Away Day Guide: Northampton Town

Away Day Guide Northampton

Exeter City are back on the road on Saturday, heading to Sixfields Stadium to take on Northampton Town in EFL Sky Bet League One!

Making the trip? Check out all you need to know!

Match Tickets

We have been allocated 960 tickets on sale at the following prices: (£advance/matchday)

  • Adults - £25/£26
  • Over 65/Under 21 - £21/£22
  • Under 18 - £13/£14
  • Under 14 - £9/£10
  • Under 7s - FREE
  • Disabled - relevant age category

How to Buy

Tickets are available via your online ticketing account or in the club shop.

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The Stadium

  • Name: Sixfields Stadium
  • Capacity: 7,798
  • Record Attendance: 24,523 (v Fulham, Division 1, 1966- at the County Ground) 7,798 (v Manchester United, FA Cup 2016 & v Derby County, FA Cup 2019- At Sixfields)
  • Year opened: 1994
  • Address: Upton Way, Northampton, NN5 5QA.

After nearly 100 years ground sharing with the County Cricket club, a new football specific stadium was designed in the mid-nineties to drive the Club forward.

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Getting to Sixfields

By Car (3:34 hrs) SATNAV: NN5 5QA

There are several routes you can take to Northampton. Via the M5 and M4, turn off at Junction 15 for Swindon and take the A420 (nice) to Oxford. After a short hop on the M40 race past Silverstone and follow the signs for Northampton.

Alternatively, you can follow the M5 until Junction 4A for the M42, join the M6 Southbound and merge onto the M1. Northampton is served by J16.

Car Parking

The North car park at Sixfields can be used for £5.00 to park their car at all matches. 

All cars are parked at the owner's risk at all times and the club shall not be liable for any loss or damage, howsoever caused.

If you are parking anywhere else, please be respectful of local residents and businesses and park considerately.

By Rail (3hr 54m)

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Nice easy one. Just the one change for Northampton.

Grecian Travel

Away travel can now be booked directly here. The cost of the coach to Northampton Town is £40 per-person.

  • Exeter (City Centre) - Unit 1 Nightclub - EX1 2AZ (6:30AM)
  • Exeter (Junction 29) - Honiton Road (opposite the Park and Ride, next to Miller & Carter) - EX1 3QS
  • Cullompton - M5, Junction 28 Services - EX15 1NS
  • Tiverton - M5, Junction 27 Services - EX16 7HD
  • Taunton - M5, Junction 25, BP Garage - TA1 2UH 

For more information please contact Simon Carnall on email at: simoncarnall77@gmail.com.

Inside the Stadium

A bar is available once you have entered the stadium, this is in a fenced off area, while there are refreshments available for you to purchase pitchside.

Northampton operate a bar code entry system, so please do keep your ticket in good condition.

Ground regulations are available here while if you do have any issues, concerns or problems, please do speak to a steward who will be delighted to assist.

Pubs and Matchday refreshments

The ground has a supporters bar which welcomes away fans or there is the Walter Tull on the retail park as well as numerous pubs in town but this is a forty-minute walk away.

Just outside of town, on the A45, is the Red Lion Truck Stop (NN7 4DE) which is a bar/restaurant with sport on TVs.

There are a number of chain restaurants including KFC, TGI Friday’s and McDonalds as well as a Hungry Horse pub.

Total Distance

The distance from Exeter to Northampton Town is 186 miles and will take roughly 3 and a half hours each way.