Match Report
| Northampton Town | Northampton Town |  |  | Burnley | Burnley | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Wilcox | A. Wilcox |  | 50 | G |  | 1 | | G | 52 | | Nigel Burbage | N. Burbage | |||||||||
| Lomano Fortune | L. Fortune | | 58 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 56 |  | Sebastian Ziegler | S. Ziegler | |||||||||
| Niccolo Vernazza | N. Vernazza | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 56 | | Stan Black | S. Black | |||||||||
| Malcolm Goodwin | M. Goodwin | | 47 | D | | 4 | | D | 48 |  | Giordano Cardone | G. Cardone | |||||||||
| Darren Mortensen | D. Mortensen | | 47 | D | | 5 | | D | 43 | | Matthew Moffat | M. Moffat | |||||||||
| Kelvin Terry | K. Terry | | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 76 |  | Anton Koster | A. Koster | |||||||||
| Jason Burgess | J. Burgess | | 56 | M | | 7 | | M | 70 | | Steve Eadie | S. Eadie | |||||||||
| Graham Standing | G. Standing | | 45 | M | | 8 | | M | 62 | | Jason Holloway | J. Holloway | |||||||||
| Eddie Fletcher | E. Fletcher | | 43 | M | | 9 | | M | 62 | | Robert Philips | R. Philips | |||||||||
| Ralph Davies | R. Davies | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 65 | | Kevin Grondin | K. Grondin | |||||||||
| Neil Sharpe | N. Sharpe | | 55 | A | | 11 | | A | 55 |  | Marcos Helguera | M. Helguera | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Sixfields Stadium where Northampton Town play host to Burnley. A crowd of 4,515 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Northampton Town and Burnley are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Northampton Town and Burnley are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Northampton Town kick off!
6.27
0-0Lomano Fortune chips the ball to his team mate, Eddie Fletcher. Eddie Fletcher deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
9.24
0-0Steve Eadie kicks a strong pass forward to Marcos Helguera. Marcos Helguera knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Anthony Wilcox who gathers it comfortably.
10.02
Graham Standing controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
15.29
Sebastian Ziegler passes the ball forward to Jason Holloway. Jason Holloway chips the ball to his team mate, Marcos Helguera. Marcos Helguera knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Anthony Wilcox who gathers it comfortably.
18.12
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
20.33
Steve Eadie passes the ball forward to Kevin Grondin. Kevin Grondin knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
26.25
1-0Graham Standing threads the ball through to Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
39.10
Jason Holloway flicks the ball to his team mate, Kevin Grondin. Kevin Grondin knocks in a cross ball towards Marcos Helguera. Marcos Helguera directs the ball goalwards with his head but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
40.12
Jason Burgess makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe plays a perfect one-two with Ralph Davies and rushes in on goal... Neil Sharpe shows great control and tries a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Burnley start the second half!
47.33
Malcolm Goodwin passes the ball forward to Eddie Fletcher. Eddie Fletcher chips the ball to his team mate, Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
49.35
Steve Eadie makes a simple pass to Kevin Grondin. Kevin Grondin shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
51.11
Jason Burgess chips the ball to his team mate, Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Nigel Burbage who gathers it comfortably.
55.54
Steve Eadie flicks the ball to his team mate, Marcos Helguera. Marcos Helguera knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Anthony Wilcox who gathers it comfortably.
60.35
1-0Niccolo Vernazza clumsily knocks into Kevin Grondin. The referee calls over Niccolo Vernazza and warns him to calm down! Kevin Grondin hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
65.14
Niccolo Vernazza threads the ball through to Jason Burgess. Jason Burgess knocks the ball forward to Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
73.18
Northampton Town are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Burnley's defence.
77.24
Kevin Grondin catches Malcolm Goodwin on the ankles. Kevin Grondin is warned by the referee! Malcolm Goodwin stretches but gets up unharmed.
78.05
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
81.57
Robert Philips flicks the ball to his team mate, Marcos Helguera. Marcos Helguera knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
84.06
Giordano Cardone chips the ball to his team mate, Steve Eadie. Steve Eadie sees a break and surges forward. Steve Eadie whips in a cross ball towards Marcos Helguera. Marcos Helguera is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
87.31
1-0Niccolo Vernazza sees space and advances. Niccolo Vernazza knocks the ball forward to Neil Sharpe. Neil Sharpe goes all the way! Neil Sharpe shows great control and tries a shot on goal but somehow Nigel Burbage manages to keep it out.
89.12
Stan Black makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Robert Philips. Robert Philips chips the ball to his team mate, Kevin Grondin. Kevin Grondin sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
90.00
Jason Burgess makes a probing pass to Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Nigel Burbage who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
2
0
Shots off Target
2
4
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.8%
44.2%
Play Area
28.6%
48.1%
23.4%
Scorers
| Ralph Davies 26 |