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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 Sheffield Wednesday 28 +30 61
          2 Plymouth Argyle 29 +21 61
          3 Ipswich Town 29 +25 55
          4 Derby County 28 +24 53
          5 Bolton Wanderers 30 +15 53
          6 Barnsley 27 +10 47
          7 Peterborough United 27 +13 44
          8 Wycombe Wanderers 28 +11 44
          9 Shrewsbury Town 29 +5 44
          10 Portsmouth 27 +2 38
          11 Exeter City 29 +1 38
          12 Charlton Athletic 28 +4 37
          13 Bristol Rovers 29 -9 37
          14 Port Vale 28 -11 36
          15 Oxford United 30 -2 35
          16 Lincoln City 27 -3 34
          17 Fleetwood Town 28 -2 29
          18 Cheltenham Town 28 -12 29
          19 Milton Keynes Dons 29 -13 28
          20 Burton Albion 28 -19 28
          21 Morecambe 28 -14 27
          22 Cambridge United 28 -23 26
          23 Accrington Stanley 26 -20 25
          24 Forest Green Rovers 30 -33 21