The big striker found the net and silened the Crewe boo boys who were taunting him becuase of his weight.
"I just wanted to score so I could shut the fans up behind the back of the goal,' Akinfenwa told BBC Radio Northampton. 'I know it's a cliché, people say it spurs them on, but it generally does. I badly wanted to score to shut them up.
'Opposition fans are going to give you stick and they did give me stick throughout the game.'
