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Northampton Town Football Clubis a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. The team play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football.
Northampton were formed in 1897, after meetings between the town's schoolteachers and local solicitor A.J. Darnell. They play their home games at the 7,798 capacity all-seater Sixfields Stadium, having moved in 1994 from the County Ground which they shared with the owners, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. The club's main traditional rivals are Peterborough United, a rivalry which has endured since the 1960s. Other rivals include Oxford United, Milton Keynes Dons, Rushden & Diamonds and Cambridge United. The club's colours have traditionally been claret and white. The club nickname is "The Cobblers", a reference to the town's historical shoe-making industry
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