Northampton Town

Rougier may get Cobblers contract
Veteran frontman Tony Rougier has been training with Northampton Town and could sign on non-contract terms. The much-travelled 34-year-old has returned to England from America after his spell with Major League Soccer side Rochester Rhinos ended. Rougier, who has won 73 caps for Trinidad & Tobago, had a stint with Nanjing YoYo FC in China last season. He has played for seven British clubs in all, his last being Bristol City who he left in July 2004.

Rushden & D'monds 1-3 Northampton
Northampton came out on top in their local derby against Rushden & Diamonds. The visitors took the lead after Scott McGleish gathered the loose ball after an excellent Jamie Young save and passed for Ryan Gilligan to score. Rushden equalised when captain Dave Savage ran on to Chris O'Grady's flick-on before coolly slotting home. But Rob Gier headed past Young and into his own net to gift the Cobblers the lead before McGleish scored after a fumble by the Rushden keeper. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rushden & Diamonds: Young, Gier, Okuonghae, Gulliver, Hawkins, Nicholls (McCafferty 70), Grainger (Taylor 89), Savage, Kelly, Broughton (Pearson 82), O'Grady. Subs Not Used: Woodman, Dempster. Booked: Kelly, McCafferty. Goals: Savage 63. Northampton: Harper, Crowe, Chambers, Doig, Gavin Johnson, Gilligan (Brett Johnson 90), Hunt, Taylor, Rowson (Low 75), McGleish, Jess (Bojic 85). Subs Not Used: Bunn, Galbraith. Booked: Doig, Chambers, Gilligan. Goals: Gilligan 9, Gier 80 og, McGleish 84. Att: 5,211 Ref: U Rennie (S Yorkshire).

Gilligan earns Cobblers contract
Northampton boss Colin Calderwood has rewarded teenage midfielder Ryan Gilligan with a professional contract. Gilligan, 18, has earned a deal until the end of the season after scoring twice in 11 games. Calderwood told Cobblers' website: "Ryan has come in and contributed greatly. He has got an outstanding chance of having a good career." Gilligan joined from Watford in the summer with Northampton taking over the final year of his scholarship.

Grays sign Cobblers man on loan
Grays Athletic have signed Northampton defender Brett Johnson on loan for the rest of the season. The 20-year-old joined the Cobblers from Aldershot in the summer, and recently had a loan spell at Conference side Gravesend & Northfleet. Meanwhile, fellow Cobblers defender Bradley Johnson, 18 - who has also been on loan at Gravesend for two months - has extended his loan spell. The teenager will spend a third month with the Stonebridge Road club.

Calderwood critical of mistakes
Northampton boss Colin Calderwood was left rueing defensive errors after his side's 3-1 defeat at Cheltenham. He said: "We made mistakes and one of those cost us the first goal and they began to look dangerous at set plays. "I felt our general play deserved more than to be two down at half time, but that meant we were looking for an early goal or a break to go our way. "It was a very frustrating day. I felt we had the better of the general play without creating too many chances."

Calderwood content with home draw
Northampton manager Colin Calderwood was encouraged with his team, despite seeing them held 1-1 by Leyton Orient. The O's are a place behind fourth-place Northampton and Calderwood said: "It was a very evenly contested game." The Cobblers will hope to get back to winning ways at home to Torquay on Friday and Calderwood said: "We know we can get in the top three if we win. "It is a great opportunity for us. If we can get there it would be a massive boost for everyone."

Calderwood hails Cobblers display
Northampton boss Colin Calderwood was proud of his side after their 1-0 victory over Wrexham. "It was a hugely important victory," Calderwood said. "Of all the fixtures the top five teams had this weekend, I think ours was recognised as the toughest but the lads put in an excellent performance. "Wrexham have a super home record and you need a lot about you to come and win here, especially with the players we had missing. It is a huge result."

Lee not permitted to face Boston
Boston manager Steve Evans has told Northampton that they will not be allowed to play striker Jason Lee when the sides meet on Saturday. Lee signed for the Cobblers in January but there was a clause in his deal stating that the Pilgrims reserved the right for him not to play against them. Evans told Boston's official website: "I have refused Northampton's request for Jason to play against. "Their boss Colin Calderwood has accepted that decision."

Northampton 0-3 Carlisle
Carlisle extended their lead at the top of League Two with a comprehensive win at promotion rivals Northampton. Karl Hawley put the visitors in front against the run of play when he pounced on Jason Crowe's poorly struck backpass to grab his 24th goal of the season. Michael Bridges then increased Carlisle's lead with a dipping 25-yard volley in the 74th minute. Danny Livesey added the visitors' third when he scored from close range after keeper Lee Harper mishandled a corner. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northampton: Harper, Crowe, Johnson, Chambers, Dyche, Doig, Hunt (Lee 63), Taylor (Gilligan 71), Jess, Kirk, McGleish (Smith 79). Subs Not Used: Bunn, Hand. Booked: Kirk. Carlisle: Westwood, Arnison, Aranalde, Livesey, Gray, Lumsdon, Billy, Adam Murray, Bridges, Holmes (Hackney 82), Hawley (Glenn Murray 77). Subs Not Used: Williams, McGill, Grand. Goals: Hawley 21, Bridges 74, Livesey 84. Att: 7,045 Ref: M Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

Mansfield v Northampton
Mansfield expect midfielder Stephen Dawson to recover from an eye injury. Rhys Day is set to keep his place in the squad after his comeback, but Allan Russell (toe) is a major doubt and Chris Beardsley is out for the season. Northampton will be missing veteran midfielder Ian Taylor, who has broken his arm. Gavin Johnson has been laid low with a virus but the club are confident he will shake it off in time. Fred Murray (Achilles) is still out.

Mansfield 1-0 Northampton
Richie Barker extended Mansfield's unbeaten run to eight games to dent Northampton's automatic promotion bid. The Stags survived a first-half onslaught before dominating the second period to condemn the Cobblers to only their third away defeat of the season. Northampton came closest shortly before the break when Kevin Pressman dropped Jamie Hand's corner and Sean Dyche hit the loose ball against the crossbar. Barker then headed home Gus Uhlenbeek's deep cross to win it after 64 minutes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mansfield: Pressman, Buxton, Baptiste, Hjelde, Jelleyman, Wilson, D'Laryea, Dawson (Coke 60), Uhlenbeek, Barker, Reet (Brown 61). Subs Not Used: Day, Birchall, White. Goals: Barker 65. Northampton: Harper, Doig, Dyche, Chambers, Crowe, Low (McGleish 68), Hand (Hunt 69), Smith (Bojic 75), Lee, Jess, Kirk. Subs Not Used: Bunn, Gilligan. Booked: Dyche. Att: 3,985. Ref: P Armstrong (Berkshire).

Calderwood aims to keep fighting
Colin Calderwood insists his Northampton outfit still have a good chance of maintaining their League Two play-off charge. The Cobblers suffered a 1-0 loss at Mansfield and boss Calderwood said: "It's another kick in the teeth for us, but we are still in there fighting. "Other results have been kind to us, but we have to help ourselves. "We spent a lot of time last week working on our forward play, but we need to translate that into a game."

Northampton 2-0 Notts County
Northampton got their promotion push back on track thanks to goals from Jason Lee and Josh Low. Town had to play with 10 men for most of the second half after Sean Dyche was sent off just after the break. Northampton took the lead in the 39th minute when Lee raced onto a pass from Dyche to lob Kevin Pilkington. Dyche was red-carded on 50 minutes for a challenge on Scoffham, but Low added a second well into stoppage-time, tucking home Martin Smith's cross. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northampton: Harper, Chambers, Dyche, Doig, Crowe, Hand, Jess (Low 69), Smith, Johnson, McGleish (Rowson 57), Lee (Bojic 76). Subs Not Used: Kirk, Gilligan. Sent Off: Dyche (50). Booked: Hand. Goals: Lee 39, Low 90. Notts County: Pilkington, O'Callaghan, Edwards, Baudet, Ullathorne (Dadi 72), Pipe, Doyle, Crooks (Sheridan 45), Palmer, Scoffham (White 52), Chillingworth. Subs Not Used: Martin, Marshall. Booked: Chillingworth. Att: 6,077. Ref: G Lewis (Cambridgeshire).

Peterborough 0-1 Northampton
Scott McGleish's goal was enough to earn the points and keep Northampton's bid for automatic promotion on course. The former Posh striker found the net for the 20th time this season after dispossessing Sean St Ledger. Peterborough had penalty appeals waved aside after McGleish appeared to handle a St Ledger effort as he tried to redeem himself for his earlier error. Paul Carden twice tested Northampton goalkeeper Lee Harper after the break but the derby petered out scrappily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peterborough: Tyler, Holden (Ryan 27), Arber, Bolland, St. Ledger, Farrell, Newton, Carden, Gain, Crow (Semple 74), Opara. Subs Not Used: Kennedy, Kuqi, Harrison. Northampton: Harper, Crowe, Chambers, Doig, Bojic, Rowson, Hand, Johnson, McGleish (Gilligan 73), Lee, Smith. Subs Not Used: Kirk, Low, Jess, Hunt. Goals: McGleish 21. Att: 8,637 Ref: A Penn (W Midlands).

Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey
Northampton Town have announced that their former goalkeeper Bryan Harvey has died at the age of 67. Born in Stepney, he made 86 League appearances for Newcastle United and 11 for Blackpool, before joining the Cobblers for £4,000 in October 1963. He went on to make 181 league and cup appearances in five seasons, and saved six penalties in 1964/65 as Northampton were promoted to the First Division. Town will hold a minute's silence before Saturday's game with Rochdale.

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