Many of our first teamers were missing, but still it would have been rather nice for Forest to show a little bit of interest in the match, all the same.
There were a few positives to take from it such as the performance of young rookie goalkeeper Dale Roberts, and the impressive display by Brendan Moloney at right back, but overall, we were made to look like amateurs, and it just underlined how far away we are in terms of class from the Sheep at the moment, as much as we hate to admit it.
At least we didn't suffer the humiliation of losing to Notts County anyway. Forest fielded a very young team with a handful of first teamers, including Luke Chambers who scored both goals, having only ever scored once in more than one hundred games for Northampton! It will be interesting to see if he now starts scoring in the League.
But the headlines were dominated the next morning by the ugly scenes that unfolded at the end of the match when hundreds of Forest and County fans saw fit to run on to the pitch and start fighting with each other. Apparently it was the worst violence County had seen in over 20 years, and now all those responsible are facing life bans! I think that is a bit overzealous. Maybe just a ticking off would suffice. After all most of them were probably very drunk and didn't know what they were doing. If they are threatened with a ban, I doubt they would do it again.
On the other hand, there are some people who turn up at football matches with the sole intention of causing trouble, and they, of course, are not welcome and quite rightly should be kicked out for good.
Fortunately, there was no trouble reported after the Derby match, which is quite surprising really as there were more than 25,000 in attendance, and there is certainly no love lost between ourselves and the Sheep, and whether there are three points at stake, or just pride, nobody wants to lose against their local rivals.
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