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          2017-18 English League One, Regular Season
          Northampton Town Northampton Town NHT
          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 Plymouth Argyle 19 +17 43
          2 Ipswich Town 19 +19 41
          3 Sheffield Wednesday 19 +19 40
          4 Peterborough United 19 +11 31
          5 Bolton Wanderers 18 +6 31
          6 Barnsley 18 +8 30
          7 Portsmouth 17 +8 29
          8 Derby County 18 +7 29
          9 Lincoln City 18 0 26
          10 Port Vale 19 -7 26
          11 Exeter City 19 +2 25
          12 Wycombe Wanderers 19 +1 25
          13 Oxford United 19 +4 24
          14 Charlton Athletic 19 +3 24
          15 Bristol Rovers 19 -3 24
          16 Shrewsbury Town 19 -4 23
          17 Fleetwood Town 19 +1 22
          18 Cheltenham Town 18 -6 22
          19 Accrington Stanley 19 -11 20
          20 Cambridge United 19 -12 20
          21 Milton Keynes Dons 18 -11 14
          22 Burton Albion 19 -15 14
          23 Morecambe 19 -15 14
          24 Forest Green Rovers 19 -22 14