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Cobblers triumph again in Germany

Leon Constantine
Constantine had a header hit the crossbar and bounce on the line

Northampton Town rounded off their pre-season tour to Germany with a 3-1 win over hosts FC Kleve in Dusseldorf.

The Cobblers went 1-0 down to a dubious penalty from Adrian Mahr in the first quarter of an hour.

But Leon Constantine equalised from the penalty spot, and Jason Crowe and Alex Dyer made certain of the victory in Thursday's match.

The Cobblers' next friendly is on 23 July against Championship side Queens Park Rangers.

The German minnows took the lead after 14 minutes when Chris Doig was adjudged to have fouled a Kleve player and Mahr stepped up to score.

But in first-half stoppage time Constantine equalised with a penalty that went under the goalkeeper's body.

The Cobblers took the lead on 74 minutes, when Crowe tapped in from six yards out when Ian Henderson rounded the keeper and cut the ball back.

And the game was wrapped up in the final moments when Dyer was in the right place to slot home after Ian Henderson's shot had been parried.


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