Editing Northamptonshire (section)

====Northampton Town F.C.====
The only fully-professional [[English football league]] club in the county is [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]], which attracts between 4,000 and 6,000 fans on an average game day and has been part of the Football League since 1920.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/nort.htm |title=Northampton Town FC |access-date=4 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621103214/http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/nort.htm |archive-date=21 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their home ground is Sixfields Stadium which opened in 1994. The first match there took place on 15 October against Barnet Football Club. The stadium can hold up to 7,500 people, with provisions for disabled fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntfc.co.uk/club/sixfields_stadium/ |title=Sixfields Stadium - Northampton Town |website=Ntfc.co.uk |access-date=5 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311131513/http://www.ntfc.co.uk/club/sixfields_stadium/ |archive-date=11 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>