NORTHAMPTON TOWN 2 GILLINGHAM 1

Northampton Town 2 Gillingham 1 - the match report

10 April 2023

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Monday April 10th, 3.00pm
Sixfields

NORTHAMPTON TOWN 2
Louis Appere 32
Will Hondermarck 82

GILLINGHAM 1
Aiden O'Brien 63

Attendance: 6,904 (847 away supporters)

Cobblers: Lee Burge, Harvey Lintott (sub Jack Sowerby 46), David Norman, Jon Guthrie, Ryan Haynes, Marc Leonard, Will Hondermarck, Mitch Pinnock, Sam Hoskins, Louis Appere (sub Danny Hylton 77), Kieron Bowie (sub Tete Yengi 88)
Subs not used: Tom King, Paul Osew, D’Margio Wright-Phillips, Josh Tomlinson

Gillingham: Glenn Morris, Cheye Alexander (sub Alex MacDonald 62), Will Wright (sub Tristan Abrahams 88), Max Ehmer, Shaun Williams, Robbie McKenzie, Dom Jefferies (sub Lewis Page 46), Tom Nichols, Oli Hawkins, Timothee Dieng (sub Ethan Coleman 62), George Lapslie (sub Aiden O'Brien 62)
Subs not used: David Tutonda, Taite Holtam

Referee: Darren Drysdale

Booked:
Cobblers: David Norman (71)
Gillingham: Ethan Coleman (90)

Sent off:
Cobblers: none
Gillingham: none

David Norman made his Cobblers debut and Will Hondermarck replaced Jack Sowerby for the Easter Monday clash with Gillingham at Sixfields. Aaron McGowan and Akin Odimayo joined the long list of absentees having both picked up injuries in the game at Newport on Good Friday.

Mitch Pinnock shot wide from 25-yards and Louis Appere glanced a header wide from a cross in from Pinnock in the opening fifteen minutes.

Jon Guthrie headed over from a Pinnock corner and Will Wright made a good block to deny Sam Hoskins as the Cobblers pressed for the opening goal which duly came on 32 minutes, an alert Louis Appere firing home a loose ball inside the area.

Glenn Morris made a superb save to keep out a bullet header from Guthrie as the Cobblers went close to doubling their lead before half-time.

Jack Sowerby replaced Harvey Lintott for the second half.

Kieron Bowie was tantalisingly close to getting on the end of a ball into the box from Pinnock before Alex MacDonald, Ethan Coleman and Aiden O’Brien came on in a triple change for Gillingham.

No sooner had those changes been made Gillingham equalised through Aiden O’Brien, the substitute scoring from close range after a ball over the top held up in the strong wind.

O’Brien went close to a second when his shot went just wide as Danny Hylton came on for Appere.

With 82 minutes on the clock Will Hondermarck put the Cobblers back in front with a stunning strike from 25-yards that found the top corner.

It was a goal worthy of winning any game and it saw the Cobblers clinch a crucial three points in their promotion bid, the only late scare coming deep in stoppage time when Tom Nicols headed wide from a free kick.

COBBLERS MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (3) 4
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (4) 6
CORNERS: (4) 4
FOULS: (4) 10
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (2) 2

GILLINGHAM MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (2) 3
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (1) 3
CORNERS: (0) 0
FOULS: (4) 10
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (1) 5

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Arrangements for Monday's game

8 April 2023

Northampton Town Football Club looks forward to welcoming you to Sixfields for the fixture with Gillingham on Monday (3.00pm kick off).

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Tickets are available on arrival for both home and away fans. Please arrive early if buying on arrival as expected to be very busy.

The ticket office is open from 10am until kick off. Tickets for other games will be on sale before and after the game, but from 2pm until kick off we will only be selling tickets for the Gillingham game. Sales for season tickets and for other matches will resume after the game.

Carr's Bar will be open, as will the kiosks on the West Stand concourse and in the corners of the stadium.

Admission will be via the usual turnstiles.

The club store is open both before and after the game.

Please note, while you can collect tickets on arrival, some initial benefits of the new ticketing system include print at home tickets now being emailed directly to the purchaser as a PDF while tickets can now be sent directly as a PDF text to a mobile device to help save you time. To help you scan your ticket, please see the video below.

Just a reminder to those driving to the game, please do not park in unauthorised areas, as you may be fined/clamped. The club's north gravel car park and other car parks will be open.