Town’s adult season ticket holders will pay £2.50 less than non-season ticket holders for their seats at the Blues' home Carling Cup fourth round tie against Northampton on Tuesday 26th October (KO 7.45pm). Adult season ticket holders will be charged £17.50, while adult non-season ticket holders will pay £20 if they buy their tickets in advance.

In addition to the £17.50 price for adult season ticket holders, the club are charging season ticket-holding concessions and over-60s £12.50 and under-16s £3. Season ticket holders are also able to buy additional seats for under-16s for £3 as long as one of the under-16s in the group is a season ticket holder.

For those without season tickets, the equivalent prices are £15 for concessions and over-60s and £5 for under-16s. All prices rise on matchday, to £23 for adults, £18 for concessions and over-60s and £8 for under-16s.

The last meeting between Town and Northampton, who beat Liverpool at Anfield on penalties in the last round, was in the 1987/88 season, also in the League Cup, on that occasion at the second round stage.

The Cobblers came away from the first leg at Portman Road with a 1-1 draw, Romeo Zondervan having scored for the Blues, but Town won at the County Ground, Mich D’Avray (2), Graham Harbey and David Lowe netting for John Duncan’s men in a game which went to extra time.

In the 1977/78 season the Blues won another second round tie, Trevor Whymark (2), Eric Gates, Paul Mariner and Clive Woods scoring the goals.

Overall, the Blues have won 11 games between the teams (nine in the league), 10 (seven) have been draws with Northampton winning 10 (10).

Blues boss Roy Keane previously came up against the Cobblers in the same competition in 2008 when manager at Sunderland, his side winning the tie at the Stadium of Light on penalties after a 2-2 draw having come from two goals behind.

Carling Cup - Fourth Round
Newcastle v Arsenal
Birmingham City v Brentford
Wigan Athletic v Swansea City
Aston Villa v Burnley
Leicester City v WBA
Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham v Stoke City
Ipswich v Northampton

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