Northampton Town will face Bristol Rovers on the opening day, Wycombe Wanderers in the Carabao Cup and Leicester City’s under-21s in the EFL Trophy in a week of fixture announcements.
In the week where details of the 2024/25 season were confirmed, the Cobblers will start the season proper on August 10th away at Bristol Rovers. This is a game that will start at 5:30pm, with all League One opening day fixtures getting a 5:30pm kick-off time and being televised by Sky Sports as part of their new TV rights deal.
Rovers finished 15th in League One last season, one place and three points behind Northampton in the table, with each side winning the respective home encounter.
Northampton will follow that with a cup tie against fellow League One opposition. As per today’s (27/06) Carabao Cup draw, the Cobblers will host Wycombe Wanderers, with the Chairboys making the trip to Sixfields in the week beginning August 12th 2024. This tie will be played on a date to be confirmed.
Wycombe finished 10th in the league table last season, recording home and away wins over Jon Brady’s side.
After that, Northampton’s first home league game of the season will be against Exeter City, and they will follow that by visiting Barnsley, which will see Northampton face the two sides that made up their final opponents of last season.
A home game against Burton Albion concludes Northampton’s August fixture programme.
At Christmas, Northampton’s Boxing Day match will see them face an away match against Reading, with the Cobblers hosting Charlton Athletic in their last game before Christmas.
Northampton’s final fixture of 2024 will see them face an away game against Shrewsbury Town, before they start 2025 with a New Year’s Day home match against Stevenage.
Charlton and Shrewsbury will also feature as opposition for the Cobblers at Easter, with Northampton travelling to The Valley on Good Friday before welcoming Shrewsbury to their place on Easter Monday.
The final match of the 2024/25 season will see Northampton host Wigan Athletic on Saturday 3rd May, with their final away date of the season being away at Crawley on 26th April.
Northampton’s latest Nene Valley derby clashes with Peterborough United will see them welcome Posh to Sixfields on 7th December, with the return fixture at Peterborough scheduled for early April.
All fixture dates are provisional. With Sky Sports pledging to broadcast every EFL team at least 20 times in the upcoming season as per the terms of their new TV rights deal, it means that fixture rescheduling is to be anticipated, with the first batch confirming picks to the end of September to be announced in the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, Northampton’s EFL Trophy draw will see the Cobblers face matches against Leicester City’s under 21s team, Burton Albion and Notts County.
The Cobblers had already been drawn with Burton and Notts County in a pre-draw earlier this week, with Leicester’s academy side added during a live draw earlier today.
Precise fixture dates and times will be announced in due course.
