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Northampton Town Youth Team
from NTFC v Burton Albion
by Weatherbys
CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1
Northampton Town Under 18s drew 1-1 away to top-of-thetable Cambridge United in the EFL Youth Alliance League South East two weeks ago.
Liam Cross scored the young Cobblers' goal on a cold morning at the Tristel Global Stadium, his seventh in the league.
Manager Jon Brady made four changes to the team that came from behind to beat Leyton Orient.
Charlie Woods, Max Dyche, Ethan Lack and Lewis Gilbert replaced Dylan Berry, Dylan Hill, Miguel Ngwa and Jack Connor in the starting lineup.
The Cobblers youngsters started brightly, as Cross was denied from close range before Peter Abimbola's deflected shot hit the post.
However, Cambridge took the lead on the half-an-hour mark when Woods saved a penalty but the rebound was converted.
Cross equalised seven minutes later, intercepting the ball and curling into the bottom corner as Cambridge tried to play out from the back.
Woods made two saves either side of the break to keep the scoreline level. He pushed a curling effort past the post before tipping a powerful shot over the bar.
After an hour, Cross forced the goalkeeper into a low save with a half-volley from 12 yards.
Cambridge hit the post from range with 10 minutes remaining, shortly before substitute Connor's low effort was palmed away to the goalkeeper's right.
Woods and Dyche combined to block a close range rebound after Cambridge hit the post from a tight angle late on, and the match ended level.
Starting XI - Woods (GK); Bailey (C), Dyche, Flanagan, Lashley; Lack, Scott (sub Ngwa, 69), Abimbola; Gilbert (sub Connor, 69), Cross, Curry (sub Watkins-Robinson, 80). Unused subs - Tomlinson, Hill.
Goal - Cross (1-1, 37).
Yellow cards - Dyche, Ngwa.
P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Peterborough United 15 9 3 3 35 14 21 30 2 Cambridge United 16 9 2 5 34 25 9 29 3 Luton Town 16 8 4 4 38 24 14 28 4 Southend United 14 8 2 4 31 19 12 26 5 Northampton Town 14 7 3 4 25 14 11 24 6 Gillingham 15 5 4 6 18 25 -7 19 7 Milton Keynes Dons 14 5 1 8 22 34 -12 16 8 AFC Wimbledon 15 4 3 8 21 32 -11 15 9 Stevenage 15 3 4 8 24 39 -15 13 10 Leyton Orient 16 2 4 10 22 44 -22 10 LIAM CROSS
2020/21 EFL YOUTH ALLIANCE FIXTURES AND RESULTS
Sat Sep 12 Peterborough United H 0-0 Sat Sep 19 Milton Keynes Dons A 0-1 Sat Oct 10 Leyton Orient H 3-0 Sat Oct 17 Gillingham H 3-0 Sat Oct 24 AFC Wimbledon A 0-1 Wed Oct 28 Cambridge United EFL Cup H 1-2 Sat Oct 31 Southend United H 3-2 Sat Nov 7 Luton Town A 2-2 Sat Nov 14 Stevenage A 5-1 Sat Nov 21 Gillingham A 2-0 Sat Nov 28 Peterborough United A 1-2 Sat Dec 5 Cambridge United H 0-1 Sat Dec 12 AFC Wimbledon H 3-2 Sat Jan 9 Leyton Orient A 2-1 Sat Jan 16 Stevenage H P-P Sat Jan 30 Cambridge United A 1-1 Sat Feb 6 Southend United A 2-3 Sat Feb 13 Luton Town H Sat Feb 20 Milton Keynes Dons H
