Northampton Town vs Leicester City on 15 Jul 23 - Match Centre

PRE-SEASON FIXTURE
Saturday July 15th, 3.00pm

NORTHAMPTON TOWN 0

LEICESTER CITY 1
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 27

Attendance: 7,765 (3,738 away supporters)

Cobblers: Lee Burge, Sam Sherring, Sam Hoskins, Louis Appéré, Mitch Pinnock, Shaun McWilliams, Kieron Bowie, Harvey Lintott, Will Hondermarck, Patrick Brough, Max Dyche
Subs: Jamari Hart, James Dadge, Leo Jenkins, Peter Abimbola, Trialist A, Trialist B, Trialist C, Trialist D, Trialist E, Trialist F, Trialist G, Trialist H

Leicester: Jakub Stolarczyk, Wout Faes, Conor Coady, Callum Doyle, Ricardo Pereira, Timothy Castagne, Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Dennis Praet, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Jamie Vardy
Subs: Danny Ward, James Justin, Marc Albrighton, Kelechi Iheanacho, Harry Souttar, Victor Kristiansen, Patson Daka, Jannik Vestergaard, Wilfred Ndidi, Hamza Choudhury, Daniel Iversen, Kasey McAteer, Ben Nelson

Referee: Dean Whitestone

On an extremely windy afternoon at Sixfields, Northampton Town took on Leicester City in their first pre-season fixture. Despite the unseasonable conditions there was a big crowd in attendance with Northampton Town’s Women also in action later in the day.

Summer signing Patrick Brough was included in the Cobblers starting line-up along with Kieron Bowie who was back at the club for a second season on loan from Fulham. Recent addition Manny Monthe was not included while there were a number of trialists named on the bench.

Jamie Vardy, Conor Coady and Harry Winks all started for Leicester with the Foxes new boss Enzo Maresca naming a strong side.

With a number of players still sidelined through injury and Jon Brady opting for a slimmed down schedule of fixtures in pre-season, the Foxes visit came three weeks ahead of the Cobblers first game back in League 1.

The Cobblers, donned in their new PUMA away kit, showed some good pressing early on while some alert defending from Sam Sherring and Patrick Brough denied the Foxes a clear sight on goal.

Kieran Dewsbury-Hall headed Leicester in front on 27 minutes before the Cobblers were forced into a change with Shaun McWilliams, who had picked up an early knock, coming off.

Max Dyche and Kieron Bowie both had half chances to draw the Cobblers level but Leicester went close to a second just before half-time, Jamie Vardy shooting into the side netting.

Mitch Pinnock and Harvey Lintott made way for the second half with the pair replaced by a couple more trialists.

Vardy had a shot saved by Burge with the Cobblers keeper denying Dennis Praet on the follow-up. Both sides then made a host of changes as the game reached the hour mark.

Wilfred Ndidi shot wide and substitute James Dadge made a good save to prevent James Justin doubling the Foxes lead, the game having become a little stretched following those changes.

The Cobblers went close to an equaliser when Daniel Iversen was forced to turn behind a free-kick from trialist B but the game ended in a narrow victory for the Championship side.

COBBLERS MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (2) 3
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (4) 5
CORNERS: (3) 6
FOULS: (4) 9
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (1) 1

LEICESTER MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (2) 6
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (3) 7
CORNERS: (4) 6
FOULS: (7) 10
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (0) 3

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Northampton Town Football Club looks forward to welcoming you to Sixfields for Saturday's Open Day, the game with Leicester City and the Northampton Town Women v Cambridge United Women game.

PLEASE NOTE TICKET SALES ARE AT A VERY ADVANCED LEVEL AND THIS GAME MAY SELL OUT SO ADVANCED PURCHASE IS ADVISED.

Any tickets that are available are priced as follows:

Season ticket holders
£14 Adults
£12 Senior (65+)
£6 Junior (U18)
£2 Under-7

Non season ticket holders
£16 Adults
£14 Senior (65+)
£6 Junior (U18)
£2 Under-7

Disabled supporters will pay the age appropriate price.

Admission in to the Leicester City game includes an invitation to stay and watch Northampton Town Women play Cambridge United Women shortly after the conclusion of the Leicester City game.

Reserved seating will apply with initially only the West Stand open for home supporters, subject to demand.

COLLECTING MATCH TICKETS ON ARRIVAL?
Please visit the collection point opposite the ticket office.

COLLECTING SEASON TICKETS ON ARRIVAL?
Please visit the ticket office (before 2pm or after the game please.)

BUYING MATCH TICKETS ON ARRIVAL (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY)?
Tickets may be available on arrival. 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 Leicester City game. Other sales/collections 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. Parking in the north gravel car park is now £5 per car.

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