off Target
3
1
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
60.5%
39.5%
Play Area
22.2%
49.4%
28.4%
Scorers