- John-Joe O'Toole (42')
- Sonny Bradley (61' OG)
Northampton beat Plymouth to boost survival hopes
Northampton Town gave their survival hopes a huge boost with a richly deserved 2-0 victory over promotion-chasing Plymouth Argyle.Goals either side of half-time were enough to hand the Cobblers only a second win in 12 games and bring them to within two points of safety, denting Plymouth's hopes of a play-off place.Northampton took the game to their in-form visitors from the first whistle and should have had the lead when Sam Hoskins capitalised on a mistake from Gary Sawyer before shooting straight at Remi Matthews. Hoskins was denied by Matthews for a second time but, seconds later, John-Joe O'Toole poked in Daniel Powell's low cross to hand the hosts a deserved lead at half-time.The Cobblers were even more dominant in the second half and duly added to their lead just after the hour-mark when, after Matt Crooks went close, defender Zak Vyner turned Powell's cross into his own net.The home side had further chances to rack up a more convincing victory but Powell, Hoskins and O'Toole were all denied by the outstanding Matthews.
Game Information
English League One Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Portsmouth | 44 | 27 | 13 | 4 | +36 | 94 |
Derby County | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | +38 | 86 |
Bolton Wanderers | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | +33 | 83 |
Peterborough United | 43 | 24 | 8 | 11 | +28 | 80 |
Barnsley | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | +19 | 75 |
Oxford United | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 | +22 | 73 |
Lincoln City | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | +26 | 71 |
Blackpool | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | +17 | 70 |
Stevenage | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | +10 | 67 |
Leyton Orient | 44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 62 |
Northampton Town | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 59 |
Wycombe Wanderers | 43 | 15 | 13 | 15 | +2 | 58 |
Exeter City | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 58 |
Bristol Rovers | 44 | 16 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 57 |
Wigan Athletic | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | +4 | 56 |
Charlton Athletic | 44 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 52 |
Reading | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 50 |
Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 13 | 8 | 23 | -30 | 47 |
Cambridge United | 43 | 12 | 10 | 21 | -21 | 46 |
Burton Albion | 44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | -26 | 43 |
Cheltenham Town | 43 | 11 | 8 | 24 | -24 | 41 |
Port Vale | 44 | 10 | 10 | 24 | -31 | 40 |
Fleetwood Town | 44 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -27 | 37 |
Carlisle United | 44 | 7 | 9 | 28 | -36 | 30 |