On this week’s Memory Lane, Danny is joined by HotelEnders fanzine editor Mark Kennedy to chat about his memories of NTFC’s former home at the County Ground.
Before The Cobblers moved to their all-seater Sixfields Community Stadium (now the PTS Academy) in 1994, they shared their home with the county cricket club on Abington Avenue in Northampton.
A lot is said about the “good old days” and while Mark certainly has good memories of standing on the Hotel End and his first games in the family enclosure, he says that the Cobblers faithful were more than ready to move out of their beloved first home.
In the off season the pitch became a car park for the cricket club and Mark remembers local children using it like the local rec, with many unofficial games being played during the school holidays.
Of course this was all part of the charm for fans like Mark. Even the delicacy of an Ansell burger is still a fond memory.
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Along with his wife Jules, Mark has written a few books in his time about the Cobblers, as well as other things. You can buy them or simply find more information at kennedyauthors.co.uk.
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Charles is the founder and main presenter of the award-winning It’s All Cobblers To Me podcast.
He began the podcast after going self-employed in 2018 as a podcast producer and voiceover artist. The original thought being that It’s All Cobblers To Me would be a place to try out new things – like a test podcast of sorts.
As well as being Cobblers mad, Charles is also a ultramarathon runner and has a blog about that that he tries to keep up to date as often as he can.
