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          2017-18 English League One, Regular Season
          Northampton Town Northampton Town NORT
          2
          FT
          0
          Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle PLY
          • John-Joe O'Toole (42')
          • Sonny Bradley (61' OG)

          Northampton beat Plymouth to boost survival hopes

          Apr 21, 2018
          • PA Sport

          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.

          English League One Standings

          POS Team GP GD PTS
          1 Hull City 23 +20 45
          2 Lincoln City 22 +15 45
          3 Peterborough United 22 +15 42
          4 Portsmouth 22 +18 41
          5 Doncaster Rovers 20 +14 39
          6 Charlton Athletic 24 +5 37
          7 Sunderland 22 +12 36
          8 Crewe Alexandra 24 +5 36
          9 Ipswich Town 21 +3 35
          10 Accrington Stanley 19 +4 33
          11 Oxford United 21 +5 31
          12 Fleetwood Town 23 +7 30
          13 Gillingham 23 -3 30
          14 Plymouth Argyle 23 -8 30
          15 Milton Keynes Dons 23 0 28
          16 Blackpool 21 -3 28
          17 Shrewsbury Town 21 -5 24
          18 Rochdale 23 -8 23
          19 Bristol Rovers 21 -11 22
          20 AFC Wimbledon 23 -15 22
          21 Northampton Town 22 -18 22
          22 Wigan Athletic 22 -14 21
          23 Swindon Town 23 -16 21
          24 Burton Albion 24 -22 16