O’Toole is spark as Cobblers show grit

By John Brindley

CHRIS Long’s double may have lifted the Cobblers out of the League One drop zone but it was Northampton’s John-Joe O’Toole who grabbed the attention. Long quickly levelled after Erhun Oztumer had been handed a gift of a goal after just 67 seconds and drove home what proved to be the winner in the 41st minute. Both sides finished with ten men as striker
Amadou Bakayoko received a straight red for a wild lunge at Sam Foley while Matt Crooks talked himself into a second yellow for
Northampton. Saddlers manager Jon Whitney singled out O’Toole as
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