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Adam Yates has returned to parent club Port Vale (picture: Kirsty Edmonds)

Cobblers’ injury problems refuse to relent for Oxford clash

NEW SIGNING - Port Vale's Adam Yates has joined the Cobblers on loan

Wilder strengthens defence with loan signing of right-back Adam Yates

Winger Kaid Mohamed was brought to the Cobblers on a season-long loan last summer

Manager Wilder planning long-term loans to bolster Cobblers squad

HAPPY TO BE AT SIXFIELDS - Darren Carter

Carter says joining Northampton Town was ‘a very easy decision to make’

TARGET - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd is keeping tabs on striker Liam Dickinson, seen here playing for Peterborough United

Northampton Town keeping tabs on striker Dickinson

NEW SIGNING - Darren Carter, seen here playing for Cheltenham last season, has joined the Cobblers on a two-year deal

Northampton Town sign ex-Birmingham City midfielder Carter on two-year deal

PASTURES NEW - ex-Cobblers striker Louis Moult has signed for Nuneaton Town

Former Cobblers striker signs for Nuneaton

HAPPY AT NORTHAMPTON - Lee Collins

Collins ready to ‘jump on board’ at Northampton Town next season

WE CAN MIX IT UP - Cobblers utility man Ben Tozer

Tozer says Northampton Town are capable of mixing it up

LOUD AND PROUD - the Port Vale fans enjoy their promotion last weekend, following the 2-2 draw with the Cobblers at Vale Park (Picture: Kelly Cooper)

Johnson wants Northampton Town fans to replicate Vale Park atmosphere

MAKING A DIFFERENCE - Luke Guttridge has been impressive since being recalled to the Cobblers starting line-up

Boothroyd confident Northampton have learned away-day lessons ahead of play-offs
Although it was said with a note of caution, Aidy Boothroyd believes he may have finally ‘cracked’ the Cobblers’ miserable away form.

NO NEED TO REST - Chris Hackett says the Cobblers should play a full-strength team against Barnet at Sixfields on Saturday

Hackett says Cobblers players raring to go for Barnet finale

CLOSING IN ON A RETURN - Cobblers skipper Kelvin Langmead joined in the pre-match warm-up at Port Vale on Saturday (Picture: Kelly Cooper)

O’Donovan says Northampton will be boosted by returning stars

SILENCING THE CROWD - the Cobblers players celebrate Clarke Carlisle's opener at Port Vale (Picture: Kelly Cooper)

Jefferson Lake’s Port Vale v Cobblers view and player ratings: Town rise to the ...

ATTACKING THREAT - the Cobblers celebrate Roy O'Donovan's goal at Port Vale (Picture: Kelly Cooper)

Vale boss Adams issues warning to Northampton Town’s play-off opponents

ROY'S THE BOY - Cobblers celebrate Roy O'Donovan's superb strike at Port Vale (pictures: Kelly Cooper)

Boothroyd delighted as play-off spot is secured

EARLY GOAL - Clarke Carlisle puts the Cobblers ahead at Vale Park (pictures: Kelly Cooper)

Cobblers confirm play-off place with draw at Vale

TRAUMATIC AFTERNOON - Alex Nicholls is treated on the Sixfields pitch after breaking his left leg in the game against Port Vale in October

Boothroyd: Nicholls’ injury was down to striker’s bravery

MUTUAL RESPECT - Aidy Boothroyd shares a joke with Port Vale boss Micky Adams

Cobblers boss Boothroyd says Port Vale are worthy title challengers

CONFIDENT - Port Vale boss Micky Adams

Port Vale boss Adams: We won’t freeze against Northampton

Cobblers V York City. Aidy Boothroyd.

Cobblers boss Boothroyd says play-offs would be a ‘massive bonus’

ON THE MEND - Alex Nicholls, who broke his left leg when the Cobblers last met Port Vale, back in October

Jefferson Lake’s Port Vale v Northampton preview: Motivation not an issue

INJURY CONCERN - Cobblers striker Clive Platt is a doubt for trip to Port Vale

Akinfenwa fit, but Platt and Langmead doubts for Cobblers trip to Port Vale

MASSIVE THANKS - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd acknowledges the support of the travelling Town fans ay Wycombe last night (Pictures: Kelly Cooper)

Cobblers boss Boothroyd turns attention to play-offs

TOUGH AFTERNOON - Ben Tozer tries to get things moving against York on Saturday (Picture: Sharon Lucey)

Northampton Town’s Tozer keen to ‘draw a line under’ damaging defeat to York

CONCENTRATING ON HIS OWN TEAM - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd (Picture: Kirsty Edmonds)

Boss Boothroyd keeping calm as Northampton Town slip to fourth

STILL AIMING HIGH - Cobblers midfielder Ben Harding (Picture: Kirsty Edmonds)

Harding insists Northampton Town still targeting runners-up spot

BEST OF A BAD BUNCH - Lee Collins keeps the ball away from Nahki Wells at Valley Parade on Saturday (Picture: Kirsty Edmonds)

Jefferson Lake’s Bradford v Cobblers view and player ratings: Town get lucky aga...
So it turns out it won’t be the Cobblers’ away form that decides their fate this season but the results of the teams trying to hunt down their third-place status.

TOUGH OPPONENTS - the Cobblers playes celebrate Kelvin Langmead's last-gasp equaliser that secured a 1-1 draw at Torquay in December

Boothroyd warns Northampton Town fans there is still a long, long way to go

BACKING HIS FORMER CLUB - ex-Cobblers striker Scott McGleish

McGleish backing Northampton Town to clinch automatic promotion

PERFECT TIMING - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd believes his team is peaking at the right time

Boothroyd: Cobblers kicking into gear at the perfect time

ALL CHANGE - Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd will tinker with his tactics for the trip to Morecambe on Tuesday night

Boothroyd admits it would be ‘madness’ not to change Cobblers tactics on the roa...

Jefferson Lake’s Cobblers v Rochdale preview: Only wins will do at Sixfields

Cobblers ‘fend off’ clubs to sign former Vale defender Collins

Northampton Town to offer contract to former Port Vale and Barnsley defender

Cobblers boss Boothroyd wary of wounded Dagenham

East loan spell at Cobblers ends as he returns to Hull