Northampton 0 Walsall 2

Saturday 21st February 2009, 3:01PM GMT.

NORTHAMPTON V WALSALL 7 EB 21Skipper Stephen Hughes fires Walsall into a second-half lead before Jabo Ibehre’s stoppage time clincher.

16:53: Full-time whistle blows.

16:52: Surely three points for the Saddlers.

16:51: Walsall catch Northampton on the break in the dying seconds and Jabo Ibehre latches onto the free ball through to finish.

16:47: Four minutes of stoppage time indicated.

16:40: Against the run of play, Walsall skipper Stephen Hughes times his run to perfection and meets the ball first to lift it over the goalkeeper and into the net.

16:28: Former Wolves striker Colin Larkin, on as a sub for Northampton, heads over with his first touch with the goal gaping.

16:23: Walsall defender Anthony Gerrard throws himself at a ball into the box but cannot connect.

16:17: A see-saw second half, neither side really creating anything.

16:02: Second-half begins.

15:47: Half-time whistle blows.

15:33: Former Villa player Danny Jackman puts the corner in for Northampton, Billy Clarke connects but Ince to the rescue with a super save.

15:26: Mark Bradley slips with the ball going toward the Walsall goal but keeper Clayton Ince is off his line to claim.

15:22: Keenly contested game at the Sixfields – no one is getting any time on the ball.

15:12: Northampton striker Adebayo Akinfenwa heads over the first chance of the game when very well placed.

15:00: Game kicks off.

14:30: Teams in at the Sixfields Stadium: -

Northampton: Zieler, Crowe, Hughes, Doig, Jackman, Gilligan, Coke, Dyer, Holt, Akinfenwa, Clarke.

Subs: Constantine, Larkin, Dunn, Osman, Dolman.

Walsall: Ince, Palmer, Gerrard, Smith, Boertien, Nicholls, Bradley, Zaaboub, Hughes, Deeney, Ricketts.

Subs: Mattis, Ibehre, Taundry, Gilmartin, Sansara.

Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire)



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