THE OPPOSITION: Northampton Town

Chris Dunn is a young goalkeeper who has come up through Northampton's youth system. League Appearances for Northampton: 35

Paul Walker is another player to come up through Northampton's youth system. He is a Welsh under 17 international. He is yet to make his first team debut for the Cobblers.

Defenders:

Robbie Threlfall is on a month's loan from Liverpool. He was on loan at Hereford and Stockport last season. League Appearances for Northampton: 0(2).

Chris McCready joined Northampton from Crewe in the summer of 2009. He began his career at Crewe making over 100 appearances for the Railwaymen and had a season at Tranmere Rovers in the middle of two spells at Crewe. League Appearances for Northampton: 5

Craig Hinton joined Northampton after being released by Bristol Rovers in 2009. He began his career at Birmingham City before joining Kidderminster in 1998 and made over 200 appearances for them. He joined Bristol Rovers in 2004 and made over 100 league appearnces for them. League Appearances for Northampton: 5

Paul Rodgers joined Northampton from Arsenal in the summer of 2009 after having had a period on loan at Sixfields last season. He played for Arsenal in their Carling Cup semi final against Burnley last season. League Appearances for Northampton: 13(3).

Dean Beckwith joined Northampton in June 2009 from Hereford. He made over 100 league appearances for the Bulls after joining them from Gillingham in 2005. League Appearances for Northampton: 5

Ben Marshall joined Northampton on a three month loan deal from Stoke City in August 2009. League Appearances for Northampton: 5, Goals: 1.

John Curtis joined Northampton in the summer of 2009 after being released by Wrexham. He began his career at Manchester United and made four league starts at Old Trafford and had a loan spell at Barnsley before joining Blackburn in 2000 for £1.5m. He made 61 league appearances for Blackburn and had a loan spell at Sheffield United. He then had short spells at Leicester and Portsmouth and a loan spell at Preston before joining Nottm Forest in 2005. He made 79 league appearances for Forest before joining QPR and then moved to Wrexham in January 2009. League Appearances for Northampton: 3.

Midfield:

Romone Rose is a young QPR player who is on a month's loan to Northampton He has had loan spells at Histon and AFC Wimbledon. League Appearances for Northampton: 0(1).

Luke Boden is on loan from Sheffield Wednesday. He had loan spells last season at Chesterfield and Rushden & Diamonds. League Appearances for Northampton: 1.

Andy Holt joined the club from Wrexham in 2006. He began his career at Oldham and made over 100 league appearances for the Latics. He joined Hull City in 2001 after an initial loan period for £150,000. After spells on loan at Barnsley and Shrewsbury he joined Wrexham in 2006 making 81 league appearances for the Dragons. League Appearances for Northampton: 95(22), Goals: 6.

Liam Davis joined the Cobblers from Coventry City in the summer of 2008. League Appearances for Northampton: 21(8), Goals: 4.

Abdul Osman joined Northampton in the summer of 2008 from Gretna. He has also played for Maidenhead. League Appearances for Northampton: 36(3), Goals: 2.

Ryan Gilligan joined Northampton from Watford in 2005. League Appearances for Northampton: 73(47), Goals: 12.

Alex Dyer is a product of the youth system at Northampton. He made his debut in 2007/08. League Appearances for Northampton: 9(7), Goals: 1.

Strikers

Adebayo Akinfenwa joined Northampton in January 2008 from Millwall. He began his career at Barry Town before moving to Boston in 2003 and then there followed short spells at Leyton Orient, Rushden and Doncaster before he joined Torquay in 2004. He scored 14 goals in one season for the Gulls before moving to Swansea, where he scored 14 goals in just over two years before moving to Millwall in November 2007. League Appearances for Northampton: 46(6), Goals: 22.

Steve Guinan joined Northampton from Hereford in May 2009. He was in his second spell at Hereford having re-joined them in 2007 from Cheltenham. He scored 56 league goals in 146 league appearances for the Bulls. He started his career at Nottm Forest but made just a few first team appearances for them but went on loan to Darlington, Burnley, Crewe, Halifax, Scunthorpe and Plymouth. He joined Cambridge United in 1999 but shortly after moved to Plymouth. In 2002, he joined Shrewsbury but a few months later joined Hereford. League Appearances for Northampton: 4(1), Goals: 2.

Gary Mulligan joined Northampton in 2009 from Gillingham. He began his career at Wolves and had a spell on loan at Rushden before joining Sheffield United in 2005. He was sent on loan to Port Vale and Gillingham before joining the Gills permanently in 2006. League Appearances for Northampton: 0(1).

Billy McKay joined Northampton on a free transfer from Leicester City in the summer of 2009. League Appearances for Northampton: 2(3), Goals: 1.