Cobblers wait and watch again

Northampton's comfortable weekend win against bottom club Darlington lofted Ian Sampson's men into a top-seven spot to cap a remarkable resurgence over the past three months.

The Cobblers have ten games left to play as do Shrewsbury and Port Vale, the two teams directly outside the play-off places.

The biggest challenge however may come from Stanley, who lie in tenth at present, five points behind Town but with three games in hand.

One of those is on Tuesday night when Rotherham United travel to Lancashire looking to boost their own promotion hopes.

Northampton are back in action next Saturday when Morecambe come to Sixfields.