Mansfield Town booked their place in the League Two play-off final at Wembley as they won at Northampton to complete a 3-1 aggregate victory.
Stags left-back Steve McLaughlin’s controversial first-half winner completed a disappointing 11 days for the Cobblers, after being dramatically denied automatic promotion.
The Stags will meet the winners of Thursday’s Port Vale-Swindon game.
Josh Eppiah came closest to scoring for Jon Brady’s Cobblers on the night.
But his header was brilliantly saved by Mansfield keeper Nathan Bishop.
More to follow.
- Line-ups
- Match Stats
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Line-ups
Northampton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Roberts
- 23MillsSubstituted forRoseat 65′minutes
- 6HorsfallBooked at 90mins
- 5Guthrie
- 14Koiki
- 4Sowerby
- 17McWilliams
- 21Felix-EppiahSubstituted forZimbaat 68′minutes
- 11PinnockBooked at 87mins
- 7Hoskins
- 24Appéré
Substitutes
- 2Harriman
- 8Lewis
- 18Zimba
- 19Kanu
- 26Maxted
- 32Rose
- 35Dyche
Mansfield
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Bishop
- 4Hewitt
- 12Hawkins
- 14Perch
- 3McLaughlin
- 35O’TooleBooked at 53mins
- 23WallaceBooked at 63minsSubstituted forO Clarkeat 85′minutes
- 16QuinnSubstituted forLapslieat 83′minutes
- 34Akins
- 18Oates
- 9Bowery
Substitutes
- 6Rawson
- 7Murphy
- 8O Clarke
- 24Stech
- 25Stirk
- 32Lapslie
- 44M Longstaff
- Referee:
- Robert Madley
- Attendance:
- 7,619
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home62%
- Away38%
- Shots
- Home14
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away1
- Corners
- Home9
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away12
Live Text
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Match ends, Northampton Town 0, Mansfield Town 1.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Northampton Town 0, Mansfield Town 1.
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Attempt blocked. Ali Koiki (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mitchell Pinnock.
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Booking
Fraser Horsfall (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Chanka Zimba (Northampton Town).
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Stephen McLaughlin (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Oliver Hawkins.
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Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Ollie Clarke.
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Offside, Mansfield Town. Rhys Oates tries a through ball, but George Lapslie is caught offside.
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Offside, Northampton Town. Danny Rose tries a through ball, but Chanka Zimba is caught offside.
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Booking
Mitchell Pinnock (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Mitchell Pinnock (Northampton Town).
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Stephen McLaughlin (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Ollie Clarke replaces Kieran Wallace.
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Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Jordan Bowery.
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Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Elliott Hewitt.
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Substitution
Substitution, Mansfield Town. George Lapslie replaces Stephen Quinn.
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Attempt blocked. Louis Appéré (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Hoskins.
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Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Kieran Wallace.
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Attempt blocked. Jack Sowerby (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.