Northampton Town Football Club play in Sky Bet League 1 at Sixfields Stadium and are the 2015/16 League 2 Champions. Northampton Town Football Club, nicknamed the Cobblers were founded on 6th March 1897, when a group of local school teachers got together with the well known local solicitor, AJ "Pat" Darnell in the Princess Royal Inn, Wellingborough Road, Northampton to form the Town's first professional football club. The club offer free match tickets to all under 7s at Sixfields, please see www.ntfcdirect.co.uk for full details.