I'm pleased that we have tried to fill our empty ones for tomorrow night's game at Sixfields by distributing 500 tickets to Northampton's market traders and friends, all part of this newspaper's 'pride in the county' campaign.

It is sensible publicity, but make the most of it, because by the time we are fizzing at the end of this season we'll be sticking up the 'sold out' notices.

One problem with free tickets is that recipients are more likely to take them, then waste them – it's human nature not to value something if it didn't cost you money.

However, I confidently expect to hear some strident market-trader voices at the game!

Reader Steve Hollowell enjoyed his visit to Crewe, the game went well, but also he and his companions were overjoyed to find three pints of Green Label bitter for just £4.20 at the Last Orders Inn.

Then later, as he was complimenting the staff of the local chippy opposite Gresty Road, out popped the proud owner who displayed a sheet of paper showing an order he'd just received for 17 portions of cod and chips for the Cobblers team!

He queries whether Cristiano Ronaldo would be happy with such humble offerings.

As I've already said, the sold out signs will soon be up at Sixfields, but we've already had one sell-out at the NTFC Supporters' quiz on Monday night, and attended by players including Abdul Osman, who knocked back so much blackcurrant juice that he's probably suffering a vitamin C overdose.

Good social occasions are rare and this was one, fuelled by Craig Sarson's excellent fish and chips, and driven by an evil desire to bait the ageing quizmaster, who was only doing his best (honest)!

The players' team didn't quite come bottom, they scored 40 points so their brains have obviously been addled by absorbing Stuart Gray's tactics, but the winners – The Haystackers in the persons of Paul King, Bob Payne and Geoff O'Dell – dropped the fewest points ever that I can remember, getting just 10 wrong out of 100 questions.

The raffle alone raised more than £250 for the multi-disabled team, and for football in the community.

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