- 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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Birmingham City | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | +39 | 89 |
Wrexham | 40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | +24 | 78 |
Wycombe Wanderers | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | +29 | 75 |
Charlton Athletic | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | +19 | 72 |
Stockport County | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | +22 | 71 |
Bolton Wanderers | 39 | 19 | 6 | 14 | +4 | 63 |
Reading | 39 | 17 | 11 | 11 | +5 | 62 |
Huddersfield Town | 39 | 18 | 7 | 14 | +13 | 61 |
Blackpool | 40 | 15 | 15 | 10 | +11 | 60 |
Leyton Orient | 39 | 18 | 5 | 16 | +15 | 59 |
Barnsley | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 54 |
Lincoln City | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | +8 | 53 |
Stevenage | 39 | 13 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 49 |
Peterborough United | 39 | 13 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 48 |
Rotherham United | 39 | 13 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 48 |
Exeter City | 39 | 13 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 48 |
Mansfield Town | 39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 47 |
Wigan Athletic | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 44 |
Northampton Town | 40 | 10 | 13 | 17 | -21 | 43 |
Bristol Rovers | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | -24 | 42 |
Burton Albion | 39 | 9 | 12 | 18 | -15 | 39 |
Crawley Town | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -28 | 36 |
Cambridge United | 40 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -26 | 32 |
Shrewsbury Town | 39 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -31 | 29 |