Man in the middle
Lee Collins
Games:13 Yellows 42 Red 1 ( Oldham Athletic 4-1 at Home Park on December 23.)
Lisa Rashid and Joe Clark as his assistant
The fourth official is Grant Taylor.
Will Northampton Town make Plymouth Argyle buckle under the pressureNorthampton Town's caretaker boss Dean Austin is hoping that his team deal with the pressure better than Plymouth Argyle do on Saturday.
Austin, who has been in charge since the departure of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, is facing a tough battle to save his side from relegation to League Two.
The Cobblers are four points from safety with three games remaining and will most likely need to win each of those matches to have a chance of staying in League One.
Club captain David Buchanan has called on the Cobblers supporters to pack out Sixfields this weekend, saying ‘this team needs them more than ever’.
We entertain play-off chasing Plymouth Argyle on Saturday, knowing only a win will do if they are to stand a chance of going on to avoid the drop back to the Football League basement division, less than two years after promotion.
A 7,000-plus crowd is expected at Sixfields, with Argyle already selling out their near 1,500 allocation, and Buchanan has called on the home fans that turn out to do their bit to be the team’s 12th man as they chase the three wins they are going to need from their final three games of the campaign to have a hope of surviving.
“It is difficult for the fans because we haven’t produced good enough performances on the pitch, and that is a fact, it is why we are sat where we are, but we are all Cobblers fans.
We are going into the Plymouth game with a bit more confidence behind us, a bit more belief about what we are doing, but we are under no illusions how difficult it is going to be.
“They are a team on the up and are looking to get into the play-offs, and have had a fantastic run.
“It is going to be a difficult game, but come Saturday at 5pm, hopefully we will have three more points on the board.
Northampton injury newsDean Austin should name the same starting XI that picked up a crucial late win at Rochdale last Saturday.
Kevin Luckassen and Brendan Moloney are doubts with back and knee injuries.
CAR PARKING RESTRICTED ON SATURDAYPlease note that a travelling funfair has hired the north gravel car park from the Homes and Communities Agency so this car park will not be open on Saturday.
However, the north overflow car park will be open and the south gravel car park will be open as normal.
Despite the reduction on parking, the club are confident we have enough parking space for all supporters attending.
We strongly advise against parking anywhere other than in the official car parks. If you are parking anywhere else, please be respectful of local residents and businesses and park considerately. Parking enforcement officers regularly patrol the roads around the local area and do ticket cars as necessary.
Plymouth Argyle NewsARGYLE manager Derek Adams believes his side are in for an open encounter when they travel to Sixfields on Saturday to play relegation-threatened Northampton Town.
Northampton are four points inside the relegation zone with just three games to play. Therefore, the Cobblers will be desperate to win on Saturday, and could be expected to attack. Tactics, Adams feels, could make for an environment which could suit Argyle.
Adams said: “The game will probably be open. Northampton will come at us and we have to then try and pick them off; they haven’t got a situation where they can try and sit in and go for a point, they have got to go for the win. We are likewise; we would like to win the game as well so I can see it being an open encounter.
“It’s two difficult matches that we go into as Northampton and Rochdale are looking to stay in the league. They are going to come at us, that could work for us as they are going to leave space. In previous games against Peterborough and Portsmouth there hasn’t been a lot of space, so that might work in our favour. Two teams that can’t afford to draw the game and we will try to pick them off.”
Plymouth Argyle injury newsAntoni Sarcevic is out with a groin problem, but started full time training.
Taylor was add to the list
Moses Makasi makes it onto the list
Striker Simon Church because of his hip injury will miss the rest of the season.
Match FactsPlymouth have won 9 of their last 11 matches
Northampton have been losing at both half time and full time in their last 4 matches of the last 5
Northampton have failed to score in their last 4 matches of the last 5
Northampton have lost their last 4 matches out of the last 5
Plymouth have won 6 of their last 7 matches against Northampton in all competitions.
Plymouth have been winning at both half time and full time in 5 of their last 6 matches against Northampton in all competitions.
Plymouth have kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 7 matches against Northampton in all competitions.
Northampton have conceded at least 2 goals in their last 5 matches
There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Plymouth's last 3 away games
Plymouth have scored at least 2 goals in 5 of their last 6 matches against Northampton in all competitions.
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Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:13 pm
Are you Throbber in disguise? The sick making sychophant is getting his excuses in early and making it very clear that with our massive squad Taylor being out has FOOK all to do with the result.
