Chris Wilder
will take charge of his first home fixture at Sixfields since being named the
manager on 27th January 2014.
Following
resigning from his position at Oxford after six years with the promotion
contenders, Wilder signed a three and a half deal with the Clobbers sitting
bottom of SkyBet League Two.
The last
time Northampton and Argyle faced each was on Saturday 2nd November
2013 at Home Park. Then manager Aidy
Boothroyd was in charge of the Clobbers.
The game went down to the last couple of minutes of the SkyBet League
Two fixture when Lewis Alessandra scored the winning goal slotting past
goalkeeper Matt Duke.
Not long ago
did the January loan market open for SkyBet Championship and League Clubs. Plymouth Argyle have signed a replacement
goalkeeper, Cameron Dawson, has signed until the end of the season on a youth
loan, from Championship side Sheffield Wednesday, for cover for Jake Cole. Northampton have also been very busy both in
the January transfer window and the loan market which opened today since Chris
Wilder took over the managerial duties. Striker
Alan Connell formerly of Bradford City has signed on a contract until the end
of the season. Also moving from Yorkshire,
Ricky Ravenhill, the midfielder has signed an 18 month contract with the
Clobbers. Leon McSweeney has also signed
for Chris Wilder, the 30 year old defender signs until the end of the
season. Crawley Town Striker Emile
Sinclair joins Northampton Town on loan for the remainder of the season. Starting his career at Nottingham Forest,
Gregor Robertson a 30 year old defender will remain at Sixfields Stadium for
the rest of the current season. The final signing Chris Wilder has made is
Brennan Dickenson, the winger has signed on loan from Championship club
Brighton & Hove Albion until the end of the 2013-14 season.
Jake Cole
will return to goalkeeping duties as Luke McCormick will miss the majority of
this current season. The 30 year old
suffered a dislocated and fractured finger in the 1-1 draw at home to Mansfield
Town. Stags striker Sam Clucas
accidently stood on the finger of McCormick in the second half. Missing for the trip to Northampton will be
Andres Gurrieri, the attacking midfielder has been suspended for the previous
two games and must sit out one more game before being included in the
team. In Chris’s first couple of weeks
in charge, the manager has let some loan player’s return to their parent
clubs. Matty Blair, who scored the
equalizing goal at Cheltenham in Wilder’s first game in charge, has return to
Fleetwood, whilst Sean McGinty has returned to League One outfit Sheffield
United. James Hurst has also returned to
Crawley Town, his parent club, as a run in the team was very limited. Chris
Hackett is set to return on Saturday against Plymouth Argyle after suffering a
hamstring injury.
Available: Jake Cole, Cameron Dawson, Paul
Wotton, Maxime Blanchard, Curtis Nelson, Neal Trotman, Ben Purrington, Jamie
Richards, Luke Young, Dominic Blizzard, Conor Hourihane, Nathan Thomas, Jason
Banton, Rommy Boco, Rueben Reid, Lewis Alessandra, Isaac Vassell, Tyler Harvey
Doubtful: Matt Parsons (dead leg),
Unavailable: Luke McCormick (dislocated and
fractured finger), Ryan Lane (knee injury), Matt LeCointe (knee injury),
Durrell Berry (groin injury), Marvin Morgan (shoulder injury), Andres Gurrieri
(suspended)
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